Create a 1-minute film capturing a cinematic moment

ASSIGNMENT

Capture a simple, sweet, powerful or big moment in your life by creating a one-minute short film, highlighting a cinematic moment. This assignment is great practice for viewing the world and your life as a short film, and being able to spot those moments worthy of a movie. You will also learn to edit your film to create something beautiful.

DELIVERABLE

Upload your 1 minute film on youtube or vimeo, and share a link in the project gallery. (Check out my short film on Youtube here.)

Your project should be a 1 min. video, saved as an .mp4 file.
Tips for uploading to YouTube & Vimeo here & here.

MATERIALS

Editing software: iMovie, Adobe Premiere, or FinalCut Pro

Optional:

24 mm lens: Link
35 mm lens: Link
50 mm lens: Link
85 mm lens: Link
Hot shoe mic: Link
Tripod: Link
Memory card: Link

RESOURCES

Shutter Speed & FPS. This basic tutorial from Vimeo covers all you need to know about shutter speed as it relates to your film & DSLR photography.

Image courtesy of Vimeo.
Free Music Archive & Vimeo Music Store. Great resources music that is free or inexpensive.

Image courtesy of Vimeo.
Keyboard Shortcuts. These are specific to Adobe Premiere, but apply to most video software on a Mac.
Understanding Exposure. This graphic's got it all... it helps to understand camera exposure through all of the variables.

Image courtesy of exposureguide.com
*Tips for buying lenses

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