production technical skills development

 Cinematography Practice

experimenting with these shots helped me practice with different camera angles which I didn't use in my college promotional video from the induction brief. it helped me practice and experiment with various camera angles, shot types. by learning these skills, it will help me improve my shots and camera skills in upcoming future projects












Induction Brief


through doing this project, I learned how to use the cameras and tripod for the very first time. this was very much a trial and error experience. lots of things learned and lots of mistakes made. i learned from those mistakes which helped me improve my work and become more experienced at filming and taking shots.

i also learned how to use Adobe Premier Pro for the first time. although i have used video editing software in  the past such as I movie and Capcut, this was similar, but I learned more advanced video editing techniques. 


Western Shoot

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jch3M9JHjzk

I started by renaming all my video files after recording so I knew which was which. I did this by labeling the type of shot and who was in the shot.



I then decided to arrange my shots in order on the timeline of what order the shots were going to be.

I then watched all the shots and used the razor tool to get rid of the few seconds where the shot dragged on a bit extra at the end or took a while to start. This is so all the clips seamlessly go together and transition from one to the next so when its all edited together there's no jumpiness and it all flows together chronologically.


I added 3 different copyright free music tracks. At first I was only going to use 1 track but I discovered it didn’t fit the theme throughout, just at the start. Then when we were both standing with a face to face close up I added an even more intense bit of music to make it more suspenseful. Then when we were both lying on the floor dead I added a sad tone of music after to show the battle is over. I added foley sounds for the gunshots and cut to black to increase suspense so you don’t know what has happened which keeps the viewer in suspense,


I also added transitions before I blacked out the screen to show a change in mood of the scene. To change from an intense to an extremely suspenseful atmosphere
We decided to shoot at the back of the college between the arts and sports building to give it a sketchy back allay vibe where a 1 to one confrontation would take place. Also its isolated which made it easier to do.it perfectly set the scene for the shoot. We also intended for both shooters to be killed which made it more dramatic

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