Diwali Shoot

How the day works

Factory is open one hour only (11–12). Capture silent BTS on the floor — machines, stacks, walks. No talking on the warehouse floor during that hour. All dialogue and VO get recorded at the flat from 12:30 (same day, in the VO batch — or pick up later if needed).

Day timeline

Optional videos — if time allows

Videos 4 and 8 are not required. Skip if running late on the core 6.

Products

Any SKU from the category works. One example per line, lids intact, boxes empty for table shots.

One per category on set

Sweet box Dry fruit box Bhaji box Chocolate box Net basket Mixed stacks — warehouse hour

By video

Video	Needed
1	One per category + WH stacks
2	Any sweet box + stacks
3	One each: sweet · dry fruit · bhaji · chocolate · net basket
4 opt	Sweet box + phone
5	Sweet · net basket · chocolate · dry fruit
6–7	Open box + props below
8 opt	None

Props

Festive corner — flat (v1 table, v3, v6, v7)

Mustard / gold cloth Table or bench

Videos 6 & 7 — prop food only

Almonds Cashews Mithai Chocolate Diya Closed box for hero (v6)

Optional

Marigold petals Brass diyas Phone (v4) Clip-on mic per worker (v8)

Prep brief — read before shoot day

Two locations, one day. Shoot is batched by location, not by video number. Warehouse = silent B-roll only. Flat = all dialogue, table work, VO.

Day structure

When	Where	What	Audio
11:00–12:00	Warehouse / factory	BTS batch — machines, hands, stacks, silent walks	No talking on floor · VO later at flat
12:00–12:30	—	Break · travel to flat	—
12:30–5:00	Flat / studio	Dialogue batches · table · festive setup · VO	Lav mic on talent

Gear checklist

Warehouse hour

• Camera + lens(es) for vertical 9:16 and wide establishing
• Stabilizer or handheld — follow walks, floor pans
• No lav on floor during WH hour — silent footage only; record VO/dialogue at flat
• Spare batteries — you won't come back
• Card labelled WH_BTS

Flat / studio

• Clip-on lav mic + spare battery (woman primary, both for couple batches)
• Tripod or stand for talking head + overhead product shots
• Overhead rig or arm for table/lid shots (V3, V6)
• Light: window + bounce, or soft key — flat should feel warm, not studio sterile
• Phone for V4 screen record if doing extra
• Cards/folders per video: 01_ … 07_

Warehouse — what to capture (50 min)

Move fast. Factory may only be closed ~1 hour. Prioritize what's actually running.

• Process wide — full floor establishing, 2–3 angles
• Press / print — sheet moving, ink on board macro, 5 sec clips × 3 angles
• Cut / trim — die-cut hands, worker at station
• QC — hands checking lid alignment on box
• Stack / pack — closed boxes piling up, placing box on stack
• Stack pan — slow pan across Diwali cartons (V1, V2 cutaways)
• Silent walk — follow her through aisle, no talking (V2)
• Box hero silent — she holds sweet box to lens, traces lid, no dialogue
• Couple walk silent — both walking aisle, tracking (V5 cutaway)
• Foil macro — laminate edge, print texture (V3)

Flat — batch order + shot types

Batch	Videos	Framing notes
1 · Talking head	1, 2	Medium waist-up, front-facing. Lav on woman. Hooks first — punch opening line. 2 takes each line block.
2 · Product table	1, 3, 5	Overhead consistent for V3 five lids. Hands-only inserts OK. Top-down four-product layout for V5.
3 · Couple	5, 7	Two-shot medium. Both mic'd if possible. Overlap dialogue — keep rolling.
4 · Box packing	6, 7	Overhead for inserts, then front medium for dialogue. Messy packing = good.
5 · VO + retakes	2, 3	V2 dialogue if not done · V3 category VO · any missing flat shots. VO can be picked up here even for factory-heavy edits.

Format + deliverables

• 9:16 vertical throughout — primary deliverable is Reels
• Warehouse clips: label WH_ prefix on card or separate folder
• Flat clips: label by video 01_, 02_, etc.
• Min 2 takes on every dialogue block at flat
• B-roll inserts tagged mentally: machine / hands / stacks / walk — editor matches to script