For technical directors, directors and camera supervisors planning a conference, awards show or hybrid event. Build the camera list after the recce, then write the camera cards once the run order is stable.
What it catches
- Two cameras covering the same shot while nobody covers the reaction to it.
- A lens that cannot reach from the position chosen for it.
- An operator with no way to hear the director.
- ISO records that were never set up, so a second edit has nothing to work from.
- A camera in the audience view of a paid seat.
How to adapt it
The first sheet is the plan: one line per camera, with the position, mount, lens, operator and the shots it owns. The second sheet is the card: one line per camera per segment, so an operator can see what they are doing in the keynote, what changes for the panel and what they are doing in the Q&A. For a PTZ or robotic camera, put a preset number in the shots column and leave the operator as remote. Print the card for each camera and clip it to the camera. Update both sheets after rehearsal, because the plan on paper rarely survives the first run.
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