Meet Brock Eastwood, our new Video Editor based right here in Pleasant Grove, Utah! 🎥 Brock has an incredible passion for filmmaking that's been with him for as long as he can remember. When he's not deep into creating videos and mastering VFX, you'll find him jamming on the guitar or playing Lacrosse. We're excited to have him on the team, please join us in giving him the warmest welcome! 👋
Things I've learned about shooting reality #4. If you can afford a Sony FX6 camera and can put in the time to learn how to use it, do it. It's a bit heavy, but what great pictures. S-Cinetone is immense. Get a #rycote Softie and protect your sound; it is a great combination with a Sennheiser 600. Once you have a cast, be careful not to ignore other employees as episodes come out; their stories are also important. Take an editing course; @mzedpro has some great ones. https://lnkd.in/ew4T7hv7
Watch how the MOOD changes between these next 2 guys talking...this link should start playing at 11:01s.
The first guy (blue shirt) is fully lit in a high-key shot...meaning it's bright.
The 2nd guy's lighting in the racing suit is more captivating. Why?
Low-key lighting (darker) draws the viewer INTO the screen...watch.
But, with run-and-gun shooting style where you can't take too much the subject's time (unless they've hired you) means you have to work with ambient light...mainly.
You might carry a kicker or two to fill in some shadows, but it's available-light only.
So, I've found the best way to get great shots is to move the subject around the space and study the shadows...how sharp they are, and how smoothly they fall off.
Once the shadows are behaving, you can work on exposure and background by lens/aperture choice....plus, all the magic that can be done in editing today.
Obviously, while capturing, you can't blow out your highlights...you gotta have at least SOME information there when editing...and that's where getting to know your camera's chip in the various modes comes into play.
Anyway, the sudden contrast between the two shots caught my attention, and make me think.
How do you capture moods when shooting your social media content?
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Take a look at this film that our CEO was an Executive producer on. Let's chat about how your company or organization can benefit from a micro-documentary, and why the story of what you do is important.
🎥🧙🏼♂️CEO, Filmmaker, Producer, and Content Creator
Ok - to balance yesterday’s post!
This film is one of the films that I am most proud of. It was produced by the Agency I was an owner of in America, I was an Executive Producer on the film. The film was created 100% by our team except for the archive footage which was added to the edit. We did the full creative, storyboarding, all shooting, including all of the drone footage (not easy at those altitudes), and of course the edit. We owned the whole process of the Pre-Production, Production, and Post-Production.
It is amazing working with teams that can produce this level of film. This is a great story - I am posting the trailer here and in the first comment I will post a link to the full film. The film falls on the long side of a micro documentary at just over 26.5 minutes (most micro docs are between 2-25 minutes).
If you would like to chat more about this film or if you would like to speak about how Qreative Edge can produce a documentary for your organization I would love to speak. In the meantime enjoy!
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5moWelcome Brock! Can't wait to work on some projects together!