Getting Ready for Your Shoot


Your movie begins with the right preparation. Preparation includes both technical and creative aspects of your shoot:

  • On the technical front, you need to review the essential equipment to bring to your shoot, as well as think about bringing extra, helpful items.

  • On the creative front, you need to think about what shots you would ideally like to have in your finished movie. This chapter reviews what shots are most important to get and lists other shots that are "nice-to-haves."

A camera, a tripod, and a power supply are all you really need. But a few other itemsespecially extra batteries and a quick charger or car chargercan come in very handy.

If you're going to be traveling in your own car, a car charger for your camcorder is a good investment. If you're staying in hotel rooms, quick battery chargers are also very nice to have. You may have to charge your batteries daily, so get in the habit of plugging in your charger as soon as you get to your overnight lodgings.

If you are traveling with kids and want to splurge, bring along a few extra disposable camcorders and teach them how to shoot sparingly, to make their 20-minute video supply last.

Tip

Are you going on a wild ride? Are you going to have an immersive experience? Let's say you're going on an amusement park ride or taking a rafting trip. You can strap on a disposable or sport camcorder and give your audience a front-row seat for the action. See Chapter 7, "Project 3: Making Sporting Event Movies" for more details.


Here is a list of essentials you should bring with you:

  • Camcorder

  • Videotape

  • Tripod

  • Power supply

  • Fully charged batteries

  • Extra charged batteries

  • Your camera's power cord (for recharging batteries)

Here is a list of other equipment you should consider taking along:

  • Car battery charger

  • Quick battery charger

  • External microphone for interviews

  • Disposable camcorder(s)

  • Sports camcorder




Create Your Own Digitial Movies
Create Your Own Digitial Movies
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Year: 2005
Pages: 85

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