By Kelly Schwarze – Filmmaker and Author of “What Film Schools Don’t Tell You”
Film school 101 and the camera shot list:
Consider a shot to be what a word is to a sentence. Sure, you can just randomly mash your hands upon a keyboard and hope that poetry appears, or you can sit down and consider what you want to say. This, in film language, is your shot list.
A shot list is a basic outline of the types of shots you need and their emotional service to the story. Here are some film school 101 tips to help you make your next shot list meaningful and useful:
Attempting a film without a shot list is like attempting an essay without a first draft. A shot list is not only your guide as a director, but will be used by just about every department on set to prepare for what’s to come.
If you would like to learn more about this stuff, be sure to check out my new book:
What Film Schools Don’t Tell You
Your Basic Guide to Making Movies and Finding Good Distribution.
That’s all for now. Make Movies!
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Kelly Schwarze is an Emmy © Award Recipient filmmaker who has written directed and produced 7 feature films, dozens of music vides and commercials, and has owned successful media companies in Las Vegas.
Kelly also does one-on-one consulting for filmmakers. Click here for more details.
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