Planning Your Day: How to Keep to Schedule on a Shoot
Ensuring a seamless and productive shoot day requires meticulous planning, from pre-shoot preparations to on-the-day scheduling. Conducting a shoot can often be an intimidating prospect, especially for photographers and videographers who have not hired a studio before. In this blog we will walk you through some of the key steps to make sure you have a successful day at the Nine Elms studio.
If you’re already aware of these important steps, go ahead and hire the studio today!
Develop Your Idea
The first step to producing your video or photo shoot is coming up with your concept. Whether it’s a certain discipline within photography, or a style of film you are trying to emulate, the process is very similar.
Creating a mood board is a great way to develop your idea, pulling inspiration from multiple resources to help you paint the picture. Having a mood board is also very useful when working with other people, showing them what you are hoping to achieve.
Create a Shot List
Once you have developed your idea, the next stage is to create a shot list. This stage is crucial to ensuring you are productive whilst shooting.
Referring to your mood board, you can begin to lay out what shots you want to achieve. Whether it’s a certain angle for your fashion photography shoot or a range of shots to create a short film. Establishing this shot list will also help determine your choice of studio and what equipment you need.
Familiarise Yourself with The Studio
After creating your shot list, you will have a clear plan of the environment you want to achieve on the shoot day. Picking a studio that can meet these requirements is essential to elevate your results, as well as your productivity on the day.
Choosing a conveniently located and well-equipped studio also makes it much easier come shoot day. Once you have picked the studio, familiarise yourself with everything that the set has to offer.
Our Central London Videography and Photography Studio for example, boasts a range of colorama backdrops, a white infinity wall, full black out and more. Creating countless possibilities for your photoshoot. The versatility of a studio with many features, greatly reduces the limitations on your original concept, allowing the end product to align with your desired result.
Pick the Right Equipment
Picking the right equipment for your shoot is essential to achieve the planned shot list. This will allow you to maximise your productivity and remove any obstacles between you and your idea, whether you want to create timeless shots with a film camera, or sharp images with a high-quality DSLR.
Your choice of equipment will have a big impact on your results. Make sure to also take the space of the studio and the included equipment into consideration, as this can also help you decide what you need for the day.
Experiment throughout the Shoot
So, you’ve done all your preparation and now it’s time to put it into practice. Follow your shot list and enjoy using your equipment and studio to create the results you had envisioned. However, don’t be afraid to experiment throughout the shoot! Make the most of the studio’s facilities and go off script, even if you’ve already got your intended shot.
Often, some of the best moments from a shoot come from spontaneous , off-the-cuff moments. This will also keep it fun, as you watch your idea come to life!
Put These Steps into Practice
Using this guide, you can get the most out of your shoot and create the results you want. If you are ready to go ahead and hire a studio, the Nine Elms studio space is a great fit for photography and videography. Take a look at our studio specs to find out more about the Nine Elms features.
You can book our studio for half and full-days, as well as adding extra hours when required. Get in touch with us if you have any questions, otherwise feel free to go ahead and book the studio.