Tools

Free planning tools for event video

You want to get your thoughts in order before asking anyone for a quote.

Share your date and area, and we will suggest coverage and confirm what is possible.

In short

  • Each tool gives a result you can use straight away, such as a brief, a checklist or a worksheet.
  • Start with the brief builder if you are unsure where to begin.
  • Use the quote worksheet once you have two or more quotes to compare.

Pick the tool that matches the job you are on. The full list of tools sits below, and each one explains its own steps.

Which tool for which job?

This order works for most events.

  1. Write the brief. The event video brief builder collects the basics: what is happening, who is there and what you want at the end. The video outcome planner helps if the purpose of the video is still unclear.
  2. Decide what you need. Which event videos do you need? compares films such as a highlight, a full recording and short clips.
  3. Map the day. The run-sheet filming planner and the must-capture moments checklist turn your programme into a filming plan.
  4. Check the budget. The event video budget worksheet lists the cost factors, and the quote comparison worksheet lines up quotes side by side.
  5. Ask the right questions. Questions to ask your videographer and the booking scope checklist help you confirm what is included before you agree.

More tools cover sound, venues, livestreams, drones, captions, same-day edits and keeping your files after the event. Browse the list below to find them.

How to get a useful result

Use real details from your event. A rough guess for the guest count works better than a blank.

Treat every result as a starting point. Share it with your committee, your family or your venue, and update it as plans firm up. Where a tool does sums, the numbers come from the assumptions you enter.

When is your brief ready to send?

When it covers the date, venue, programme and the films you want, send it by WhatsApp from the enquiry page. We quote per event, and your date is reserved once the booking is confirmed.

A rough date, venue and the films you have in mind are enough to start a conversation with us.

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All planning tools

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Caption and language specification planner

Plan captions, translated subtitles and transcripts for an event video. Get a language and output matrix and an acceptance checklist before you brief an editor.

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Event audio brief builder

Plan how speech and sound will be recorded at your event. Turn gaps into questions for the venue's audio-visual (AV) team and a checklist of who does what.

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Build an event video brief you can send

Answer a few questions about your event and get a clear video brief with open questions listed. Copy it, print it or send it by WhatsApp when you are ready.

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Event video budget worksheet

Add up the event video costs you already know, keep unpriced items visible and see tax and contingency on their own lines. Free, private, no sign-up.

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Livestream planning checklist

See which parts of an event livestream are confirmed and which are not, with questions for the streaming producer. An internet speed alone never marks a venue ready.

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Must-capture moments checklist

Build a one-page priority sheet of the moments and people your event video must capture, and what may be shared, kept private or never filmed.

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Post-event video asset planner

List every video you want after your event, with audience, channel, deadline, approval owner and permissions, and see clashes before they cost you time.

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Run-sheet filming planner

Turn your programme into a printable filming run sheet with cues, priorities and who films what. Unknown travel times stay visible until you fill them.

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Same-day edit deadline planner

Work back from a screening or publication time to the latest footage-ready time for a same-day event edit, with every step you enter shown on a timeline.

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Simultaneous coverage planner

Map which parts of your programme need filming at the same time, see the conflicts for one operator, and list the travel and setup times still missing.

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Venue filming questions checklist

Get a site-visit agenda of questions to ask the venue before filming, with who should answer each, built from your type of place and what you already know.

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Videography quote comparison worksheet

Put videography quotes side by side with included, not included and unknown shown for each item. No scores, no ranking, and no upload needed.

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Find out which event videos you need

Answer a few questions about who will watch and what must be kept, and see a plain shortlist of event videos with the reason for each one.

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More planning tools

Coverage and overtime calculator

Work out how long your event ran past the agreed time and, only if you enter the agreed terms, what the extra time would cost. Free, private, no sign-up.

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Drone coverage planning checklist

List the drone questions to settle before an event: site, state, lead time, approvals, who flies and a ground alternative. A planning aid, not an approval.

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Event interview schedule builder

Plan interview slots at your event around speakers' stage times and crew duties. See clashes, unconfirmed permissions and suggested times, then print.

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Final video acceptance checklist

Check delivered event videos against what was agreed. See what is missing, what differs from the agreement and what is only a matter of taste. Free and private.

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Outstation filming budget worksheet

List the travel, rooms, transfers and freight for an outstation video shoot. Unquoted costs stay unknown and each currency keeps its own subtotal.

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Portfolio review worksheet

Record what you actually saw in each videographer's samples, separate strengths from unknowns, and get follow-up questions for every gap.

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Private and public video version planner

Plan separate private, internal, public and paid-advertising versions of an event video, and see which moments are held back until they are approved.

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Questions to ask your videographer

Get a prioritised list of questions for an event videographer, based on what you have not yet decided, with space to write each supplier's answer.

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Sponsor video coverage checklist

Turn the sponsor commitments you were given into capture tasks, delivery tasks and a list of evidence gaps, so nothing is ticked off by accident.

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Timecoded video feedback builder

Turn comments on a video draft into a clean table for the editor, with timecodes checked and every comment kept against the version it was written for.

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Video archive and handover planner

List what will be handed over, who gets it and how, then get a folder plan, a delivery checklist and reminder dates you can add to your calendar yourself.

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Video decisions and approvals planner

Name one final approver for each video, list who is only consulted, and see missing owners, competing approvers and clashing deadlines.

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Video format and framing planner

Plan landscape, square and vertical versions of an event video. See what each shape keeps from a wide shot and what to confirm with your editor before filming.

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Video review and revision planner

Plan consolidated review rounds on a calendar and sort requested changes into corrections, editorial changes and scope discussions, with a change log to export.

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Videography booking scope checklist

Go through the points to settle before booking event videography, see which are agreed and which are missing, without creating a contract or fixing prices.

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Weather and venue-change filming plan

Plan what changes for filming if your event moves to a backup venue: camera positions, sound, power, approvals and the decision time. No weather forecasts.

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Video storage and transfer calculator

Estimate how much space event video files need and how long an idealised transfer takes, from file sizes or length and bitrate. Private, with no sign-up.

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Questions people ask

Do I need to use the tools before I enquire?
The tools help you think things through, and you can message us at any point. If you already know your date, venue and the films you want, send them directly.
Which tool should I try first?
The event video brief builder. It turns your event details into a short brief you can send to any videographer.
Do the tools give me a price?
Some tools do sums from numbers you enter, such as overtime or storage. Those results come from your own assumptions. Your price comes from a written quote for your event.

Planning an event? Let’s talk it through.

A rough date, venue and the films you have in mind are enough to start a conversation with us.

Share your date and area, and we will suggest coverage and confirm what is possible.

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