Document Historic Churches with Your Phone - $150-200 per Church - Tourist-Style 4K Video
                                # Church Documentation - $150-200/Location - Tourist Phone Filming
• *Tourist-style filming with your phone** - Visit as a tourist, follow my shot list. Day trips only from your location. Include entry/parking fees in proposal for reimbursement. If you own a phone gimbal, $50 bonus.
## Requirements
- Phone with 4K video (iPhone 6s/Samsung S6 or newer)
- Film on sunny day for interior light
- Check church is open before visiting
- 12 files x 5min each = 60min total
- Name files: ChurchName_1A_Approach.mp4 etc.
## Shot List
### EXTERIOR (3 files)
• *1A_Approach:** Film walking from visitor approach to main door. 30sec full building view, then approach slowly.
• *1B_Features:** Close-ups: doorways, windows, buttresses, towers, carvings. Include 1min of people entering for scale.
• *1C_Perimeter:** Walk around entire building if possible, consistent distance showing full structure.
### MAIN INTERIOR (3 files)
• *2A_Entry:** Start outside, enter slowly, pause in entry area, walk 1/3 into nave, **turn and film back toward entrance 30sec**.
• *2B_Nave:** Walk full length center aisle to altar, **turn and film back to entrance**, return via side aisle. Include 20-30sec stationary shots from 3 positions.
• *2C_Crossing:** Film from nave into crossing, walk in, **turn and film back to nave**. Film both transepts, altar area, choir if visible.
### DETAILS (3 files)
• *3A_Ceiling:** All upward shots. Overall ceiling system, vaults from columns, ribs, domes, painted details.
• *3B_Columns:** Full height shots, capitals, bases, where arches spring, decorative patterns, progression down nave.
• *3C_Windows:** All major windows, stained glass overall and details, light patterns on floor/walls, tracery, different styles.
### SECONDARY (3 files)
• *4A_Chapels:** Side chapels (20sec each), **film back toward nave from inside**, ambulatory walk, crypts, baptistry, cloisters.
• *4B_Details:** Close-ups: sculptures, tombs, floor patterns, wood/metal work, fonts, pulpits, frescoes. Hold 10sec each.
• *4C_Overview:** Walking transitions between all spaces with **reversal shots at each doorway/threshold**, unique angles, circulation patterns.
## Key Instructions
- Hold shots 10+ seconds
- Include **reversal shots** (turn and film back) at every major transition
- Don't cut between spaces - keep rolling
- People in frame for scale is good, avoid faces
- Skip restricted areas
## Churches Available
• *France:** Notre-Dame, Saint-Denis, Sainte-Chapelle, Chartres, Reims, Amiens
• *UK:** Westminster Abbey, Temple Church, St. Bartholomew, Canterbury, Durham, York Minster, Salisbury
• *Italy:** St. John Lateran, Santa Maria Maggiore, San Clemente, San Vitale, Sant'Apollinare Nuovo, Sant'Apollinare in Classe, Milan, Florence
• *Germany:** Cologne, Aachen
• *Spain:** Santiago de Compostela, Burgos
• *Other:** Hagia Sophia (Istanbul), Holy Sepulchre (Jerusalem)
## Payment
$150/church + $50 if gimbal used + entry/parking reimbursement. Payment within 48hrs via Upwork.
## Delivery
Upload 12 files to Dropbox/Drive/WeTransfer in folder named after church. Note any access limitations.
## Application
Tell me: 1) Which churches you can reach 2) Timeline 3) Confirm 4K capable 4) Have gimbal? 5) Any architecture filming experience (not required)
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