How I PLAN My TRAVEL VIDEOS - Pre-Production Process

For cinematic travel films, pre-production is a widely overlooked part of the filmmaking process. This week I'm sharing my entire process for planning travel videos- outlines, location scouting, shot lists, storyboarding, scheduling, and everything in between.

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[barakbruerd]

“Plans are nothing. Planning is everything” ~ Eisenhower. Love seeing how you lay everything out systematically. Not only does it create a more cohesive story, but it allows you to roll with the punches on location. Good stuff

[LukeWit]

This actually helps a ton. I’ve always wanted to make a travel video but had no clue where to start because of how non traditional this style of film is. I’m making films with friends and know how to storyboard, but travel films are a whole different thing.

[KaiVertigoh]

Watching this video for a 2nd time after a year, and it hits so different. Too many times I’ve gone into shoots not having plans at all, and paying the price for it when I’m sitting in front of my screen at 4am with my eyeballs shriveling into raisins.

Now that I’ve gone and learned the hard way, I really took this advice from a different perspective, and I really appreciate how in depth you laid out your ideas. Cheers Aidin. Know that the effort you put into each video pays off for years to come.

[AxTechs]

I always get my ideas at like 2am, so I wake up to write them down, and then I stay up till like 4am just writing, it's a bad habit

[akashtravels]

This is something i have been looking for past few weeks. I am thankful to youtube for showing me this on my feed....🤓🤓

[dreamsaway]

Man, you are so underrated. The quality of this video is amazing. Great vid!

[RyanKao]

Amazing breakdown of the process. Good work Aidin 👏

[rikimarizard]

I’m going on a trip and planning a video to hopefully inspire awe in people whilst sharing a meaningful story (beyond just cool transitions). This is the first time I’ve seen one of your videos and I found your tips incredibly valuable. Thank you.

[itsprestonchen]

Clicked faster than the speed of light, that intro was insane!

[anshulkhanal]

Nice video Aidin loved it . I think you should make a video talking about the storyboards and how to make one.

[BenHengst]

Would love to hear more about your storyboarding process. Also, the opening scene to this tutorial was fantastic.

[mariahezra]

This was amazing!!! Would love to hear more about your story boards!

[dariomendoza]

WOW!!! this is amazing video! I really enjoyed it. You are very well organized for everything and for me that I am trying to experiment on this field the video was really very useful. Thank you!!

[othentikgym]

Bro, impressive how young you are! This channel is amazing

[Blueridgemountainlife]

Wow, watching your awesome video as always, and at 3:57 ... BOOM ... I see my photo. It's the shot on the right with the 3 kids walking their dog at Max Patch - Very honored that my photo inspired you in some way, and even more honored to see it in your video. This made my night!

[fabrizioscimia]

I’m impressed. This is more “engineering of a travel video”. Outstanding process and explanation.

[judithrita]

You really broke down everything. Piece by piece!! Thank you for that. I’m a young YouTuber, who’s still trying to figure out this shot list and YT planning thing.
Thanks so much for sharing!!

[MatthewCassinelli]

Great video, this is exactly what I was looking for and there’s so few videos about the planning process!

I specifically liked how the shot list works as both the sequence in the video and the production order that makes sense logistically.

I also liked the part about only feeing like you need to storyboard either a specific sequence or something you’re not sure about.

Both those areas I either go overboard or don’t do enough, so those tips are helpful for finding the right balance.

Since I shoot videos at home I also do “location scouting” around the house with my phone to help plan as well.

A lot of these I’ve done too but not in this order and that’s super helpful too 👍

[mukundpatel]

Man this is really helpful thankyou so much for this amazing video 💯✨

[PepinsSpot]

Every single time I am so surprise that this kid is teaching me something new. Incredible teaching and filming talent!