BZinPuRPle - ID# 288
Lyons Township
Cinematography
Entry Description
This cinematography reel showcases some of my best work from the fall 2025 football season. I tried to capture the most intense moments, not just game highlights, but the players and coaches.
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Recent Teacher Comments
- 4/29 12:46 pm - Impressive shooting overall! However, this particular cinematography reel lacks a diversity of shots by simply focusing on football. In addition it relies on editing flourishes to make the piece more dynamic rather than the contrast of the shots itself. Keep filming!
- 4/28 3:15 pm - This entry had a very polished, professional feel, similar to what you might see in a high-end school promotion. While that shows you can produce clean work, to score at the top of the Cinematography rubric, we need to see you step outside of that one specific style. Because many of the shots used similar indoor lighting, it was hard to award the highest points for mastery of lighting techniques. The best entries in this category show they can handle the unpredictable nature of the outdoors, the harshness of direct sun, and the moodiness of deep shadows. For your next project, try to break away from the school environment and show us a wider range of locations to prove your versatility.
- 4/6 2:11 pm - PROS The reel displays a strong ability to manage high-contrast, difficult lighting environments, specifically the stadium lights of a night football game. Between 0:10 and 0:17, the exposure remains consistent, avoiding the common pitfalls of "crushed" blacks in the shadows or blown-out highlights on the reflective surfaces of the helmets. There is also a successful attempt to capture subject emotion; the tight shot at 0:12 provides a necessary human element that goes beyond mere sports documentation. From an editing standpoint, the initial sequences (0:01–0:05) show "creative innovation" through the use of split-screens and polaroid-style overlays, demonstrating a high level of comfort with post-production software. IMPROVEMENTS The primary obstacle is the "FX heavy" nature of the reel, which obscures the actual cinematography. It’s difficult to judge for "Camera" fluency and "Lighting & Exposure" mastery, with all the window dressing on the frame. The digital overlays at 0:04 make it nearly impossible to evaluate composition or technical focus. Currently, the footage is dominated by medium-telephoto shots from a sideline perspective and does not mix in as much variety as desired. OVERALL This reel is an energetic exercise that leans heavily on post-production flair. While the editing is innovative, it currently acts as a mask for the cinematography rather than an enhancement of it. Let the camera work speak for itself by stripping back the digital effects and diversifying the shot list.
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