Plan the Shoot: Part 1 of Production Planning
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 in pre-production.
- Shoot the plan in production.
- Edit the planned shoot in post-production.
This sustained planning and follow-through is essential to delivering a quality video on time and on budget.
The planning aspect of video creation is so often overlooked that we're devoting three articles to it -- one for each phase of production. This month, it's plan the shoot in pre-production. Of course, pre-production is nothing but planning, from first concept to final schedule. Here, though, we are focusing specifically on developing plans that you can, indeed, shoot and then edit. We'll look at scripting, casting, staffing, scouting, and budgeting.
We'll also look at a new planning area: special effects. In other words, pre-production planning relates to editing as well as sho…
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