Prepping to do the scene assignment was quite a bit of work, but is well worth the effort in the end when you can watch your piece and know that you got everything you wanted. Nothing is ever going to be perfect, but properly planning reflects the result of the film. I came out of this experience learning the hard way that detailed preparation and communication is the key to success.
I am already a very organized person but I had not done story boards or floor plans or a shooting script. Learning these things is valuable because this is how you tell someone else what vision you see in your head. The director-DP relationship has everything to do with the director's planning and preparation. If the director doesn't know exactly what they want and have it on paper, the vision will not be able to come to life because the DP will not have a clue what to shoot and a lot of time will be wasted on shots that the director does not even like.
In my case, I think me and my DP got along very well. I feel like I could have done a better job drawing and explaining exactly what I wanted. I also wish I would have looked at each and every shot but it is hard with the small viewing window. We should have shot more than we needed because when you have less, it is harder to edit.
I learned a great deal from this assignment because so much went into the planning, scheduling, and communication. Movies can't be made without hard work during pre-production and I'm sure it doesn't help if you don't have a good relationship with your director of photography.
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