Music Video Production for Beginners: From Script to Screen
Shot Listing
A course by David J East , Director and Photographer
About the video: Shot Listing
Overview
“Here I will teach you how to do a very basic shot list of your film. A shot list is super important to have because you and the director of photography (even if that is yourself) can be on the same wavelength. It’s also a great document to send to the client because they then know exactly what is being shot for the film.”
In this video lesson David J East addresses the topic: Shot Listing, which is part of the Domestika online course: Music Video Production for Beginners: From Script to Screen. Discover how to create a high-end music video on a budget and learn the basics of editing on Adobe Premiere for professional-looking results.
Partial transcription of the video
“Shot Listing In this lesson, we'll do a basic shot list for your film. A shot list is important to make sure that you and the DOP, even if that's yourself, are on the same wavelength. It's also good to show clients exactly what you're shooting. The easiest way to do a shot list is with a spreadsheet. I love using Numbers an Apple software, but you can use Excel as well. For a simple shot list, we have some brackets here. We've got the scene number, the shot number. We've got location, which exact place we're shooting. Shot size, this is wide, medium, close-up. Quick description, a column to...”
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Course summary for: Music Video Production for Beginners: From Script to Screen
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Audiovisual Production, Film, Video & TV, Music, Music Production, Storytelling, Video, Video Editing

David J East
A course by David J East
David J East is a British director and photographer raised in South Africa. After studying cinematography in Cape Town, he went on to pursue his career in directing short films, music videos, and commercials throughout Europe and the US. The aim of his work is to convey the visual language of a story, song, or product.
Throughout his career, he has filmed commercials for Mercedes, Jaguar, Cristiano Ronaldo’s CR7 Denim clothing line, Bose, and Guinness. David directed music videos for Foals, Melanie C, Charlotte OC, Gengahr, The Japanese House, Jelani Blackman, Sam Sure, and Thor Rixon. He has also directed his own short films like Down Days and Exert.
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