Aberration Cinematographer Production Journal

Summary:

My involvement in the production process was a lot as I composed the shots and uploaded the footage.

Camera Evidence:

Evidence of Camera Preparation:

Image of me setting up camera and erasing old files.

Evidence of Camera Movement :

Camera follows Emerson when she stands up from chair

Evidence of Camera Angles:

Camera angle showed paper go past and surprise Emerson.

Evidence of Camera Shot Design:

Shows shots that we decided to keep and get rid of.

Shot Choice Justification

In the shot where Emerson is standing up and it is revealed that the friend is gone we used a wide shot to symbolize the loneliness Emerson feels in that moment.

This helped the scene feel more impactful.

Lighting Design

Evidence of How Lighting Design Created Mood: Somber Mood

Evidence of How Lighting Design Created Atmosphere: Sad and depressing atmosphere.

Evidence of How Lighting Design Created genre: Evidence of drama genre through how there was conflict.

Consultation with Editor

Me and Tyler worked to make sure all of the shots were included in the film and that nothing was missing.

Alternative Shots

Evidence of Alternative Shots:

Why you chose the shot you used in the film: We chose this shot as doing a circular 180 as we had originally proposed didn’t fit our film and our timeline.

Camera Work and Lighting Evaluation

Evaluate the artistic level: On an artistic level, I think our film excelled due to its close-to-home themes and dark lighting.

Evaluate the technical level: On a technical level, I believe our film lacked due to the changing in our decisions often and time constraints.

Influences from Films

Name Cinematographer:Linus Sandgren

Name some films they worked on: La La Land

They influenced the work throughout the film by using Emerson’s yellow shirt. Its bright yellow resembles La La Lands outfits that represent fakeness/fake happiness. This contrasts with the friend’s more laid-back outfit being a more true route to happiness, unlike the yellow shirt’s symbolism of fake happiness.

What I Learned and Problems I Solved

I learned more about how to convey a story from your mind to a real film and how to improve on this in a future film. One problem we solved was we needed an extra person to turn on a light and to do that we got Gavin.

Grammar: Grammarly

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