WEBVTT 00:00.270 --> 00:04.240 Once you have an idea for your video the next step is to make a plan. 00:04.320 --> 00:07.320 This is the pre-production process. 00:07.380 --> 00:09.410 Pre-production is extremely important. 00:09.540 --> 00:14.010 It's something that helps you production in post-production all run much much smoother because you've 00:14.010 --> 00:18.270 gone and you've had the foresight to know what you're getting into just for this course alone. 00:18.270 --> 00:19.590 We've been outlines. 00:19.590 --> 00:20.930 We've done scheduling. 00:20.970 --> 00:23.530 We've gone back on the islands we've written scripts. 00:23.550 --> 00:28.550 I mean it takes a lot to make this all happen but now that we're here shooting it we know what to expect. 00:28.650 --> 00:34.320 We know what we're trying to get and we just need to film it pre-production for us includes things like 00:34.320 --> 00:39.270 creating a timeline creating equipment and personnel lists and also creating a budget. 00:39.330 --> 00:44.070 All of these things together can be put together as a treatment if you're doing a more professional 00:44.070 --> 00:45.290 shoot with a client. 00:45.300 --> 00:48.420 This is something you might want to be presenting to your client. 00:48.420 --> 00:52.410 It can also be used as reference so that you can keep track of everything you're doing while you're 00:52.410 --> 00:53.160 shooting. 00:53.220 --> 00:57.900 Setting up a timeline is an important part of your pre-production process. 00:57.900 --> 01:03.660 Now this is going to look different from your feature length narrative to your YouTube channel timeline 01:03.690 --> 01:06.100 but for any type of video it's important. 01:06.210 --> 01:10.770 Let's look at YouTube though because I think a lot of you watching this video will be starting your 01:10.770 --> 01:12.080 own YouTube channel. 01:12.360 --> 01:18.510 It's so important to have a schedule on YouTube or really any social media platform when it comes to 01:18.510 --> 01:26.580 video putting out consistent video is one way to grow your audience faster because people will expect 01:26.580 --> 01:33.120 and know that you're coming out with more content on a weekly or a monthly or bi weekly basis. 01:33.120 --> 01:40.110 Now there's no perfect rule for how often you should be posting but once or twice a week is a great 01:40.110 --> 01:41.080 rule of thumb. 01:41.100 --> 01:47.130 So once you know that you want to be posting videos once a week or twice a week or whatever it is you 01:47.130 --> 01:53.520 can come up with a timeline for how long it will take to create that video that is going to include 01:53.550 --> 01:57.910 things like planning out the video shooting the video and editing the video. 01:57.990 --> 02:02.640 And any time it takes to put it online and publish it and actually do this. 02:02.670 --> 02:04.430 Start from the end. 02:04.500 --> 02:06.120 When do you want to publish a video. 02:06.300 --> 02:11.280 If it's Monday and you want to publish on Friday think about when you want to shoot it maybe you want 02:11.280 --> 02:13.690 to shoot it on Monday or Tuesday. 02:13.800 --> 02:14.920 When are you going to edit it. 02:14.940 --> 02:20.520 When are you going to set it up online and maybe you can do it on one day but just start to think about 02:20.580 --> 02:25.830 how big what the scope of your product is and work backwards to create your own timeline. 02:26.160 --> 02:29.700 And next you'll need to think of your crew and equipment. 02:29.700 --> 02:32.460 So who's going to be on the set with you. 02:32.460 --> 02:38.130 Do you have someone to help with lighting camera audio who's engaging with the subject and these can 02:38.130 --> 02:41.870 all be covered by one person or they can be a whole team of people. 02:41.880 --> 02:46.260 Alongside that you need to know what equipment you have or workwomen you'll need to rent. 02:46.290 --> 02:49.400 Do you have your own camera do you have lighting can you use natural lighting. 02:49.410 --> 02:54.870 You know there's so many different tools and toys you can play with but when you first started to use 02:54.870 --> 02:59.310 what you have use what's available to you and really focus on your story focus on what's in front of 02:59.310 --> 03:04.110 your camera now that you figured out everything you need to shoot this you can create a budget basically 03:04.110 --> 03:06.720 the budget includes your costs from beginning to end. 03:06.720 --> 03:09.540 That means paying for production and post-production. 03:09.570 --> 03:16.860 So for the total budget things to think about our equipment crew transportation fees food postproduction 03:17.220 --> 03:23.450 such like editing or assets like creating new graphics and also music composition and potentially distribution 03:23.550 --> 03:28.110 because this can all seem a little daunting but we're going to walk through our pre-production checklist 03:28.140 --> 03:29.260 in the next lesson.