2020 Film Reel

2020 Film Reel

        In my film reel, I experimented with some editing tricks, such as at the beginning when I had the show of the character eating a Snickers split into 4 shots of the character and his younger self eating Snickers. I tried to make some shots with worse lighting look better as well. I did this to try and show my "skill" in editing; though it was a simple trick. I tried to use the shots I thought used the best examples of lighting and cinematography. I also used clips that went well with the song and kept with the mood of the song. If I were to do remake my film reel again, I would like to make some transitions more seamless and make the shots fit together better. I thought the shots fit quite well with the music. I would like to add more good looking shots with better lighting and cinematography, so hopefully in the future, as my skills improve, I can get the shots I need.

Professional Project Review - All Star

Professional Project Review - All Star

Summary

All Star starts out with a group of people auditioning for a superhero team. Steve Harwell steps in and throws out a man dressed as Elvis auditioning, and is accepted into the group. Harwell first walks down a sidewalk where a child is holding him an L. Afterwards, Harwell runs into a burning house to save a dog while the rest of the band plays outside. He gives the dog back to two ladies and then gives them a ride in his motorcycle around town. The rest of the band is attacked in their limousine and Harwell pulls up with his bike and saves them, leaving the ladies behind. Harwell is then seen walking up to an overturned buss with someone trapped underneath. He lifts the bus up with cheerleaders cheering him on in the background. The person under the bus turns out to be miss all star. The video ends with the band playing in a garage.

Thoughts

All Star uses great examples of cinematography to tell a story; an example being the opening shot of Harwell walking down the sidewalk. I would like to draw inspiration from the way they matched up what was happening the video with the beat of the song, and use it in my own upcoming music video. I enjoy the song and like the way they made the music video, and I hope I can successfully make a music video comparable to this one.