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 best plan your production schedule.
- Here's a sample schedule. … You can see there's some key blocks of time … as well as some pad for getting from one location … to the other. … And that's what makes a good schedule. … There's just no point in putting dozens of things … on the schedule that you won't actually have time to shoot. … I'll also mention that putting a crew … on a 13 hour day for a jam packed shoot … may cost you just as much, if not more, … with overtime as two shorter days. … And you'll probably get better footage … on the two day shoot 'cause people won't be so tired. … So, I've shown you two different kinds of schedules, … the first one is a more involved, EFP shoot, … where we had more people, more things to shoot, … we were shooting a longer piece, … multiple days, multiple locations. … And now here's an example of a shorter ENG style shoot. … Just one location, and we're kind of covering a lot … of information, a lot of material, … in some kind of sneaky ways where we kind of … pop outside the primary location, …
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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: Planning your schedule: Avoiding bottlenecks, keeping crew on schedule