These are the only shots you will ever need.

[Music] so when we think of doing video most of the time we plan our shots with a story board or a shot list well obviously it is recommended to do so because this will make your filming more efficient and also your editing part because of fewer shots to choose from planning also makes our storytelling better because we got shot selections that are fit to the story that we want to tell but as a solo sh sometimes we cannot avoid having creative block or it's simply hard to think of shot sequences so whenever I'm in this

kind of situation I'm using this template as my go-to shots so I could create an interesting sequence it consists of three staple shots and then one or more shots after depending on the story I want to [Music] tell so the first shot is a white shot it's perfect for establishing scenes and showing the relationship between the character and their surrounding this shot captures a large area of the scene giving the audience a sense of the environment and the context having a white shot makes some flexibility to where to put our subject we can use a

simple full rule of thirds to position our character it may be on the right side or the left side of the [Music] frame next is a medium shot this shot frames the subject from waist up a balance between a wide shot and a close-up shot most of the time I use this to make the subject closer to the frame and also how the subject will interact with the environment and it also can be used if you want to introduce another character or it can be a staging point for the next shot which is a close-up

shot so as I mentioned the number three on this list is a close-up shot this shot emphasizes the character there in motion or it is a close-up shot of the face or other parts of the subject or it can be connected from The Medium shot that comes before the shot it can also describe the interest of the character so having a close-up shot let us show the audience the details that can be missed with the wide shot or the medium shot so the fourth and final shot or shots depends on your story so it can

be another close-up shot of a detail or it can be a medium shot again or a white shot or even a combination of those three shots so for example if I want to show that the character is leaving the scene I will do a white shot of that and then do another white shot of the next location so I could start the new sequence so yeah basically that's how I use this sequence as a template whenever I'm having trouble thinking of creative shots and most of the time it works and trust me I know how

hard it is not knowing what to shoot first especially if you're in a location or you have like a run in- gun situation so here are some examples on how this segment looks like together [Music] [Music] I [Music]