Free shoot day checklist
Never leave kit behind again. Pick your shoot type and get a pre-loaded gear checklist for camera, audio, lighting, grip, and safety. Check items off as you pack, add your own, and print.
Talking head / Interview
Six preset shoot types, each with a realistic kit list based on real-world production requirements.
Talking head / interview, run & gun / documentary, corporate / brand, event / live, product / tabletop, and aerial / drone. Each has a different default kit list.
Camera, audio, lighting, grip & support, safety & legal, miscellaneous. Find what you're looking for instantly without hunting through a single long list.
Tick items as you load the van or bag. The progress bar shows how many items are packed out of the total. When it hits 100%, you're ready.
Every shoot has specific needs. Add custom items to any category — client-specific gear, location permits, catering, anything the preset list missed.
Clear all checks with one click to start fresh for the next job. Your custom items stay; the checkmarks reset.
Print a clean, categorised PDF to keep in your kit bag or share with your crew. Empty checkboxes on the print view for pen-and-paper packing.
Select your shoot type, pack through the list, and print. Takes 10 minutes the night before.
Pick the preset that matches your shoot — interview, run & gun, corporate, event, product, or drone. The categories and items populate automatically.
Work through each category and tick items as you place them in the bag or van. The progress bar tracks your overall completion.
Every shoot has specific needs. Add items to existing or new categories — location documents, client-supplied props, specialist equipment.
Print a clean checklist to take on the day, or save it to your portal to reuse for the same shoot type next time.
Anyone who packs kit and drives to a location should use a checklist.
When you're operating camera, audio, and lighting on your own, there's no one to catch what you forgot. The checklist is your crew.
Build a standardised kit list for different shoot types and share it across your team. Prevent the "I thought you were bringing the second lav" conversation.
When you're shooting with hired or unfamiliar kit, a checklist is even more important — you're less likely to notice instinctively that something's missing.
It depends heavily on the shoot type, but the universal core kit for most professional video shoots is: one or two camera bodies, the appropriate lenses (prime and/or zoom), enough memory cards and batteries for the day plus spares, a tripod with a fluid head, an audio solution (lavalier kit, boom, or both), and a lighting setup appropriate to the conditions. This checklist is pre-loaded for six shoot types — interview, run & gun, corporate/brand, event, product/tabletop, and drone/aerial — so you can start from the right baseline for your specific shoot.
The day before: format and test all memory cards, charge all batteries, confirm the shot list is finalised, check the location address and parking, and verify you have any signed location permissions or insurance documents. Morning of: pack against the checklist (not from memory), charge the gimbal if using one, load the script or shot list to your phone. On arrival: check audio levels in the actual space before talent arrives, confirm lighting is working as expected, and brief any crew on the run order.
In our experience, the two most commonly forgotten items on corporate shoots are: (1) a backup audio solution — a lavalier that fails mid-interview will derail the day, so a backup lav or a boom mic as fallback is essential. (2) The correct brand assets and signage confirmation — clients often assume you've been briefed on what should or shouldn't appear in the background, so confirm this explicitly before shooting begins. The checklist includes both.
For a standard interview or talking-head setup: a clip-on lavalier microphone with a transmitter/receiver (wireless), spare batteries, and a backup option such as a boom mic with a blimp and deadcat for outdoor use. For run & gun or documentary work: a directional shotgun mic mounted on the camera (with a deadcat for wind) plus a lav kit for close-up coverage. Always bring spare batteries for all wireless audio gear — this is the most common shoot-day failure.
Drone shoots require the most preparation of any shoot type. Legal requirements (UK): a valid CAA Flyer ID and Operator ID, a GVC or A2 C2 competency certificate depending on the drone and airspace, and LAANC or CAA airspace authorisation for the specific location and date. Check NATS NOTAMs, flight restriction zones on the CAA drone app, and weather forecasts (especially wind speed) the evening before. Bring 4+ batteries to account for flying time, battery degradation in cold weather, and reshots.
Yes — even if you've done the same shoot type 100 times. Memory is unreliable under the pressure of shoot prep, and the items you forget most often are the ones that feel so obvious they don't need checking. Forgetting a spare memory card or leaving the drone batteries at home are common failures that cost the whole day. A printed checklist takes 2 minutes to run through and catches the items your brain skipped. Save this checklist against your most common shoot types and print it the night before every job.
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