1. Why do you think it’s important to make a plan before you go to shot film or audio on location?
It is always important to plan before filming or recording mainly because if you want good quality or the best quality for your video then you need to be prepared.
When you are planning the things you want done before you film or record it’s best to try and cover things like how accessible is the location?
Why? Because incase if you need to return to the location to reshot or re-record something you know what the possibilities are and how easy it is for the cast and crew to get there.
The next thing that would also be really good to do if possible is to make a short trip down there with a camera (just a good handy cam at lest) and a mic (whatever mic you have chosen to use) and preview the location with the equipment if you wish take different microphones down and test them to see which one suites best.
Not only by previewing the location would you find out how well your equipment will work at the location it also gives you a chance to get used with the location you can risk asses it and document where you would need to cameras to roughly be when your filming you could also preview the point you mark with the equipment to not only give an idea of what it might be like but also to use as evidence to show how accessible it is to get to the points.
It is also good to plan to film more then once one the same scene to make sure you have back up footage as well as maybe considering how long you will be at the location because not only do you need to plan you footage and sound you need to look after you’re cast and crew (don’t want a shaky camera guy/girl)
It is also good to have a back up location just incase the first location you choose in accessible
2. What might happen if you do not plan?
You will be very unprepared for example if you where to find some problems with either you sound or footage and found out you can not return to the location for some unknown reason then you will be left with not only bad quality footage or sound you are left with a choice to either change the idea last minute, drop the footage and use something else or use it and hope no one notices.
Also if you didn’t plan to film or record more then once then it could also be a problem because you might have had a chance of catching something useable and if you didn’t plan a back up location then this may also be problematic if you can not return to your old location but need to re-film.
an example of this that I have found is of a group of weather report that have gone wrong both inside and outside of the studios
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