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When you're completing your production design plan, it's a great idea to make sure you have a detailed shot list and storyboards. These are invaluable planning tools which will ensure that you complete your film on time and to a high standard. The Shot ListA shot list is simply that - a list of all of the shots in your film. When you have completed your screenplay, a shot list is a great way to imagine how it will look on the screen. You simply make a list of all the shots in your film from beginning to end.
This is what a shot list might look like in Microsoft Excel. It's useful to have the following columns: scene number, shot number, duration, shot size, location and description. Completing your shot list in a spreadsheet is a great idea because after you have printed a chronological list of the shots in your film, you can sort the rows by location. This is particularly useful if you're shooting in a number of different places. When you're shooting your film, it's a great idea to print another copy of your shot list so you can cross each shot off after it's completed. There's nothing more frustrating and time consuming to organise additional shoots to pick up material you missed the first time around. A shot list is a surefire way to avoid this. Download a Microsoft Excel shot list template here. If you're using a PC, right-click on this link to save the file. If you're using a Mac, hold down the Control Key, click on the link and choose 'Save Link As...'. StoryboardsNot particularly good at drawing? You're not alone. Fortunately, digital cameras can be used to take the hard work out of storyboarding, providing an excellent way to previsualise your film.You can use the Adobe Photoshop files below to put the photographs you take into a storyboard template. This will also help you frame up the images because the aspect ratio of digital still cameras and digital video cameras are different. 16:9 Adobe Photoshop Storyboard Template 4:3 Adobe Photoshop Storyboard Template In Photoshop, paste your image into the canvas and move your cursor between one of the panels and your image. Holding down the Option/Alt key and clicking between the layers allows you to clip the image to that shape. You can then move the image around until you are satisfied with the framing.
If you have decided to draw your storyboards, you can download the following templates:
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