View as a Director & Cinematographer

As a Director and Cinematographer for the film opening project, I was always trying to put myself in the shoes of an actual director. When I had an idea of how or where I wanted to film a shot, I wrote it down and pictured how I was expecting it to look like. I wanted to think of things to put or where I wanted it to be so that it would seem scary and raise suspense. This meant lots of trailers were binged and locations were researched heavily. Once I found the perfect spot I was looking for, it was the perfect place I decided to go to. I had a plan B location as well in case anything fell short just in case something were to get in the way. I then contemplated how I was going to film my shots and shortly realized I wanted to be as professional as I felt and used my actual camera instead of the one on my phone. This made the shots higher definition and smother of a look than it would have seemed. As I was picturing the important pieces I needed to be included, I brainstormed what kind of shots I wanted to do by making a story board and shot list. This helped tremendously during the actual filming process, which did end up coming out as well as I was expecting. I quickly learned how dedicated you need to be and how important the role really is as soon as I had to pick up my camera and be the one who gathers the right amount of clips to complete an entire project.