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Efficient Film Shoot Planning Strategies

Learn about planning your film shoot effectively, regardless of the type of production. Explore storyboarding, shot coverage, camera angles, legal legwork, location scouting, production design, and more. Maximize your resources and creativity for a successful shoot.

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Efficient Film Shoot Planning Strategies

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  1. Chapter 5 Planning Your Shoot

  2. There is no correct way to plan • Different types of shoots require different degrees of planning • Story boarding (Some don’t use it all) • Alfred Hitchcock • Blocking on set • Woody Allan

  3. Story Boarding • Comic book like representations of the images in your production. • Quality is not usually a factor • As long as the crew can decipher the compositionand framing of the shots • Even if you don’t storyboard • You should have some type of similarprocess

  4. Shots and Coverage • Once shooting begins • Make sure you get all the coverage you will need for the editing room • Coverage • Refers to the number and types of shots you need to cover a particular scene

  5. Camera Angles

  6. With Storyboards • Less is more • Storyboards are a visualization tool • Not an end product. • The purpose is to get you to think about your shots and angles

  7. Legal Legwork • Review page 106 & 107

  8. Location Scouting • Will the owners of the property let you shoot there • Do you need a permit to shoot there • Do you need both the inside and outside • Is location reasonable distance from rest of shoot • Does location need modification • Is the location to noisy • Location requirements of your equipment • Can you successfully shoot there with you equipment • Light and sound

  9. Production Design • This is the planning of the look of your film • Includes • Elements on theset • The way the movie will be shotand cut • Continuity • What is it and why does it matter?

  10. DIY Art Direction • Get rid of the white walls • Paint over the dirt • Thrifty props • Negative space • Foreground objects • Be wary of mirrors

  11. Visual Planning for Documentaries • Many believe a documentary requires • Turning on the camera • Shooting • There is a lot of planning that is involved • Not necessarily scriptwriting • Types of shots • Locations • Sounds • You want to develop a look and/or feel for your project

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