Tuesday, December 9, 2025

Following the Shot List (Implementation)

For our production, I used the shot list I created for the scenes we're recreating in our Swede (I'm the king of the world - Titanic). The shot list keeps the entire film crew aligned because it breaks down the scene into specific camera setups, angles, movements, and technical needs. It's really important because instead of guessing what comes next, the team knows exactly which shot is being captured and how it contributes to the final sequence. In our case, since we're recreating a scene as faithfully as possible to the film, we need our shot list to be accurate.

When we were filming on our third day of production, my team and I realized that something wasn't right. We were on Scene 1, Shot 8, but the descriptions and camera movements on the shot list didn't match our reference. So I pulled out my list of the minutes and seconds of the scene with the shots and realized that I had entered it correctly in that list, but when I transferred it to the shot list, I made a mistake and omitted a one-second shot (shot 8).

That very short shot slowed us down in production. My solution was to go over the shots again and make sure they were all there, and also add the missing shot. In the end, we were able to film those scenes, and it wasn't a big problem, aside from a slight delay because we realized the mistake very quickly.


Shot list after fix it 

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