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Identifying your possible shoot dates

Identifying your possible shoot dates

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Identifying your possible shoot dates

- Now, we can't go find a location without knowing what days we need, right? So, let's figure out how we narrow down our time schedule to get production days. First, let's figure out what our main crew members' availability is. If you have a director of photography you really want to use, you need to know which days they are available. Maybe your production is based on certain talent. Maybe it's a documentary about a family. You need to check out what their availability is as well. Identify your delivery deadline. We need to make sure we pad our production time and post-production time to make sure you don't miss your deadline. Maybe your production is client-based. You need to figure out what their availability is as well. Maybe your production is a commercial about a certain product. Usually, I like to have a expert on this product come to site while we're filming to make sure we're following their guidelines. So…

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