Kyle's Super Swag Film Blog

Since the third marking period has reached its end, It is once again the time to reflect on what work I have accomplished over this time. Intention Definition & Exploration Of Ideas After the second marking period had ended, I continued to explore the theme of politics and the social order that I had originally intended within my next film. This was my primary focus for this marking period as I had not gotten to a point that I could begin thinking about another idea to explore for another project. As for my exploration of the theme of politics and the social order, I feel that I have done a fairly good job at understanding the theme but done a less good job at expressing that theme in my next film. While I do express this theme within the film, it currently is not expressed as well as I would like it to be. Planning Since the third marking period contained the production stage of my film, a majority of the planning I did was for production. My planning for this film had led

After doing my part on this year's Mini-THON technology committee and working on production during the night of the event, I have gained some experience as to what it is like to work with a team of people all working together, simultaneously, to create a final product. Filming On A Team During the Mini-THON pep rally, I was one of the committee members tasked with moving around the floor and filming. This process was different for me as I did not have much prior experience with filming live events. Having multiple other people alongside me filming had also created the issue of having too many cameras all filming the same shot. This issues caused me to think of where I could go and what I could do in order to get different footage from the rest of my fellow committee members. Another thing that was different for me was the fact that because it was a live event, I would only have one opportunity to get each shot unlike when filming a traditional film where I could film as many tak

One of the most important aspects of cinematography that goes commonly unnoticed is having the camera steady. Even a slight amount of movement within a shot can pull the audience away from the film, so it is important to attempt to have shots. There are multiple different ways that you can use to stabilize your camera, some of which are more effective than others. Tripod Using a tripod is the easiest way to stabilize the camera while filming. By having three points of contact with the ground, a tripod keeps the camera extremely stable. The camera would likely only move due to very large movements on the ground or strong winds. The one downside to using a tripod is that it has to remain stationary. If the required shot involves moving around, a tripod can likely not be used. Overall, the tripod is the easiest, simplest, and cheapest way to keep your camera steady. (Image Source) Shoulder Rig A shoulder mount is one way to keep the camera stable while also being able to mov