How do you plan your scripts?

CreativeInvision

CreativeInvision

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Thought this would be good to see other peoples perspectives on this and hopefully people will learn from it too. I'm currently looking for new ideas for planning stuff towards skits. How do you guys plan your ideas when it comes to scripts, shot lists and locations? Which do you do first and why?
 
Whenever I come up with an idea, I like to build on that idea. I usually add little points in a list form to help see what will happen from beginning to end. Sometimes I add other points that could change the whole story in the case I dislike my original idea. From there I right a script, adding some details (no shot list yet), while also looking for location that best suits the idea. When I find the location that I think would work best, I add in the shot details. The rest is just little details and review, but I do have someone else look at the script in case I forgot something and to make sure that the story flows.
 
I start with an idea the topic the video is going to be about then i build from there i write what exsactlly i am going to talk about in the video and the points i want to cover then i write our the little cutaway's for my videos and from the there ill have my script it's kinda basic for the most part for my videos.
 
I find a topic that inspires me then I write in point-from the ideas I have. After that I just film. My videos could be more defined if I wrote a script, but I chose not to do that for now.
 
My scripts are based on random stories of my life and I expand that idea into something weird and random and sometimes I use a storyboard by adding a comic with myself but not with the exact camera angles etc.
 
I do video game reviews so it all starts with playing video games. While I play I write down thoughts to see if the game is giving me anything to talk about and if what it is giving me is good. Once I have a good amount of stuff to talk about, I go back and organize my thoughts and create sections, like Story, Presentation, Audio, Gameplay, Levels, Enemies, Final Stage and I organize my thoughts according to what they fall under. When it comes to writing a full script, I'll just take what I have and start writing and as I'm writing I'll leave production notes to remind myself what to do and how I should act when saying lines. The production notes then help me write a storyboard basically. I only use one location.
 
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