Are you prepared for your shoot? Have you captured the direction of your video through a script or outline? Pre-production is the stage where you get all your creative and operational tasks organized and finalized before you start filming. A good amount of time must go into this planning stage as this determines what your story is, who is your cast and crew, when you're filming, how you're shooting the video, where the video takes place, and other critical elements. In this clip from our video content course, we explain the essential elements that go into the pre-production stage.