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Educational VideoPlanning Your Shots
Planning Your Shots• Why?
Beginning the Plan• Read the script• Find your location(s)• Video production schedule• Get cast member(s)• Make a list of necessary and supporting props• Make a list of equipment you will need• Decide whether or not you want audio in the
scene or audio that’s narrorated
Shot List• What is a shot list?
Shot ListScene Shot Type Description Done?
Eg. 1 1.1 MS An example shot.
Shot ListShot List
Production Title: Shoot Date:
Shot No. Shot Name
Scene No. Location
Shot MovementDescription of Action Characters Lighting Notes Props
Type Angle Type Cue
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Types of Shots• Extreme Wide Shot (EWS) or Extreme Long
Shot (ELS)• Wide Shot (WS) or Long Shot (LS)• Medium Shot (MS)• Close-up (CU)• Extreme Close-up (ESU)
Types of Shots
ECU
CU
MS
LS
ELS
GoPro
CU
MS
LS
OTS
There are no rules in filmmaking. Only sins. And the cardinal sin is dullness.
- Frank Capra