The Pre-production Checklist
Lesson 6 from: Video Production Essentials: Create, Edit and Post OnlinePhilip Ebiner, Sam Shimizu-Jones, Will Carnahan
The Pre-production Checklist
Lesson 6 from: Video Production Essentials: Create, Edit and Post OnlinePhilip Ebiner, Sam Shimizu-Jones, Will Carnahan
Lessons
Chapter 1 Introduction
1Welcome to the Class
02:12 2What Makes a Great Video
03:17 3What Type of Video Should You Make
02:47Chapter 2: Pre-production
4Come up with a Great Video Ideas
05:05 5Plan Your Video
03:30 6The Pre-production Checklist
04:04Chapter 3 Equipment - Our Suggestions for Getting Started
7Does Equipment Matter
01:34 8Our Recommended Cameras
06:00 9Our Recommended Audio Equipment
04:37 10Our Recommended Lighting Equipment
01:47 11Our Recommended Editing Equipment
02:11 12Our Recommended Drone Equipment
05:35 13Quiz: Chapter 3
Chapter 4:Cinematography Basics
14Exposing Your Shots
05:25 15Compose Your Shots
04:25 16Filming Yourself
01:09 17Getting the Right Shot
03:43 18Choose a Background
02:32 19My Office Video Setup
02:54 20Quiz: Chapter 4
Chapter 5: Tips for Shooting with Different Cameras
21Exposing with DSLR and Mirrorless Cameras
06:31 22Focus with DSLR and Mirrorless Cameras
02:35 23Stabilize Your Shots
02:57 24Know Your Lenses
03:18 25Shoot with Your Smartphone
05:10 26Shoot with Your Webcam
05:49 27Record Great Screencast Videos
04:20 28Tips for Better Drone Shots
04:06 29Types of Drone Shots
01:43 30Quiz: Chapter 5
Chapter 6: Audio Recording and Microphones
31Choose the Right Microphone for Your Video
03:14 32Record Better Audio in Any Environment
01:27 33How to Use a Lavalier Microphone
02:47 34How to Use a Shotgun Microphone
00:55 35How to Record Audio with Your Computer
01:27 36Quiz: Chapter 6
Chapter 7: Video Lighting
37Why We Light
01:03 38Use Natural Light
04:14 39The 3-point Video Lighting Setup
07:26 40Quiz: Chapter 7
Chapter 8: Editing Better Videos
41Intro to Editing
02:15 42The Post-production Process
07:50 43Craft a Story with Editing
05:21 44Improve Your Audio with Editing
06:34 45Find and Add Music
05:12 46Design Clean and Professional Titles
03:15 47Increase Video Engagement with Calls to Action
01:29 48Quiz: Chapter 8
Chapter 9: Get More Views - Publishing Your Video Online
49Export the Best Quality Video for Online
02:54 50Tips for Posting Online
05:28 51Grow Your Youtube Channel
04:41 52Quiz: Chapter 9
Chapter 10: Case Studies: Real-world Filmmaking
53Case Study - Corporate Promo Videos with Ghirardelli Chocolate
08:54 54Case Study - Event Videography with Major Lazer
08:39 55Case Study - Documentary Films with Phil
14:24 56Case Study - Shooting By Yourself
15:32 57Case Study - Wedding Videography
08:37 58Case Study - Phil's Livestream Setup
04:23Chapter 11: Conclusion
59Thank You
00:59Final Quiz
60Final Quiz
Lesson Info
The Pre-production Checklist
we're going to talk about our pre production checklist now. This is helpful because we can take everything we've learned in pre production and now go over it all in a kind of a cyst inked quick way to make sure that we're hitting all the elements that we need. You can download this pdf on our download section. We like to use google docs because it's an easy way to collaborate. Um Phil or sam can both be joined on to their own account as you see here up in the top and it's a really great way to collaborate and make sure we're all on the same page. Let's dive in with a project that we're already working on Phil. Sam and I all have a channel online on Youtube called Video School Online Tech where you review different tech gear. So we have a concept for this next video and we're gonna be doing a DSL Tech channel video next week. And so we're just going to go over the basics of that video next week. We're doing the XC 24 K footage, review the budget. You know, we're doing this all for ourse...
lves. And so there really is no budget. We own most of our equipment at this point. So we're able to use all that other than maybe buying lunch for us lunch. So I don't know what, you might lose a couple of bucks. 20 bucks. 20 bucks. Sure. Okay. $20 lunch. Um, schedule wise, what are you thinking about? Uh, Tuesday is probably best for me. Can't do monday. No, no, I'm supposed to be editing. Okay. So monday might be good because we can prep on monday, whatever we need to do um, in the office. So I'd love to get it out by next friday. So we can just, I guess edit or Wednesday. We'll download all the footage, Tuesday. And then Wednesday, thursday. Yeah, get into. Okay, this is a great way to plan because I know we want to distribute this. We want to go live with this video on friday. It's great that we have this plan out so that we know that we can just get everything done and shoot. It's also easier to prep on a monday if we're like working that we can leave your saturday and sunday free. We've also shot most of our videos in our office, so we should continue to do that. That's really easy to do. Easy to light. So because we're shooting in the office, what equipment do we end up saying that we need normally for that? Probably bring the led light. Maths, bring the F five as our main camera. Okay. We'll need the XT to obviously to review that. That's like a prop. Yeah, that's the problem. Really. So equipment is a good time to not only talk about stuff you need, if you're doing a tech channel, you might also review channel, you might need to use that equipment as well. And the shopping mike's been working really well. I dig the shotgun mic. So shotgun mic we could use our labs potentially. I'll just put it on there. So for us, all our equipment is in our place that we shoot, which is really helpful. But it's always good to go over this stuff because you never know what you're going to forget what you've lent to friends, what you've used somewhere else. Just checklist checklist checklist. And this really is on that monday prep, going to equipment, going through all the items that we said we needed building the camera, making sure the lights are working. So that come Tuesday when you're actually shooting, we're not missing something and this is really important, especially if you have a client or someone and you go into the shoot and all of a sudden something's not working well. Had you prepped, you would know what you were missing in advance. Great. So that's our schedule equipment, postproduction. Um, we're going to edit it in the office. Right. Editor. Is you or me? Okay your camera as far as post production. Do we have hard drives for that? We want to make sure to drive it and back it up. Right. Yeah. So we just need to make sure that we have those clean and clear distribution that's going on the VSO tech channel on youtube. So yeah, I think once it gets into Phil's hands hill, post it on our channel. So that's a very quick pre production checklist. Go over with SAm and I I think we would actually probably sit and go over stuff even in more detail. The big thing for you is to take this pdf and kind of go over it several times in the week or so before your chute so that you know, you're to the T and you've got everything ready to go and you're not missing anything while you're shooting or even in post production, you can go over this list 100 times and each time you'll think of something new you should be doing, but totally do it a few times before you actually get into into your production.
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