All language subtitles for 04 - Scouting and Storyboarding

All right guys. For this project, when you go out scouting,

you want to make sure that you have all of the elements available at hand.

So, you want to go out, you want to go find that architecture,

you want to find the people,

you want to go find the cars,

or whatever your subject is, and make sure it's there.

You also want to set the scene up.

In this kind of aspect,

you're going to be going out.

Let's just say for instance, you're going to be going shooting at a cafe.

You want to go down to the cafe, go inside,

scout it out, see where the best placement of a camera will be,

and also ask for permission.

Because if you're going to be inside of any kind of private residence,

you want to make sure that you have permission to shoot there first.

Otherwise, if you're shooting on a public sidewalk or out in the countryside,

you want to go out there visit it first before

you shoot to really plan out the shot as it is.

So, you want to check the composition,

make sure you have a good foreground,

middle ground, and background.

You want to make sure that your time lapse elements are out there.

So, if you're going out on a wet day or a dark day,

maybe you should go out on a sunny day and see what it looks like.

So, you want to change or you want to be able to see what the different types of

atmospheres are during the course of a week or so.

I think, the biggest issue that's going to

arise is if you don't actually go out and scout.

Because you really want to make sure that

everything you want to shoot is there and available.

If you don't scout, you could wind up finding yourself in

a position where you don't have enough time to shoot,

or you don't have the ability to shoot,

because there's construction going on,

or maybe something moved or something happened.

So, you really want to make sure that your spot is available

and accessible to shoot. All right.

So, after scouting, the fun part is actually going back in story boarding.

So, you're going to take everything that you've seen when you went out on the scout,

and you're going to jot it down in a piece of paper.

You don't have to do this all the time, but it's a really great way

to create a flow of imagery,

and discuss the flow of your story.

So, what we're going to be doing is,

using a storyboard to kind of sketch out what we saw, when we were out shooting.

Don't take a storyboard as being something that's really hard and cumbersome to use.

It's actually really easy and super simple.

All you really need are four different blocks,

and you just go in and you jot down what you think your projects going to be.

So, this could just be laying out.

I want a wide shot over here.

The next shot is going to be a medium shot of this cafe,

and the next shot is going to be a tight shot of people talking or chatting at a cafe.

This is just going to allow you to go back when you actually go back and shoot,

to have a better understanding of where you need to position your camera,

and how you want the flow of the product to go.

It's not hard to do.

It's super easy and it can be fun too,

because you can actually go back later on,

and go, "Oh hey,

I remember wanting to shoot this shot.

Let's go back and shoot that shot."

And it's really helpful in maintaining a proper shooting order as well.

Before you start a project,

you really want to make sure that you have a cohesive understanding of the beginning,

the middle, and the end of your story.

Now, I don't necessarily do this all the time,

but it's great for beginners and intermediate to use this,

because it allows you to show the flow and progression of your story.

One of the things I really like doing is being able to tell myself what to shoot,

how to shoot it, and what I've seen from my past scout shot.

So, I'm able to take that information,

and compile it into my scout sheet or my storyboard.

It's really not hard to do. It's really easy.

You're just going to go in, you're going to jot down some simple ideas anc saying,

"Well, hey, I've got a wide shot here,

the city I want to showcase,

and then I want to move in,

and push in with my camera into the city,

and show a different aspect."

That's going to be a medium shot.

Then, we're going to go into another shot that basically gets even deeper into it,

and then we come back out, and that's our end.

We've got a beginning, and a middle, and an end.

It's a basic story that we have here.

Here's an example of one that I've used.

When we were shooting for the NFL,

we wanted to showcase the city of New Orleans.

So, we've got a really nice large wide landscape shot here.

I've also pushed in and we're into the city now,

and then we're also showcasing a little scene inside of one of the many shops.

So, it's really intimate and then we pull back out,

and that's the end. You can see that in this clip.