R & P Post 30: My shootboard

In order to prepare for our shoot, we created a shootboard - part of which can be seen below:

Our shootboard, providing a description and visual indication of each shot and who is needed.

The shootboard is arguably the most important piece of information during the production stage, as it is our group's main visual reference point when shooting. During the shoot week, we can refer to the shootboard to clearly work out how to film each shot, from its framing and composition, to who is needed and which costumes they will require for a particular shot or setup. This is in itself useful, as those who aren't needed on set (more often then not myself and Phoebe) will know exactly when they are and aren't required.

We have roughly split our shootboard into setups, which we felt was important in minimising hassle when changing props and lighting amongst other factors once one setup is completed, instead of constantly doing so if we planned shots in chronological order.

When shooting, we will mark which shots have been completed and refer to the document to see which shots are yet to be completed. After the test shoot, the shootboard will be revised and hugely improved (at the moment, for ease when testing and to allow experimentation before the main shoot, it includes key shots as opposed to every shot). We will remove shots which we don't believe will work whilst adding new ideas, and we will also add a timings column to keep our shoot to a tight schedule and avoid too much wasted time - especially if we need lots of pickups at the end of the week.