Aide Memoir or The Drone Filming Shot List. If you’re going to provide a professional service. Then not only do you need to look professional, have the correct equipment, know the techniques. You also need to know what you are going to shoot film wise.
Having agreed with the client, researched the subject matter. Now you can list in order how the film material will be provided. Heights, angles, sunlight, subject matter, location, permissions all go into the melting pot.
The shot list can also form part of your site brief and risk assessment.
Why The Drone Filming Shot List is important
It’s easy to get lost during a shoot, even with a small team. If you’ve got lots of settings, multiple subjects, then things only get more complicated.
A shot list keeps a project on track. Before filming, it helps you to collect your thoughts and build a shooting schedule. It also makes it easy to keep going if you have multiple shoots in a day.
When to make a shot list
You should make your shot list after the client has provided a brief.
Your shot list will help you visualise what you want. It’ll make it easier to organise equipment, locations that bring your vision to life.
During filming, you can add notes to the shot list to help – such as detailed comments.
Making a shot list
A typical shot list includes:
- Scene number
- Shot number
- Location
- Shot description (e.g. camera angle, height, distance)
- Shot type (e.g. wide shot, close-up)
- Extra notes
Remember to organise your shots by location. Putting similar shots together makes shooting easier because you can shoot them all at the same time. (Note: this might not be in order of shot number)
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