Every successful shoot starts with a good plan
If you want to expand your creative horizons and add new and exciting production elements to your videos, start by developing a plan for your production. Selecting the appropriate format, style and production elements will set you up for success.
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Plan the shoot, shoot the plan, edit the planned shoot.
That's the mantra we introduced in our article on production planning. We rejoin the discussion now with the amazing new idea that when production starts you should shoot what you planned to shoot.
Talk about obvious!
Not so fast. If that deceptively...
The worst cause of video disasters is bad planning -- not just during the Pre-production phase, but right through to the end of Post-production. Professionals don't just make plans; they implement them and then they follow through on them. When you plan like a pro, you:
Plan the shoot...
Why bother with shot lists and storyboards? Simple: storyboards and shot lists are the most cost-effective ways to improve both the quality and efficiency of your next video project. Hollywood directors like Steven Speilberg, George Lucas and the legendary Alfred Hitchcock have all relied heavily on storyboards to help...
