Establishing my shots list

Now that I had all my research done, I can finally create my shots list. I opened up Google Docs and started writing down my thoughts from the previous days into my shots list. I wanted to include what type of shot, what action is being done, and what kind of audio is playing in each shot. I also talked about how some shots foreshadowed upcoming events in the film. Well, here's my shots list:

While creating my shots list, there were some problems that I have not thought about that I need to tackle soon. I have not thought about what people I will cast as the role of the main character, the friend, and the pedestrian. However, I have some ideas of what I will do. I think that I will probably be the main character, and I will ask one of my friends named Sean to cast as the role of the friend. He is good at mountain biking so he won't get hurt in the making of the film. 

However, one of the main concerns I have about the film is that I will get hurt. Not by making a mistake in mountain biking, but by having to fall off my bike in the film. To make a realistic crashing scene, I will inevitably have to jump off my bike or do something that will make the film look believable. I'm thinking that I could just make it with some close ups of the bike falling and then just using a POV shot of the camera falling towards the floor. But that would be lame. I want to create the effect of the bike rotating in the air and then the guy hitting his head on the floor. I could probably do this with rotoscoping. All I need is a green screen or a single colored wall. 

I also need to finalize the title of the film and the font that I will use for the film credits and the title. I also need to create a film production company and to create the logo for that company. This might be a problem as I will need to look into examples of production cards.

Creating the shots list will help the overall process of making the film because it will give me the shots I need when I'm filming. It will give me an outline of the plot as well as giving me a structure and plan during the production of the film. If I did not create a shots list, I would just be going improv when I am filming the project. This would not turn out good. Therefore, a shots list is necessary. It has also provided me with extra thought of the problems addressed above. Without creating the shots list, I would not have thought about these problems that I will now try to fix. The shots list also provides me with a sort of schedule. Since I have to film in different locations, I will have to plan out for different days of filming. For example, I would need to film one day for all the shots in my house and another day for all the shots in the bike park. Therefore, this shots list is essential to the structure, planning, and schedule of my filming process. Now that I have a shots list, I will be able to create a storyboard with the most important shots in it. I will also be able to choose the most important shots because I know what all the shots will be in my film. Finally, creating the shots list this early will provide as a guideline, and not a plan that's fixed in stone. I will be able to change it if I need to make the film longer or shorter. 

Anyways, I will now need to create a storyboard, which is what I'll probably do in my next blog post. Until next time. See ya!