Chula Vista fields

This is my most recent film. Sorry, it doesn't have a title. It's not my most "serious" piece of work. My final Cinematography project was doomed from the start; Professor Underwood assigned our final projects due the same week. Of course everyone chose to focus on the bigger project, the Intermediate Filmmaking final. By assigning us to create 10 perfect shots with such little time on our hands, the quality was sure to deteriorate.

Lily, Froco, Xzavier, and Brian

In class, we intricately chose the theme for our project. I put out the idea for "food porn" and it was going to be really easy to shoot. Another was "time" and... something else. I forgot. But we ended with the theme "out of place." I guess I interpreted that as "random as hell."

So I originally wrote a script for the film to have the entire film to be POV with 3 stops in the journey ending with a guy in a chicken suit attacking. But Samantha had to leave for Carlo's house early so I had to change the entire story on the spot. I kept the badminton idea. I mean... playing badminton in a middle of a field... super "out of place." Hahah.

As for the inflatable Pokeball, it was part of my goodies bag. I brought a bag full of random crap, including a Dave and Busters cup full of tickets. And I also wanted Lily to make a surprise appearance in the film. Almost like a redemption for my last cinematography project (which was the absolute worst in the class).

David, Lily and I

I couldn't have made the film without David. He was a big help in the film. He provided the location (guerilla filmmaking), the equipment (audio recorder and Canon Mark 5D), most of the story ideas, he operated the camera, and gave me a quick lesson in filming the sun. I'm really not cut out for operating the camera or lighting equipment. I shine in pre-production and post-production. But I absolutely love being on set. I still have to take a stab at directing.

This isn't my best work and I know if I was better prepared that I could have made a better film but I like the outcome. My family found it entertaining and so do Brian and Froco so that's cool. I'm going to have to see what Rich thinks about the cinematography. Lots of soft shots...