Production
Leverage is shot using Red One video cameras. Extensive use of Steadicam helps the audience participate in the scene. All of the dailies are shipped on hard drives to Electric Entertainment in Hollywood, California. Shooting, editing, and all post-production work are done digitally, using no physical film or videotape at any point in the process. Leverage was originally edited in Apple's Final Cut Studio Pro 7, but has used Final Cut Pro X in the most recent seasons.
Shooting is in 4096 x 2304 at 24 frame/s, though resolution is reduced in post production to 1080p.
Thirteen episodes were commissioned for the first season. The show's pilot was filmed on-location in Chicago, with the remainder of the first season set and filmed in Los Angeles. Since the second season, the show has been primarily set in Boston, but filmed in Portland, Oregon where, as of Season 5, the team has moved operations. Executive producer Dean Devlin announced that the fifth season would not only be shot in Portland, but also set there as well.
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