1) If your ALL of your story scenes are filmed by Tues Apr 11 then complete the Short Film as a full story.
2) If they are not completed, shoot only the highlight scenes and complete a Short Film Trailer - the Promotional version of your project.
Keep all work school appropriate!
SHORT FILM DEADLINES:
LAST DAY TO FILM FRIDAY April 14
EXPORT MONDAY April 17
CLICK HERE for Project Requirements
List of royalty-free-music sites
https://incompetech.com/music/
Need Free Sound F/X? Careful - Make sure others don't have the same ones as you!
www.audioblocks.com/
https://www.partnersinrhyme.com/
http://soundbible.com/
Need Inspiration? Watch Trailers at IMDB.com: Movie Trailers!
Cinematography… It’s where you place your camera that helps tell your story...
Important: Use Correct settings of
in-camera LIGHTING (Iris, Gain, Exposure) COLOR TEMPERATURE
(White Balance) & OUTDOOR ND (Neutral Density) Filter
Establishing Shot – Wide or landscape scene; communicates the sense of
place
Low Angle Shot - looking up at the subject:
High Angle Shot - looking down on the subject:
from Quentin Tarantino's "Reservoir Dogs" 1992
High Angle Shot - looking down on the subject:
ECU (eyes) – use external lighting to enhance look
From John Hughes "Ferris Beuller's Day Off" 1986
Reverse Angle Shot / POV- camera is the point of view of the
subject: 
From Coen Brothers "Raising Arizona" 1987
Bird's Eye
Shot - perspective from overhead:
Worm’s
Eye Shot – perspective from ground
level:
Dutch Angle – diagonal angle:
From Spike Lee's "Do The Right Thing" 1989
Dolly – roll position forward or backward
Truck – roll the dolly left or right
Truck – roll the dolly left or right
Dolly Zoom - dolly in on subject while you zoom out
From Steven Spielberg's "Jaws" 1975
Rack
Focus - shift M focus ring foreground
to background:
Crane Shot – body of camera is lifted or lowered by machinery to capture
a landscape or the subject (you can DIY on a smaller scale)
From John Ford's "High Noon" 1952
In-Camera Transition – while recording, shift the camera shot to an
object / landscape or blur
focus or X zoom in - pause – frame shot at new location /
begin recording again to reveal the
scene change
Cinematography is infinite in its possibilities... much more so
than music or language.
