Video Planning Overview

Main Points:
Workflow objective
The partnership concept
Pre-production 
Production
Post-production
Determining what software to use
Editing stages
Delivery

Workflow Objective:
  • Minimize Risk - Video productions tend to be more expensive than most types of creative project. This is due to the larger crew sizes and more expensive gear, as well as the longer post-production times. Making efforts to minimize risk early in the process can reduce the chances of wasted efforts and money.
  • Satisfy client scope and schedule - Project management is not unique to video, but it is a critical skill, due to the complex interconnected nature of video projects. It is important to learn how to balance the scope of the project, track your resources, and maintain the schedule you've built in advance.
  • Achieve quality goal - Creating high-quality video is becoming the expected standard. Improvements in technology and education as well as camera technology have empowered creative professionals to push beyond former limitations
The partnership concept:

  • Video is often referred to as a team sport. This is the hardest message for most photographers to accept. You cannot truly make a professional video in isolation. Video is too complex for one person to be able to simultaneously focus their attention on acquiring proper exposure and focus, along with clear audio and a strong performance by your subject
  • Video projects often have firm deadlines
  • You’ll make more money doing what you do best
  • The creative mind is like a hive

Pre-production:
  • Project scoping document outline - A good project scope should have: “Project objectives, Deliverable, Organizations and Interfaces required, Assumptions, Constraints, Evaluation criteria, Risks, Rewards, Budgets, Schedules (due dates), Project team readiness.
  • Determining equipment needs - Early on in the project you’ll need to determine what equipment is needed. The camera is at the center of the action. All that meticulous planning and staging exists to be recorded. You’ll need to choose from a pile of gear to enable the camera to capture what you want. You’ll need to consider which lenses are needed to achieve the vision of the director. You’ll want to plan for lighting and support equipment to achieve the desired shots. The purpose of camera bodies, lenses, and accessories is not only to execute the shots you desire, but also to play a creative role in the look of what you record.
  • Project development - Script, Budget, Treatment.
Production:
  • The role of the Producer
  • The role of the Director
  • The Director of Photography (DP)
  • Crewing essentials
  • Audio Engineer
  • Gaffer
  • Camera Operator
  • Camera Assistant
  • Data Technician
Post Production: 
  • Goals of post-production - The process begins with media management. There is a lot of data that needs to be backed up and organized. You’ll also want to get the footage organized and tagged, deciding which shots you like or which ones are rejected. In the video world, this is known as making selects, and it can happen at a few different stages in post. The goal is to get media organized for editing, allowing you to be more efficient when it comes time to start editing. The heart of post-production is, of course, editing. Editing is where a project comes together: where seemingly disparate items converge to create a cohesive story. In any given project you’ll probably have shot a lot more footage than you will end up using. During editing you will choose the best parts and start to arrange those files sequentially.
Determining what software to use:

  • Cost
  • Ease of use
  • Editing formats 
  • Multi-Camera editing abilities
  • Customer Support

Editing Stages:


The following stages are common for most video editing projects. Depending on budget, some projects may have additional stages added or deleted. For example a feature film goes through many more rounds of editing than a broadcast news story.
  • Assembly edit
  • Rough Cut
  • Fine cut
  • Final cut
Delivery:
  • The delivery stage is essential to the successful completion of the project life cycle. If you have completed a project, it is time to both publish and archive the project. Both are typically part of the delivery process.
Information Provided: http://www.dpbestflow.org/node/635


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  1. JCoSS Media Dept5 December 2017 at 02:58

    You were supposed to turn this information into a fact sheet for potential new project managers to explain the art of Project Management to them...

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