EB Cinematography Reel - ID# 82
Glenbrook South
Cinematography
Entry Description
This is a cinematography reel, highlighting footage I have filmed within the past year.
Copyright Info
Recent Teacher Comments
- 4/23 6:32 pm - Fun music to showcase the joy you have with capturing video. Would have loved to see more dynamic shots, both using focus to draw our attention to different parts of the frame, but also in the edit as the shots felt like they lingered and didn't show the typical variety in this category.
- 4/23 9:41 am - Keepers: The image quality appears to be high in all of your shots. This is aided by your incredible consistency with razor sharp focus on all of your subjects. This is an invaluable skill and one that will serve you well moving forward. Keeping your image in sharp focus is often undervalued and only noticeable when shots are soft. You have a nice variety of different kinds of shots in different environments, showcasing your versatility as a shooter. Improvements: There were some exposure inconsistencies, particularly the night exterior action shots; use the stadium lighting to your advantage when setting up your shooting position. The opening shot lacks contrast between your subjects and the background. They are almost blending into it. There are a lot of shots where you are filming either a camera monitor or another videographer; this did not do much to showcase your skill as a cinematographer. Your close-up work was the strongest in your reel, making your live-action wide shots stand out with composition choices that do not work positively to establish a clear subject within the frame or communicate a clear message.
- 4/17 10:39 am - POSITIVES: Steady camera work with some variety in shot composition; OTS shots work well and are nicely framed. Camera movement: tilt up at 1:14 works really well as well as the arc shot around the huddle @ :23. BB game footage follows the action well. Shots with directional lighting add interest and increase the impact; rack focus on the last shot is a nice closer. AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT: Camera work missing high or low angles, it's mostly flat angles shot at a standard height; some basketball footage is a bit grainy due to lighting/frame rate.
Judge 1
Positives: Good camera movement adds interest. Creative use of perspective.
Improvements: Editing could be less choppy and more creative. Pace of a couple of the clips could have been less laggy.
Judge 2
Positives: Edit is clean and pacing is well; content is fun (can feel the energy through the screen) and works well with most of the lighting
Improvements: Movement is either static or tracking would like to see more creative motion or diverse angles; white balance in a few shots turns subjects gray or green, would like to see a more balanced exposure & color
Judge 3
Positives: The studio lighting featured in your thumbnail looked great! Your gimbal movements around the team on the field was really nice.
Improvements: I think lighting overall could be improved. I would've liked to see some tighter shots featured throughout.
Judge 4
Positives:
Improvements:
Judge 5
Positives:
Improvements: