Corporate Video Essentials: Preproduction

Corporate Video Essentials: Preproduction

1h 8mBeginner2021-06-07

Authors

Richard Harrington

Richard Harrington

Digital Video Expert, Educator, Speaker

Amy DeLouise

Amy DeLouise

Director, Producer

Course details

Planning is a critical step to creating successful corporate video content. You want to avoid budget surprises, build an accurate schedule that works for key stakeholders, and ensure that what you shoot tells the best possible story to your target audience. In this course, instructors Amy DeLouise and Richard Harrington share their proven strategies for a preproduction workflow that will help you map out your project and be ready to go into production. Discover how to properly scope the project, research your subject and find your story, identify your crew, set your schedule and location, and transition to production. These useful tips will help any video creators who want to break into corporate video production ensure their shoots are more professional and efficient by planning ahead.

Skills covered

Brand ManagementFoundationsMarketing

Concepts

Introduction

  • Preproduction of corporate videos
  • Meet your instructors

Scoping the Project

  • Initiating a project
  • Identifying your stakeholders
  • Completing a technical brief
  • Completing a creative brief
  • Creating a budget
  • Creating a schedule

Find Your Story

  • Defining messaging goals
  • Researching your subject
  • Creating a treatment
  • The role of pre-interviews
  • Creating a shooting script
  • When do you need stakeholder sign-off

Planning for the Crew

  • Identifying needed crew
  • Setting a schedule
  • Creating a packing list
  • When to go location scouting

Transitioning to Production

  • Creating a call sheet
  • Preparing for the shoot day
  • Transitioning to production
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