In part one of Plan it, Shoot it, Edit
I'll take you behind the scenes
on all the planning
that goes into my Vintage Explorer themed shoot.
Hello I'm Gavin Hoey
and you're watching Adorama TV,
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Well I'm often asked what
goes into one of my AdoramaTV video shoots
and in this video and the one after,
and the one after that,
I'm going to take you behind the scenes
on the entire process,
as I show you how I plan it,
shoot it, edit. You're going to come along
for the ride as it happens
and we're starting with the planning side
of things. I've got a week until the shoot
so plenty of time to get everything
organized and I need five things sorted.
I need to know the theme the outfit the
model any locations and gear that
I might need. Fortunately the first two
I already know because a while back
I was doing a bit of research online
and by research online,
I was shopping on eBay really,
that's what it means.
I found this pith helmet
and I bought it
and we've had this knocking around for a bit,
a vintage themed Explorer,
that's my idea. We’ve already got
a female vintage outfit to go with this.
All I need to do is to make this pith helmet
look a little bit more old and distressed.
That's where Sam will come and work her
magic in a little bit.
What about the location?
Now I could just do this in the studio,
that would be simple but for some
reason I want to do this in some caves.
I'm not quite sure,
I think I've seen too many Indiana Jones films
but caves would be good
because (A) they are a great location
and they are undercover which
is good news because it's freezing cold
and wet outside.
So the original plan was to hire
somewhere with a great kind of indoor
location but for varying reasons that
hasn't happened. A lot of places either
wanted too much money or they just
didn't want us there at all. Or they
never replied to any of our messages
so that's really frustrating
but Sam's come up with a plan (B)
Plan (B) looks like this,
hey, hey, hey.
These are sandstone outcrops.
They are local to us. They're only a few minutes drive
away and they should make
for a fantastic backdrop. We really couldn't
have hired anywhere better
and the best bit is this is public access land ,
so no permits, no special permissions
and there's nobody here amazing.
When it comes to location scouting
there's a few things I need to do.
I need to check where the location is,
how far away is to get there
and where I'm going to park.
Really boring stuff but essential
for when you're planning your shoots.
Then there's a time of day. We've come up here
at roughly the same time as the planned
shoot. That's important if you need
a gauge for the lighting. Unfortunately
today it's as flat as it comes,
the lighting. I can roughly get an idea where
the Sun will be. I'm hoping it will be
sunny on the day of the shoot but to be
honest I'll take anything that isn't
freezing cold rain or snow, so fingers
crossed we'll have weather a bit like this.
Another bit of good news we've also
heard from our model, so we've
definitely got Kerry booked for the
shoot. That's great Kerry is a brilliant
model. She's used to being a vintage
model with us before and she's really
good at dressing up and acting as
characters. So great location.
Well done Sam, well found
but this is going to work
absolutely brilliantly, so let's head back
to the studio and get everything
else ready.
So it's a new morning
and already a couple of problems have
cropped up for the shoot. The first one
is kind of major the forecast for the
day of the shoot has changed and they're
now calling it a polar vortex,
which basically means freezing cold,
blowing a gale the worst bits of winter
all over again right when I want to shoot.
So we're going to bring the shoot forward
to tomorrow. The only problem with tomorrow is the
forecast is a little bit changeable,
so I might need a plan,
I will need a Plan (C).
So we'll get to that. The other slight
problem and it is only a minor thing but
I ordered a parasol, a lace parasol
as a prop except this morning, I got an email
from the company saying;
it's out of stock.
Now we've got lots of other props
to use in the shoot, so it's not a big
problem, it's just a bit annoying.
This is Plan (C)
which is just to do some shots
in the studio. I get the confidence then
that I've got something to show you
in the next video, which means when we get
out on location there's just a little
bit less pressure and that's a good
thing. Now this is something we picked up
last year and it is a solid metal
traveling case. It's well over a hundred
years old so it's in keeping with the
the vintage theme of the shoot and now
I'm looking at this I'm not so sure
about the floor.
Well because I got this wooden gray
that I use all the time,
but underneath is actually some floorboards.
All right well there we go
so floorboards.
Part the planning process
is to see what the whole outfit looks
like, so Sam's gamely volunteered
to try it all on and she put most of the effort
into making this anyway
so yeah looks really, really good.
So I'm going to have a quick lighting test
as well to see if there's any problems
with the outfits,
is anything that shines
or gives me any grief.
Then it's best to find out now but
as it stands I'm pretty happy with that.
It's also a good idea to take a quick
look at some of the props and see how
they might work in the shoot?
What the model might do with them,
so we've got a nice little map of the area.
You're going to look up
where you're going.
A map of a lake district.
Sometimes the best locations
aren't the easiest to get to.
There are times when I do wish
I was back in my studio.
Let's have a little bit of a squeeze in here
but hopefully this shot will be
worth it.