You know, I actually meant to cut and paste: "Shoot LOTS, including little bits and pieces."

I wasn't paying attention. And I don't even smoke pot anymore.

The hong kong guys I've been on the set with have an interesting methodology of coverage. I'm not saying this is the best way - it's what I've seen.

1. They shoot in order of the fight. Outside DP's hate this for obvious reasons.
2. They make sure every movie is covered in it's own take, but each shot includes the previous and post few EXCEPT for anything that involves heavy impact or reset.
3. They shoot this stuff incredibly fast.
4. And perhaps most important. Everything is based on rythm - like a drumb beat, you could literally score the fight with a drum notation - it's all about the steady beat and hitting the right accents.


As for lighting - look into kino flows.

Also - think about renting PRIMER and listening to the comentary as this guy has a lot of great low budget tips and is humble enough to say where he might have made a mistake.

Goodluck.