7. Planning Shots

Planning Shots

I decided to plan the shots that I was going to use for my thriller. This was done as I wanted the camera shooting to go as smoothly as possible and also as quickly as possible. This was because I only had the actors for a short amount of time. Planning the shots meant that time was spent efficiently. If I did not work efficiently then we would of ran out of time and this would of been very bad as I only had the actors for a short amount of time.  If we ran out of time then this would result in having to re-shoot another day. This could result in unprofessional looking shoots as the weather may not be the same on the re-scheduled day. This meant time was a factor when it came to shooting. This meant that by creating a storyboard of all of the shots I wanted to use we saved time.

This planning sheet is very similar to the planning sheet used for my thriller. It has different columns for different descriptions of the shot and for the order in which the shots are to be shot in.

Planning shots also meant that there would be no confusion on what the characters were doing and where the camera would be set up. All of the camera shots would of been brought to the shoot of the thriller and then it can be easily read and performed in order to keep things running smoothly and effectively.