How The Heart Decides Film Pre-Production Cinematographer’s Journal

Romantic River Scene” by Boston Public Library is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

Summary

two friends unknowingly match up on a double date with the same girl, resulting in an awkward love triangle.

8: imbalance. showing imbalance between the friends.

9:balance showing the balance between the two after the ordeal.

13: linear when a decision need to be made or when the characters are at a cross roads.

14: triangular showing the conflict between the 3 characters through filming angles.

Test Shots

evidence of different focal lengths:

different camera placement:

Lighting Tests

lower lighting to make everything more even.
top light to give warmth
white light to make a shadow.
another light for shadows

Equipment Checklist

Collaboration with Director

Set-up Sequence Workflow

I am the cinematographer and you can see which work I am doing which is done and which is needing to be done.

Map of Each Location

map #1

map #2

Storyboard Notation

What I Learned

I have learned to effectively communicate with my team, to colab and share ideas. organize my work efficiently and carry out planned shoots. some different problems I have solved were creating a space for our sound designer to be able to get adequate sound, and helping our director come up with different

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