Pre-Production: Planning

Planning the Video

Even for the most casual video-maker, a little pre-planning and preparation can markedly improve the quality of the footage shot. Pre-production can be as elaborate as full-scale scripting, casting, and location scouting, or it can be as simple as thinking through the details and making sure your battery is charged before shooting. For our purposes, the pre-production process will include:

• Idea Development

  • • Purpose, Theme & Genre

    • Audience

    • Storyline (a.k.a. treatment, brief or plot)

• Storyboard

• Script

• Talent

• Location, Setting & Props

• Lighting & Sound

• Titles

For info on each of the areas listed above and MORE, see our class PRE-PRODUCTION PACKET under Unit Files.