Operation Manual

316 Pinnacle Studio 9
Creating a shooting plan
It is not always necessary to have a shooting plan, but it
can be very helpful for large video projects. The plan
can be as simple or as complex as you like. A simple
list of planned scenes might be enough, or you might
also want to include some notes regarding detailed
camera directions or prepared dialog. The really
ambitious can go all the way to a full-fledged script in
which every single camera angle is described in detail
along with notes about duration, lighting and props.
Draft of a simple shooting plan:
Title: “Jack on the kart track”
No. Camera angle Text / Audio Duration Date
1 Jack's face with helmet,
camera zooms out
“Jack is driving his
first race...”.
Noise of engines in
the background.
11 sec
Tue.
06/22
2 On the starting line,
driver's perspective; low
camera position.
Music is played in
the hall, noise of
engines.
8 sec
Tue.
06/22
3 Man with a starting flag is
accompanied into the
scene to the start
position. Camera stays,
man goes out of the
scene after start.
“Let's go...”.
Carry out the start,
add starting signal.
12 sec
Tue.
06/22
4 Jack on the start position
from the front, camera
follows, shows Jack up to
the bend, now from
behind.
Music from the hall
no longer audible,
fade up same music
from CD over noise
of engines.
9 sec
Tue.
06/22
5 ...