9 Things To Do The Day Before Your Video/Photo Shoot.

As I’m prepping for an upcoming shoot, I thought I’d be interesting to share the list of things, or steps, I always do the day before. Would love to hear if you agree/disagree, have different ones or any other feedback you might want to share with me.

1. Test your gear and complete workflow. Twice.
2. Charge all your batteries.
3. Format all your cards.
4. Have a camera backup, location backup, media backup, and at least one backup of every essential item (cables, hard drives, etc).
5. Prepare the media (folders, hard drives, etc).
6. Make and print essential documents (scripts, crew, schedules, shot lists, call sheet, storyboards).
7. Set up 2 alarms.
8. Go to bed early. It will be a loooooong day!
9. Never use new gear on a client shoot. If you are renting or borrowing gear, test it at least a day before.

Lastly, one of my golden rules is “Opportunity favors the prepared mind.” 

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