Your Lakeland video production is going to need a lot of planning to make sure that everything goes according to how you need it to. One of the most important things that you need to plan out properly is the scheduling of the production to make sure that you get all of the shots needed in time for post-production to work on it and get the quality that you need out of it.

While it might seem easy to plan out your production, plenty of people make a lot of common mistakes in scheduling, which causes more time delays. To make sure that you wrap up your Lakeland video production in time, here are some basic scheduling mistakes that you should avoid.

Not scheduling night and day shoots properly

Sometimes, when the situation calls for it, you will need to shoot some scenes at night. There’s nothing wrong with that, plenty of professionals have had experience handling shoots at night. However, if you want to make sure that you get the full benefit of a night shoot without burning out your talent, you have to make sure to be more aware of how you’re handling the scheduling.

A common scheduling mistake that you might run into is when a night shoot is scheduled up to, say, 11 PM the night before, and a morning shoot scheduled for 7 AM the next day.

The problem with this is that your talent and crew are going to be tired from the previous night’s shoot, so they’re not going to be in good condition for the morning shoot. Give everyone enough time to recover from an evening shoot so that they can be at their best form when you need them to.

Improper actor scheduling

It is no secret that hiring good actors is expensive, so you have to make the most of their time. Because of this, be wary of scheduling them to shoot their scenes in consecutive order. The best way to handle their scheduling is by scheduling them on consecutive days and shooting all of their scenes during this time. This cuts down on the resources needed to keep an actor on standby.

Not taking setup and transport into account

The biggest mistake you can make when it comes to scheduling your Lakeland video production is if you fail to take the setup and transport of your equipment into account when you’re planning out your schedule. This is going to take some time, so make sure that you give your crew enough of it to make sure that it gets done right.