inside installations — online course 'video registration of installations'

Pre-production – Write script Basic elements Possible elements of a video document of an installation:
—	An impression of the installation in the space, with visitors.
—	Configuration. In the case of a video installation, the different video channels collected in one for preview. Sometimes this element consists of the entire loop of the work.
—	Interview. Voiceover or commentary track with the technician and/or the artist. Depending on the project there might be other possible commentators.
—	Inventory of all the elements that the installation consists of detailing how they were installed and for what purpose.
—	The building- up process. Following the different steps of putting the installation together.
—	Graphics. For example a connection diagram illustrating how the equipment is connected together.
—	An animation of a 3D model of the installation.
—	Textual information. Meta-data, credits, rights etc.
Note: Most video documents only consist of the first and the last element. A script in this context can quite simply be a shot list. This is also the time to consider any special problems that the installation you are about to film might have. If you are trying to film an installation with twelve channels of audio and three channels of video it obviously is quite a challenge to interpret this onto one channel video with a stereo audio track. Perhaps the solution for this can be achieved in post-production; however it might require a specific approach while recording the installation. While writing the script you will need to determine any explanatory texts, graphics and/or still images that might be needed to be added in post-production. Try to avoid the use of a excessive amounts of text on screen as it will test the viewer’s patience. However, with some types of installations a lot of text might be unavoidable. When done cleverly the combination of text and image/sound can be very illuminating.