El equipo de rodaje visita la localización exterior.

Because the subject is El equipo de rodaje, and the main noun there is equipo, which is singular.

Even though an equipo is made up of several people, Spanish normally treats it as a singular collective noun:

• El equipo visita... = The crew visits...

So the verb is singular:

• visita = he/she/it visits

If the sentence used a plural subject, then the verb would be plural:

• Los miembros del equipo visitan la localización exterior.
  = The members of the crew visit the outdoor location.

Equipo de rodaje means film crew or shooting crew.

Breakdown:

• equipo = team / crew
• rodaje = filming / shooting

So de rodaje specifies what kind of team it is: the team involved in filming.

In Spain, rodaje is a very common word in film and TV contexts. A learner might also see:

• equipo de filmación — understandable, but less typical in Spain
• equipo técnico — technical crew, not always the whole filming crew

In Spanish, visitar usually takes a direct object without a preposition.

So you say:

• Visita la localización.
• Visitamos el museo.
• Visitaron Madrid.

This is different from English, where visit can feel like it is followed directly by a place too, so this part is actually fairly similar.

You only use the personal a when the direct object is a specific person (or sometimes a pet/personified being):

• Visita a su abuela. = He/She visits his/her grandmother.

But for places, there is normally no a:

• Visita la localización exterior.

In this sentence, localización is a film-industry word meaning location, especially a filming location.

In general Spanish:

• ubicación = location, position, whereabouts
• localización = location; and in film/TV, very often a shooting location

In audiovisual contexts in Spain, localización is very natural. It refers to the place chosen for filming.

So here, la localización exterior means something like:

• the outdoor filming location
• the exterior location

Using ubicación exterior would sound less natural in this film context.

Because in Spanish, most adjectives normally come after the noun.

So:

• localización exterior = outdoor/exterior location

This is the usual word order:

• casa grande = big house
• escena final = final scene
• rodaje nocturno = night shoot

If you put an adjective before the noun in Spanish, it often changes the tone or emphasis, and sometimes it can sound literary or unusual. In this case, exterior localización would not be normal.

Here exterior means outdoor or outside.

In film language, Spanish often contrasts:

• interior = interior / indoor scene or location
• exterior = exterior / outdoor scene or location

So:

• localización exterior = outdoor location
• escena exterior = exterior scene / outdoor scene

This is a bit specialized. In everyday Spanish, if you wanted to say something is outdoors, you might also hear:

• al aire libre = outdoors / in the open air

But in film vocabulary, exterior is very standard.

Spanish uses definite articles more often than English.

Here:

• El equipo de rodaje = the film crew
• la localización exterior = the outdoor location

Spanish usually includes the article when talking about a specific thing already understood in context.

Also remember that nouns in Spanish normally need an article or another determiner unless there is a reason not to use one.

For example:

• El director habla con el equipo.
• La actriz llega a la localización.

In English, article use is sometimes a bit lighter, but in Spanish it is very common and often required.

Yes, it is very natural in audiovisual and production contexts, especially in Spain.

People in film/TV often talk about:

• rodaje en exterior = filming outdoors
• localización exterior = outdoor location
• escena exterior = exterior scene

You may also hear the plural:

• localizaciones exteriores = outdoor locations

So this sentence sounds like the kind of thing you might find in a script note, shooting plan, or production description.

Not with the same meaning.

El exterior usually means the outside in a general sense, not a specific filming location. So it would sound vague or unnatural here.

If you want to refer to a specific place used for filming, la localización exterior is much clearer.

Compare:

• Salen al exterior. = They go outside.
• Visitan la localización exterior. = They visit the outdoor filming location.

So exterior by itself is not enough here if you mean a production location.

Yes. Spanish, like English, often uses the present tense to talk about scheduled or planned actions.

So depending on context, El equipo de rodaje visita la localización exterior could mean:

• The film crew visits the outdoor location.
• The film crew is visiting the outdoor location.
• The film crew will visit the outdoor location.
  if it is part of a schedule or planned sequence

For example, in a production schedule or scene summary, the present tense is very common.

They are related, but not the same.

• rodar = the verb, to shoot / to film
• rodaje = the noun, shooting / filming / production shoot

Examples:

• Van a rodar una escena. = They are going to shoot a scene.
• El rodaje empieza mañana. = Filming starts tomorrow.
• equipo de rodaje = filming crew / shooting crew

So in your sentence, rodaje is a noun used inside the expression equipo de rodaje.