Cascade Designs · MSR · Backpacking shoot Aug 22–25
“For Those That Go” — Master Shot List
The Shot list breakdown doc synced with the Aug 20 call with Lance. Ordered the way the edit runs, not the way the days run — that's how you two talked it through, and it's what tells you whether a beat is covered. Tap a row to knock it down.
43 shots35 to capture
~84 shots / 60s target3 shoots to pull from
The sequence
Every shot tagged GET (must capture) or HAVE (already banked), and sourced DOC / CALL / BOTH so you can see what the sync added.
16/8 to get
Morning — the open
Fast cuts. Roughly half a second a shot.
Tent zipper opening — CU
Have a medium and a wide. Lance: doesn't have to be low light.
Stove lighting — CU
Match-cut candidate.
Water on / boil detail
Coffee grounds going in
Lance: the prep shots look more interesting than what we have.
Coffee pour — Titan Pour Over
Also getting the new WindBurner French press this trip.
Coffee pour — French press (WindBurner)
New product, never shot.
Instant coffee into MSR mug — alpine
From the Parsec shoot.
Mug + spoon details
Lance: more of these, they get used constantly.
20/3 to get
The first pause
~3 seconds. The piece mellows out before it moves.
Sip / drink — tight CU
Parsec shoot. Later in the day but cuts fine against morning.
Walking out to the river
Beija.
Walking between tents to a mountain view
34/4 to get
Packing up
Fast again. Nothing shot for this yet — capture at every camp.
Packing up, general — boom boom boom
NO footage exists. Double-capture at each camp.
MATCH CUT: rain fly + tent into the tent bag
Lance: 'that's a great idea.'
MATCH CUT: tent bag into the backpack
Second half of the pair above.
Sleeping pad / gear back into the pack
43/3 to get
The reveal
Two-shot beat that launches the action.
Looking at phone / route — reverse, over the screen
Look up from phone
Over-the-shoulder to the destination
The reveal that hands off into the montage.
55/6 to get
Action montage
The adventure-in-motion block. Match cuts carry it.
Hiking — feet
Matches the bike tires already shot.
Hiking — tracking / follow
Same angle and follow as the biking, so they jump-cut.
Biking — feet, tires, tracking
Bikepacking shoot.
Waist-cam / reverse POV
Camera belted at the waist facing back. Locked on the face while everything else moves. No rig, gaff + belt.
Wiping sweat
Named as a match-cut beat.
Trail runner stepping on a twig
Action-flavoured nature beat.
63/3 to get
Mid-adventure payoff
~20 seconds in. A breath, not a scene.
Summiting something
Stopping on trail with a view
Lance: viewpoint, the reward beat per activity.
Quick break by the river / on the overlook
Cobi: 'just a breath, then boom, back into it.'
77/7 to get
Arrive at camp
Second fast montage. The pack drop is the hinge.
DROP THE PACK
Both called it the big moment. Avoid the high-five cheese.
Full gear unpack
Tent setup sequence
Water filter — MiniWorks in action
Footage exists but was never sent to Charlotte. Send it.
Stove on, water boiling
Two stoves this trip, plus the Switch.
Food cooking / dehydrated meals
Drinks getting poured
85/5 to get
Camp at dusk
Wide, diegetic, unhurried.
Wide of camp with a view — people eating, chatting
Lance: the vista scene. Lights on in the tent, stove going, real chatter.
Closer on the tent, light on inside
Tent door / zipper closing
Reverse of the opening shot.
Light going out in the tent
Option: headlamp lighting the MSR logo from inside, then off.
Starry night
92/4 to get
Fake-out ending
Screen goes black. Title. Then it isn't over.
Black — 'For Those That Go' title
Graphics.
Tent unzips again — POV from inside
The psych-out. Light floods in.
Slow pan out of the tent to the vista / sky
Hearing the gear sounds again without seeing them. Stove jet last.
MSR logo
Ends on the stove still blaring.
Match cuts
Lance's open question was which ones the piece gets built around. These are the ones that survived the call.
Gear match cutsThe spine of the whole piece. Match the logo size between products wherever possible.
Hiking ↔ biking anglesSame angle, same follow, different activity. Already have the bike half.
Feet ↔ tiresBanked on the bike side.
Wiping sweatAcross activities.
POV with look-upPhone to horizon.
Inside-tent POVOpening and closing bookend. Needs capturing twice this trip.
Tent body into / out of the backpackThe new pair from the Aug 20 call.
Hard mountsTrekking poles, stove, tent pole, mugs. Already have one good tent-pole mount.
Products on this shoot
| MSR FreeLite Stash — 3-person | NEW | First time in the world. Needs a drone shot and three people visibly inside. |
| WindBurner 1.8L + French press | NEW | Never shot. Real grounds, then the press. |
| WindBurner 1.0L | have | No good footage of the WindBurner yet. |
| Switch stove | NEW | Silver with a cork. Different style, mixes up the stove beats. |
| Titan Pour Over | again | Lance is bringing it back specifically for this video. |
| MSR mug + spoon | again | More of these. |
| MiniWorks water filter | again | Same one as the Parsec shoot. Get a full sequence, later-day light. |
Nature b-roll
Cobi: needed to make it feel real and to pace out the gear. Grab these opportunistically.
Cool leafTrail signRockAlpine lakeShadows movingWind on waterRaindrops on water (have, wide)Under-over creek, water over rocks (have, library)Handheld widesHandheld details
Product Overview — gaps
Separate deliverable, same shoot. Lance: "there's not a ton", but these are the ones named.
Tent set up in a beautiful place — heroThe overview needs hero shots more than anything.
Drone — the 3-person tentFirst one out in the world. Non-negotiable.
Three people in the tentProves the size claim.
Sleeping pads going into the tent
Every gear pocket
People waking up in / hanging out in the tent
VO-gap passCobi laying the setup-video VO onto a timeline to find the holes. Saturday. Lance printing the script to circle gaps.
Sound-sensitive shots
Flagged for Evan — these drive what he builds and what reference audio helps.
Tent fabric with water hitting itTent pole / stick clicksStove ignitionZipperCoffee and water handling details
Craft notes
PacingAllTrails reference is 84 shots in 60 seconds. Most shots here are half a second.
TripodLeaving the big tripod and fluid head. Handheld or locked-off quick takes read better at this speed.
Hard mountMount to anything that will take it. The Parsec hard-mounts kept the action moving.
Waist camBelt-mounted, arm out, facing back. Locked facial expressions while the world moves.
CoverageThree shoots to pull from: bikepacking, Parsec, and this one.
Open items
| Match-cut frame PDF | Cobi | Pull screenshots of every candidate match-cut frame from existing footage into one PDF. |
| Send Charlotte the MiniWorks footage | Cobi | Never sent. She already has ~20GB from Parsec. |
| VO-gap pass on the overview | Cobi | Saturday. Lay the setup VO on a timeline and find the holes. |
| Print + circle the overview script | Lance | Mark the big gaps. |
| Gear weight | Cobi | Owed to Lance and Mirae. Tonight. |
| Airbnb | Mirae | She was back from Alaska; booking it the 21st. |
| Sunday travel | Both | Riding up with Lance, mid-morning-ish. Meet at his place, load, go. |