When you have a video or photo shoot to do, how do you choose your location? In this course, discover how to carefully select sites and accurately plan for your shoot. Creative pro Rich Harrington teaches the key principles and techniques for finding a location for your next video project, while mitigating risk and reducing costs for a production. Rich introduces topics like logistics, shot blocking, important iPad apps and other measurement tools for surveys, and most importantly, the creative goals of a site survey.

This course was created and produced by Rich Harrington. We are honored to host this content in our library.

 

Topics include:

• Why do a site survey?
• Planning camera positions
• Making lighting decisions
• Securing permissions
• Assembling a crew
• Deciding on your gear
• Understanding the technical considerations