Events & live
Graduation Video Shot List Template
A graduation film has one shot it cannot miss: the walk across the stage. Everything else can be recovered, and that cannot. Know the running order, know where your graduate is in it, and be in position early.
The rest of the day is portraits and context.
Shots
25
Groups
3
Format
Checklist
The shot list
Before
- 01Getting ready — gown, cap, hood
- 02Campus or venue exterior
- 03Signage and programme
- 04Arriving and gathering
- 05Meeting friends in gowns
- 06The hall before the ceremony
Ceremony
Confirm the order of names in advance and be in position two names early.
- 07Wide of the full hall, locked off
- 08Procession in
- 09Speeches, wide and close
- 10Your graduate seated, waiting
- 11The name being read
- 12The walk across the stage
- 13Handshake and receiving the certificate
- 14The turn to camera on stage
- 15Walking off
- 16Family reaction in the audience
- 17Cap throw at the end
After
- 18Finding family outside
- 19Hugs and congratulations
- 20Family group portraits
- 21Graduate alone, formal portrait with certificate
- 22With friends, group shots
- 23Campus landmark shots
- 24Detail — certificate, cap, tassel
- 25Walking away, wide
Tips for this kind of shoot
- Get the running order and count the names. Being two names early is the whole job.
- A long lens is essential — you will be a long way from the stage.
- Family portraits immediately after, before people scatter. Everyone leaves faster than you expect.
Use this list on your next shoot
Storeyz keeps your shots in story order for planning and regroups them by location for the day — then you tick them off on your phone as you get them.