Skills to be on your feet and ready to go in tricky situations need extensive preparation and practice!
After the boom in content on the internet, only being a talented artist isn’t enough, it is imperative to understand how to work in stressful situations and overwhelming environments. The competition to create and produce high quality content is extremely high, and everyday there are billions of viewers spending countless hours on the internet watching content, and on the other hand there are creators who are spending double that amount of time to create and deliver everyday to their core audiences without fail. In order for these massive expectations to be met a creator must be fully prepared for shooting or working in extreme high pressure situations and narrow deadlines. This can be extremely challenging and in most cases is quite overbearing, but there needs to be enough mental and physical fortitude to be able to create and deliver content on time, that is by definition a run and gun situation. This list contains practical tips that will help you to shoot in run and gun situations like a pro, without messing up the work or being unnecessarily nervous.
It is not enough just to be on time in run and gun situations, the need of the hour is that you come before time to make the necessary preparations and be ready to deliver when moment comes, this way you are mentally prepared, and it is important to expect surprises but never be taken aback by it, during run and gun situations the unforeseen can happen things that were not planned but you must learn to adapt accordingly.
It is also important for you be aware of the location way beforehand, this gives you a way to scope out the location and know the exact place you are dealing with knowing that will give a knowledge of the important places and you will shoot with that knowing that if any unknown problem arises you can navigate around your surroundings to find help.
The most important part is that you remember to be prepared with all your equipment beforehand. This saves time during the process and makes sure you do not miss anything that is imperative to the content or project.
