Essential production documents

If you’re producing or commissioning a video for Shelter, you’ll need these documents.

These downloads are the documents you'll need in producing your video.

Each facilitates a special aspect of your production – getting media releases from people in your video, running a risk assessment, or completing a call sheet for your cast and crew. Refer to the video guides for more information.


Other video guides

Video self-shooting, a practical guide

This introductory guide covers the filming process and some practical self-shooting techniques to help you get started. 
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Video captioning

All video produced for Shelter’s channels must have captions (subtitles). This guide takes you through the checklist and specs.
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Video titles, text and graphic design (supers)

Supers are titles, text, or graphics added to video. They can add value for viewers, but should be used sparingly and only if necessary.
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Character-led stories: a guide for partners and agencies

This guide will help filmmakers and partners produce stories in Shelter’s style of observational and participatory documentary videos.
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Commissioning a Shelter video

If you’re commissioning a video using Shelter’s video team or external filmmakers, this guide is essential reading before you get started.
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