DM Cinematography Reel - ID# 109
Glenbrook South
Cinematography
Entry Description
This is a cinematography reel of my projects from this past year.
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Recent Teacher Comments
- 4/23 6:35 pm - Good pick on the song to help connect the different shots together, specifically the cheerleaders. Good variety of shots, but would love to have seen more as it finished at just 1:11. Feels very similar in setups as another entry in this category.
- 4/23 3:24 pm - Keepers: Strong image quality, sharp focus, and well controlled exposure throughout. There is a nice flow, wide variety and good use of coordination of action relative to the action (especially the ball going in the basket matching the beat change at 0:32). Strongest skill on display is compositional balance - 0:34, 0:36, 0:44, 1:00, 1:04. Your reel is short but I appreciate that you didn't try to fill it with work that may not be as strong as what you selected. Improvements: There is a variance of lighting control in your reel. Some of the lighting helps create a lot of depth within your shots while others (0:16 and a lot of the night exteriors) fall flat. Be sure to select camera angles in uncontrolled environments in a way that will both cover the action and help create depth. Interview shot at 0:54 has good lighting but awkward compositional choice. Very off-angle. Overall strong work. Keep shooting!
- 4/17 10:56 am - POSITIVES: Camera Movement: Arc shot @:25 is nicely done; There is some variety in shot composition. Interesting composition when there are linear elements in frame such as :46 and :49, Lighting: Night and Day shots are included. Shots all contain a story element. AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT: Camera height change is a bit jerky @:14; pan shots at :40 and 1:06 move too fast to maintain focus. Minimal variety of camera angles, Night and day light are shown, but lighting is not used to direct focus. On single-subject compositions, incorporate the rule of thirds-- mostly centered shots are selected.
Judge 1
Positives: Good use of depth-of-field. Camera movement adds interest.
Improvements: Limited projects seem to be represented here.. A greater variety of cinematography exercises would add to the reel.
Judge 2
Positives: Framed the shots well specifically the composition and headroom, along with a tight and clean edit.
Improvements: Some shots don't feel accurately white balanced, subjects tend to look green/gray in some shots; not very diverse shots compositionally, would like to see some creative framing, angles or movement
Judge 3
Positives: The talking head / interview shots looked really nice! The dynamic gimbal shot around the players on the field was also really great. 00:21
Improvements: I think featuring more shots with controlled lighting would help this reel (maybe a little less sports footage.) Adding some of your dynamic movements featured in the sports footage to some of your other shots (oven shot at 00:37) would really help. If the action your shooting isn't super dynamic, try adding some of your own movement to help enhance that shot.
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