This guide provides tips for successfully completing a video production project based on the author's experiences. It outlines things to do such as thorough preparation, using storyboards, allowing extra time for filming and editing. Things not to do include bringing faulty equipment, rushing the production, telling actors to start without pressing record, and poor planning. The document aims to help readers avoid common mistakes and ensure their project is a success.

2. Contents page
 Introduction
 Things to do
 Things not to do
 Good luck

3. Introduction
This guide is here to help you make the best
production possible. I have learnt many things
since my preliminary task and my final project.
These are a few little hints and tips so you
don’t make the same errors that I did which
could have been easily avoided.
The points that are red relate to things I learnt
from the preliminary task
The points in blue are things which relate to the
final product
The points in white are generic points
Enjoy

4. Things to do
 Make sure you are fully prepared
 Have all the equipment you need ready
 Give yourself plenty of time to film so you can make a good job of it
 Ensure you have your storyboards in a chronological order so to prevent time wasting
 Take extra shots which are not storyboarded; they may look better than the shots you
chose previously
 Make sure if you are filming people that they have been briefed on what they are doing
and know their lines
 Make a floor plan so you know exactly where to put the camera
 Stick to the length of the shot that you chose in the storyboard-if in doubt make it
longer, it is easier to edit out than to having to reshoot (trust me)
 Use good camera equipment, for the best look use a HD camera
 Have all props ready before the shoot
 Make a contract with your actors so if they can’t make a shoot and don’t tell you, you
have it in writing that they said they would do it
 Allow lots of time for editing
 To get the movie effect, take a shot, duplicate it, put one on top of the other then add
the desired effects on to both shots and voila, you have a moove like effect to your
footage!

5. Things not to do
 Bring faulty equipment to the shoot
 Try and film in a small time frame, my motto is a
rushed production is a rubbish production
 Tell your actors to start before you’ve pressed play (I
have plenty experience in this one)
 Decide to film without detailed planning
 Expect it to be easy, if you want it to look good
expect a lot of hard work and determination
 Tell your actors the day before, tell them well in
advance so that they can schedule around it
 Go into your project ‘blind’. Be well prepared and
fully researched on what you are trying to produce

6.  By following these simple tips, hopefully
your production will turn out a success.
 Good Luck!!