Smartphone photography(mobilography). From experience.

I will tell you how the second stage of work on the project of shooting a Bathhouse on a smartphone went.
The second stage is pre-production. Or preparing to shoot.
The task of this stage is to think through everything to the maximum and prepare for filming. The importance of this stage cannot be overestimated.

What does it give you and the customer?

to you

✅A clear understanding of what you are shooting.

How much time it takes and how to plan the shooting.

✅Maximum efficiency of your work on the site.

✅Saving time on discussions about what and how to remove.

Everything is necessary on the set, the customer has prepared what is prescribed in the shooting plan.

✅Peace of mind and understanding that you will succeed 100% and everything will be shot as needed.

TO THE CUSTOMER

✅Understanding the time spent on the day of shooting.

Understanding what will be required for filming and the opportunity to prepare it in advance.

✅Calmness and confidence that they are working with a professional and they have everything thought out.

✅Saving money on shooting by optimizing processes and maximum availability.

So, let's take an example of how I passed the second stage.

😎I came to the bathhouse. We discussed in detail what the client wants to shoot, what to show.

I went through all the rooms, saw how I would shoot. I specified when it would be free.

What we can shoot right away, what we need to prepare for shooting.

As a result of our meeting, a shooting plan appeared.

At 10:00 - 10:30 we rent the lobby, reception, shelving.

During this time, fruit baskets are washed and prepared, crayfish are cooked, etc. for shooting the bar.

10:30 -11:30 shooting of the bar, making juices, brewing tea, pouring beer, etc.

In parallel, the sauna heats up and the bath attendant prepares the necessary props.

And so on until the end of the shooting.

In each item we prescribe what should be ready according to the props for the start of shooting each scene.

Next, I asked to write a text with competitive advantages. Theses, what we show and what we attract.

When there are theses, you can already shoot the necessary shots for them. If there is a lot of text, then it is clear how many frames are needed and how to remove them in order to beautifully reveal the text and move on to the next scene.

With the finished text, I can creatively create a storyboard for the video and think through everything frame by frame. Thus, to get a very deeply worked out and perfectly made video.

❌But the customer said that he refuses to write the text in advance. He wants to take it off. Mount it. And then come up with a text for the finished video.

I tried to convince them that it was worse for two serious reasons.

1- The video will be ready and the text may not match the frames, which will lead to the need for additional work on making edits. And this is an additional waste of the customer's money.

2- I have no control over this process in any way and it can drag on for a week, two, three and the project will hang.

💡Suggested adding the screenwriter's work to the estimate so that he would write the script and we would approve it.

But the customer stood his ground, refused to spend on the screenwriter and assured that everything would be great, he would write it himself and it would be much more convenient.

Well, if it's more convenient, then fine.

Let's summarize.

Well:

✅I clearly understood how much shooting was going to take place and how I would shoot it.

✅I have optimized the processes to save the customer time and money.

✅I had a clear shooting plan by the minute.

Badly:

There is no ready-made script or at least text for editing.

Next was the third stage - production. Shooting day.

I'll tell you how it went in the next article.

💥Thank you for reading to the end!

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Finished video:
Sauna on a smartphone (Is it possible to earn money by shooting on a smartphone?)

The first part of the publication:
https://www.publish0x.com/professional-videoproduction/how-i-shot-a-sauna-advertisement-on-a-smartphone-xyegdpv

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