How do you measure your resources for a shoot? ‍♂️

In our previous tutorials, we advised you on how to create a video culture in your company and its organization. Today, we're continuing in this vein by focusing on your technical resources for filming.

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Measuring your resources for a video means thinking about the technical and editorial resources at your disposal beforehand. These are defined as follows:

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Does the video you have in mind involve a speaker in front of several colleagues, with a tracking shot to show each person? Unless you've planned an entire day's shooting, with people available and the right equipment, this seems unlikely, and over-designed.

While your employees are welcome to appear in your video, it's unlikely that they'll all be available at the same time, and for any length of time. Instead, use them as extras at their desks. From here, they'll be present in your shot and feel like they're contributing to your video without losing time in their daily tasks. In a previous video, Anna explains why premises are your best studios, and this aspect is one of them.
Requisitioning a large number of people for more than twenty minutes can prove difficult for you, as managing an enthusiastic group can distract you from the main aspect that should concern you: the subject of your video.

In fact, it's best to shoot with your speaker in a quiet location, so you don't run out of time and have to deal with last-minute cancellations.

Technical resources :

If it's important for you to present your premises, employees or other details in separate shots, it's not necessarily necessary to use a movement such as dolly shots, which can be difficult to achieve and require several takes before you get the right one. What's more, a detail such as a camera shake or jerk during editing can leave you with a shot to redo. So there are other alternatives, such as panning (a floor shot that only requires the camera to be rotated), which eliminates the risk of shaking and lets you see as many people as a tracking shot. If you want to do a shot that requires technical success and your speaker to be able to recite his lines in one go? Expect more time and more takes than a normal shot.
That's two elements to take into account in addition to a normal shot, which can sometimes double or even triple the number of takes and therefore the shooting time.

That's why it's so important to measure your technical resources carefully, as this will help you control your shooting time and make shooting easier for you. It also means you don't have to rethink your storyboard and shots when you're shooting, so you get a better end result.

If you haven't yet found the tips and tricks you need to establish a video culture in your company, don't hesitate to consult the article dedicated to this subject, or browse through the many topics on our blog or YouTube channel.