Without planning you cannot make a good film. I found a good article about ‘planning your shoot’. I summarised the article and highlighted the importance elements for the pre-production. This will be very helpful for our group’s shooting plan.
Why and Who
Firstly, you have to think about why we shoot this film and who this is for. Defining target audience is the first step to design the filming. If we are shooting for a younger audience like MTV, we may need camera movements to be quicker and less fluid than for productions for an older audience.
Secondly, you should clearly know about the purpose of the video. You should think about why we are promoting this video and what outcomes we expect from this video.
Where and When
Doing a location scout is one of the best ways to prepare for a video shoot. It is good to visit the shooting location before the shooting day to find out what the location looks like, in case there are any problems such as traffic, light and noise levels. These will help to prepare for the actual shooting.
What and How
This part you should make a script for the video. Filming without the script is much like building a house without a set of blueprints. The best way to determine what is to make a comprehensive list of everything you want to see and hear in the video. The list will become a shot list. Then, we should create a shooting schedule to be most efficient with time, money, cast and crew. After creating the schedule, write up the shot list, including all of the different camera angles and shot sizes we may want of each action.
Plan your shoot and Shoot your plan!
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