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Behind the Scenes: Challenges and Lessons Learned »

For this multi-location industrial photography and videography assignment, we travelled to four manufacturing sites and covered each facility using ground-level photography, videography and drone imaging.

Managing PPE and Housekeeping Before Filming:

One of the most time-consuming challenges was ensuring that the factory floors, machines and technicians were ready for filming. Since the final photographs and videos were intended for an international client, we paid particular attention to PPE and overall presentation.

Whenever a technician appeared without adequate PPE, or a machine or floor area required cleaning, I asked the on-duty floor manager to arrange the required PPE and housekeeping immediately before filming continued.

Drone Filming at the Vasai Plant:

The Vasai factory was located between other manufacturing units, with several overhead cables and limited open space around the plant. This made drone positioning more difficult.

Instead of launching the drone from inside the factory premises, we operated it from the main road. This provided a safer flight path while still allowing us to capture the required aerial photographs and video footage.

Greater Camera Freedom at the Indore Factory:

The Indore facility was one of the cleanest factories we had filmed. The clean floors, walls and machinery gave us greater freedom to photograph and film the plant from multiple angles.

We did not have to constantly avoid dirty walls, floor muck or other visually distracting areas while composing the shots.

Allocating a Full Day for Each Pune Factory:

For the Pune locations, we deliberately scheduled one full shooting day for each factory, from morning to evening.

The objective was to document each facility comprehensively and avoid finishing the assignment with too few photographs or insufficient video footage of important operations.

What We Learned from the Multi-Location Shoot?

• PPE and housekeeping require active follow-up: Even when these requirements are communicated to the client in advance, some delays can still occur on the actual shoot day.
• Drone plans may need to change on location: Nearby buildings, overhead cables and restricted space can require a different launch point or flight path.
• Factory presentation affects camera freedom: Clean, well-maintained facilities allow a wider choice of camera angles and compositions.
• Allow sufficient time per facility: A full shooting day per factory helped us obtain adequate photography and video coverage instead of rushing through the important processes.