I’m a shooter. And an editor. Those two things are my passion, because they work together beautifully to create films.
Those two activities cover the “production” and “post-production” processes. I’ve been finding out that I often forget about the other vitally important step in the process: “Pre.”
Pre-production is “the process of preparing all the elements involved in a film, play, or other performance.” (thanks Wikipedia) For me, pre involves being in front of a laptop screen staring at blank document and a blinking cursor. It means sitting down and interviewing folks, having key questions to draw out essential info, figuring out what that essential info really is.
It all comes down to the story.
I’m shooting a promotional film for a non-profit organization. It’s my job to tell their story to the best of my ability. And come to find out, there is a lot more to that then finding creative camera angles.
