There are many things you need to prepare in advance of your shoot. These include determining your shooting location, preparing talent, planning your schedule, and many other logistics. How do you best choose a location? In this video, author Amy DeLouise discusses how to find the best location for your video shoot.
- In this next chapter, we'll talk about location planning. … Preparing talent, planning your schedule, … and other important logistics. … Let's start with locations. … This is really one of my favorite topics, … because what happens on location … obviously affects the outcome of your shoot so much, … and there's a lot you can do to plan in advance. … For example, one of the things you want … to look and listen for is locations … that have some connection to your main characters … and your content of your story. … So you don't want to just stick people … in a conference room if that's not really connected … to what they do everyday. … One of the things you want to also think about is, … how does the location sound? … It's surprising to many people who don't work … on crews all the time how loud offices … and other environments that we work and live in are. … And what I mean by loud is, … there might a hum of a refrigerator, … or a hum of a copier machine, … and it's just something that you block out …
Author
Released
3/13/2019- Choosing your team
- Choosing your equipment
- Budgeting
- Getting everyone on the same page
- Preparing for your shoot
- Managing your shoot
- Key elements on your shoot that will affect your edit
Skill Level Beginner
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Introduction
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Producing a video crew1m 22s
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1. Choosing Your Team and Gear
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2. Budgeting
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3. Story Planning
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4. Choosing Your Video and Audio Specs
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Standards and best practices3m 54s
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Specs for web delivery3m 28s
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5. Preparations to Make in Advance of Your Shoot
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6. Preparing Crew to Work with Your Team
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7. Day-of-Shoot Technical and Logistics Checklist
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Slating and room tone2m 17s
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Conclusion
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Video: Locations: What to look for, what to avoid, making room for gear, COIs