- Access! If this film involves a specific person or place, make sure you have permission from whoever is in a place to give it.
I am planning to to do a visual poem based on two gyms that is one gym where I work at which is crunch fitness and other one is blink fitness where I work out. I will probably have the permission to shoot video since the managers of these two gym.
- A strong sense of what story or feeling you want to convey without words.
I want to film and demonstrate the behavior of the members of the gym and how each group of members behave in different sections or areas of the gym.
- Ideas for music/use of sound.
I was thinking of shooting and recording sounds of dumbbells, grunts, barbells etc. to create a beat or musical instrumental to compliment the visual poem of the behaviors of gym members.
- A clear plan for what you intend to shoot, and the kinds of scenes/imagery you want to come back with.
I intend to shoot the people squatting, bench pressing, deadlifting, using cardio machines, weight machines and chatting with other gym members with different camera angles including close shot, wide shot, etc.
- A vision for the editing, both in terms of pace and style.
My vision for the editing is to put of the clips of gym members’ action according to the musical beat of their grunts, yells and exercises so that everything sync along well.