Cinematic Living: Transform Your Daily Life into A Movie

1. The Start of Your Journey!: If you want to be a creator who can turn a daily scenario into a cinematic sequence, then this is the course for you. Put together a sequence of lessons going into death. We talk about how to make those cinematic sholtz, you know what I'm talking about those shots as you're drinking coffee in the morning with the warm light coming through. Or just simple shots of you're reading a book. If you want to turn those things into cinematic shots, then this is the course for you. But we're not just going to stop there. We're also going into how you can use Stick talk, Instagram and Youtube to build your audience. Try to make this course as short as possible so you can get all the knowledge you need and get started immediately. But first, who even am I? My name is Aaron Willems, I live in the Netherlands. I've been through film school and I owe my own film brands. And I'm a content creator and I've made some courses in the past. As I've said, it's a short and concise course. But to still make you learn things, I'll give you a tests that you can do with every single lesson. This will ensure that you're going to make some progress. If you're excited and you want to become the creator that you've always meant to be, then I suggest that you click on the next lesson and we can get started. I'll see you in there. 2. Finding Inspiration In Everyday Life: Hello and welcome. I'm thrilled to have you here on lesson two on your cinematic journey. In this lesson, we'll embark on a journey where we discover the seemingly ordinary moments in life and take out the cinematic parts you might think. I'll only give you advice on how to film or what to film. And even though that's important in this course, I'll dive way deeper. I'll get into how do you use emotion and storytelling to turn your daily life into a cinematic masterpiece. And of course, on top of that, I'll also give you some practical advice on actual filming. Taking a normal scenario and being able to turn it into a magical shot is the most fun thing I've ever learned. After you finish this course, you have all the skills that you need to turn every single moment into a cinematic movie scene, whether it's for your own Youtube channel. As a content creator or you want to be a filmmaker, being able to see the cinematic parts out of ordinary life is very powerful. Our first order of business is to understand the power of perspective. You see cinematic living is not really about having expensive camera or a fancy editing software. It's about how you see the world around you. And that's what I'll teach you. In the words of the great filmmaker, Federico Fellini, there is no end. There is no beginning. Only the infinite passion of life. Let's delve into this infinite passion and find inspiration in the simple act of living. By the way, what I mean with cinematic living is being able to turn a normal moment, grabbing your camera or your phone, and turning it into something cinematic. Just so you know, one of the secrets of cinematic living is to notice the details. It's about seeing the world through a lens of curiosity and wonder. Every scene in a movie has very carefully chosen elements and the same can be applied to your life. Your life is like a cinematic canvas just waiting for you to pick up the brush and paint the scene in a way that you see the world. Hey, you might ask, where do I find inspiration? In my daily normal routines? Even the most Mondane activities can actually hold some beauty. Consider your morning routine, the soft light beaming through your curtains, the sound of coffee brewing. You reflecting on your past day, or you're thinking about the day that is to come. It's about finding these cinematic gems in your everyday life. To start finding cinematic potential, you have to start looking at your surroundings and observing it. Look for interesting lighting, unique perspectives, and moments that actually well create some curiosity. It's about training your eye to see the extraordinary in the ordinary. All right, so in every lesson I've got a little exercise because I can keep on talking here about how fun cinematic living is, but you actually need to have something to do in order to improve. So hereby this is the first actual task that you need to do. All right, so as a little exercise, look around and try to notice three different things, Details, maybe objects that you haven't really paid attention to before. It could be a texture on your desk. It could be light shining on your door knob. It could be the light peeking through a window in a certain way looking out. For this, we'll train your eye to see the beauty in everyday life. Later on, we can use this to turn every single scenario into something beautiful. Now take your phone or your camera, if you have one, and take three different photos of these things. These three photos will mark the beginning of your journey. So make sure to post them down in the project section so we can see how you started your journey. This will also keep you accountable to actually finish your journey. So go ahead and upload it in the project section. In the next lesson, we'll dive deep into your life's narrative. And we'll look at how you can see your daily life and turn it into a story. Of course, we'll talk about making the shots more, but for now we need to know how to actually tell a story. Because for example, me just sitting here, that's not the story. You probably get what I mean. But you'll see in the next lesson. All right, this is a lesson two. I can't wait to see what three first things you came up with. Don't be too hard on yourself. If you see something and think, hey, that's okay. Just upload it. We need to get that practice in to start getting better. I'll see you in the next lesson. 3. Developing a Cinematic Perspective: Welcome to lesson three, and here you'll learn how to develop a cinematic perspective. We'll do this by understanding the essence of storytelling. We'll learn about the art of seeing and how it shapes our perspective on the world. Look cinematic living is not just only about recording moments, it's about seeing them through a lens of creativity and intention. So today we'll unlock the secrets of developing a cinematic perspective. This will encourage us to see beyond the surface, to think deeper about the scenarios that we find ourselves in. Much like a director frames a shot. So we too can frame our experiences in a certain way to tell a richer story. Consider your life as a series of frames in a film, real, alright, so let's get into this. Cinematic perspective often involves using cinematic angles. And well, the cinematic angles are oftentimes not the standard angles. Don't be afraid to crouch down, tilt up, or put your camera in any direction that you want. Changing perspective can read life into an otherwise, well, quite boring scenario. Also, one of the most fundamental techniques is using the rule thirds. Imagine breaking your frame down into nine equal parts. One line goes like this, one line goes like this, one line goes like this, and the other goes like this. You have to place the key points of your shot in one of these intersections. This will make your shot more interesting and it can add balance to your shot. I'll actually give you an example with this actual shot. Take a look at what happens if I look this way to create a nice side angle. In this example, I'm facing this way and for some reason, the shot feels off because I'm too standard. However, here, place my eye at the intersection. This feels much better, doesn't it? Now, you can turn on these lines in your phone or your camera settings. I suggest you search for how to turn on grid and then type in your camera name or your phone name. There will probably be some Youtube video out there. All right? So as always, I've got a little bit of an exercise for you, all right? Take a few minutes a day to capture something normal using a weird or well, let's just call it a different angle. Put your camera, our phone, really low, or put it really high and see what happens. What can also have good effect is putting it really close, especially with small objects like a mouse or a bottle of water. And once again, if you want to, you can put it down in a project section. This way you can start having conversations with other students and you can actually learn from each other. And as you wrap up this lesson, remember that developing a cinematic perspective is a matter of time. In this quite short lesson, we've already covered a lot. We've covered the rule third, which you probably know what it is right now. We know that to make a scene more interesting, we have to use out of the ordinary techniques like putting your camera high, low, very close, or very distant. These are the small building blocks that will actually start building up into a big foundation. And once you've actually built this foundation, you have everything that you need to know in order to make those cinematic looking shots. All right, in our next lesson we'll transform just seeing into actual storytelling. Get ready to transform your ordinary life into a narrative that will resonate with your own audience. Oh, and by the way, we're going to talk about how to develop your own audience later in this course. Thank you for joining me in lesson three. I'm really excited to see how new perspectives actually can well change your perspective. Once you're ready, click on the next lesson and I'll see you there. 4. Crafting Your Life Stories: Welcome to lesson four. Today you will dive into the heart of storytelling, or in our words, the art of crafting your life's narrative at its core. Cinematic living is about telling a story. If you think about it, cinematic shots of someone drinking a cup of coffee is actually telling a story of someone drinking a cup of coffee. That's basically what it boils down to. It's not just about capturing random moments, It's about capturing random moments in a certain way that will resonate with you and with their audience. Once you know how to capture a quite boring moment and turn it into a story, you basically got it all. Every frame is an opportunity for you to tell a story. Your life is like a series of frames, and each one has a chance to evoke emotion and convey a meaning or create connection. Let's learn how to identify those frames. All right? So just like a film has a narrative arc, a beginning, a middle, and an end, so have your daily experiences. We have to create a sense of flow and purpose in your cinematic storytelling. Emotional beats are the heartbeat of a story. They are the moments that resonate with you and with your audience. For example, the way that the coffee tastes once you sip it is way more important than you actually grabbing the coffee. This might not make sense right now, but it would in the end. Whether it's joy, sadness, excitement, or anger. Identifying emotions in your daily experience and actually highlighting them, we'll make your story way more. Interesting details are the building blocks for storytelling. Paying attention to the smallest details in your life adds a lot of richness to your story. It's in the details that the stories uniquely become yours. Al right, it's once again, time for an actual exercise so I can stop talking and you can actually start understanding this concept yourself. These exercises are used to actually apply what you've learned, and if you haven't really learned it yet, and you can learn it through these exercises as well. In this lesson we're going to discover the storyteller within you. Alright, so in this test, you have to choose one moment of your day. It could be as simple as your morning routine. A walk in the park. You're watching this course look at a moment that stood out for you. A moment where you felt something. And once again, this can be a normal moment too. Some people just love the simplicity of simple daily life. Once you've chosen this moment, think about the emotional beats of this moment. Emotional beats are basically the moments that, if you think about it, you think he at that moment, I felt like that. What emotions did you feel at which parts? For example, if you think about you having dinner with your friends a few weeks ago. How did the scene look and how did it make you feel? How did the lighting fall upon the table? Is there a beginning, middle, and end? Or rather these things in mind. You have to craft a story. How would you describe these moments to someone who wasn't even there? Most, most most importantly, what details would you emphasize? What would you leave in the story and what wasn't really important? We have to film those things and now we're not going to actually film something right now. Being able to focus on certain elements of a story will actually train your brain to do the same. And once you actually start filming, you'll film the only things that are important which automatically makes your story way better. And once again, it might all seem a bit vague right now, but trust me, do these exercises and you'll start developing automatically. After you've created your story, take a moment to reflect. All right, what did I discover? Maybe write about it and think about it. This exercise is not just about completing a task. It's about being able to take stories out of ordinary moments. Just embrace the process and try to enjoy it as much as possible. As you end this lesson, remember that it's okay if you have a hard time right now. You don't need to be a professional storyteller and it doesn't have to be a perfect story you're here to learn. So as long as you try to exercise, there's nothing you can do wrong. On the next lesson, we'll dive into the actual practical steps that's a bit more easy. I'll talk a bit about lighting and things like camera movements to just take your videos to the next level, the first one. Now take your focus on this exercise and afterwards you can move on to the next lesson. This is a bit of a bigger test than the previous ones, but I think you can do it. Good luck. I'll see you on the next lesson. 5. The Basics of Daily Filming: Welcome to lesson five. We're diving into actual practical steps of daily filming. It's time to bring your story, a live with lights, camera, and action. Daily filming is the bridge between the cinematic, narrative, and actual part of filming. It's not just about pressing the record button. It's about understanding which tools you have and which tools you don't have and using them as best as you can. Let's actually start with the foundation. Choose the right equipment. If you have a camera, of course, go for your camera if you just have a phone. Most phones are really good for today's standards, so just use a phone, don't worry about it too much. And when it comes to lighting, grab things like candles or small desk lights. Those things can really enhance your story and the way your actual image look your camera is like the storyteller's eye. Understanding its features, capabilities, and limits is very important. And whether you're using a smartphone or a professional camera, the principles basically remain the same. Using a phone can still work however you have to use it. Right? I suggest you was some videos on how to use your phone optimally for filming. Now, lighting is a secret. Salta will turn your ordinary life into a cinematic masterpiece. You have to think about how you can use natural lighting around you and use it to your advantage. I'm not going into much detail on actual filming. Thebes right here. I've already made a course on that. So if you want to check that out, you can do that after this course. But something I've talked about in there too, is the fact that you have to film against the light. Oftentimes that looks away better. Having a big bloom of light to your subject creates a bit of mystery. So try to keep that in mind. Now, you shouldn't underestimate the power of audio. Whatever you're capturing, audio enhances the viewer's experience. What I suggest you do is just take one sound that correlates with the feeling of the environment. For example, if there's a peaceful scene of someone sitting outside, the only thing you need is some birds and a bit of a breeze on the background. This will slightly enhance your video and if you actually have professional gear, then I suggest you use it. All right, so now that you have a vague understanding of the basics, let's actually get to the fun part, which is making cinematic movements, experiments with pens, which is basically turning your camera from left to right with tilts, which is basically tilting your camera up and down. You can zoom in, you can zoom out, you can do everything with your camera. However, you're probably filming yourself. So whenever you have to film yourself, you just have to put your camera still. I actually think that the best way to film is to just put your camera still. I just think it has a nice feeling. The most easy and effective way to get cinematic footage is the lock on subject technique. I'll explain it to you. Take a subject, put it in the middle or somewhere in the frame that you like. Move the camera around and lock on the subject, so everything around it moves. However the subject stays in the same spot. Just using this technique is very simple and it will elevate your videos to a higher level. So whenever you're filming a coffee mark, for example, just lock it in the middle of the frame and move around it. This can create some movement and some dynamics to your actual shot. All right, it's time for the tests of this lesson. Grab your phone or camera and use one of these techniques to make a nice compelling shot. First, look at just runnings and play around with the lighting. See what you can do. Maybe you can close your curtains and turn on your actual lights, but that will probably not look as good. Then maybe try to open your curtains just a little bit to let a little bit of light peek through, see what works and what doesn't. Words pick a subject and place it into the nice lighting and then try out the lock on subject technique. Now you've used the best light and the best camera movement to turn an ordinary thing into some cinematic magic. By doing this, you've learned the two most important things when it comes to cinematic living. And always keep in mind lining is number one when it comes to what's most important. This is a short ex charge you can do immediately. So I suggest you just do it right now as quick as possible so we can move on to the next lesson. You don't really need to share this into the project session if you don't want to. This is just a quick personal practice. So go ahead and do it as fast as possible. You've got this, and if you're ready, click on the next lesson. 6. Develop Your Own Style: Welcome to lesson six. It's time to develop your own unique style. This is a fun lesson. Building a consistent visual style is actually pretty hard. And it is not just about you making videos on a consistent basis. It's about telling your story in a way that's uniquely yours. This will be the visual signature that sets you apart on the vast landscape of online content creation. And this has some to discuss the significance of crafting your own unique style and how to enhance your cinematic living experience. Crafting your own style first begins with understanding who you are as a filmmaker. While themes, colors, and visual elements really resonate with you, we're going to define this in this lesson. First of all, consistency is key to developing your own style, from color patterns to actual fonts. Your own style will be something that your audience will recognize you with. Once they see a certain shot with a certain font and a certain color, they'll think, hey, that's from that person. Pretty cool, isn't it? First of all, one of the most transformative aspects of developing your own style is color creating. This is about chasing the color of your shots in the editing software. There are plenty of courses out there, and I will not have enough time to actually dive into that in this course. Just keep in mind, if you want to have a warm, friendly feeling, then give it more of an orange tint. And if you want to have a more cool and a more somber and lonely feeling, give it a more blue tint. We really have to think about what's font, what's color, what text, what music. What shots really work in our videos? Think of it as a compass guiding you through your creative journey. All right, let's put theory into practice. Take some time to reflect on what things that resonate with you the most. Create a visual style guide. What is your favorite color palette? What are the two fonts that you're going to use? You have to outline these key elements that will make out your unique brand. Just make a document on this. Pick out a few colors that you really like and that you really want to have in your videos. Pick two fonts that you really like. Pick a certain music style that you really like, and everything that comes along with it. If you want to, you can share in the project section, I suggest you reflect on what you've learned. But mostly keep in mind for the rest of this course. Now it's actually time to gather some viewers that will actually start watching the things that we make. This will motivate us, mostly gives the things that we make a sense of meaning. In our next lesson, we'll shift the focus of actually gathering an audience and how we can connect with other people to actually create a community. It's time to get ready to connect on a deeper level with our viewers and create a connection, right? So make the style got for yourself, this will really, really help. Once you're done with that, prepare to help you to the next lesson. Because I'm also going to give you a lot of advice on how to actually start growing and actually sharing the things that you make. But as said about 20 times you first have to do the exercises. This will really make some changes in your life and in your creative journey. So do the exercises and then see me at the next lesson. Good luck. 7. Build Your Own Community: This lesson, lesson seven. We're going to dive into audience engagement. Building a cinematic community goes beyond just creating content. It's about connecting with your audience, telling your stories, and creating a community. We're going to transform passive viewers into active community members. This year, you can start sharing your passions with your audience. And this lesson, we'll explore the techniques to connect with your viewers and build an audience. The first step to engagement is understanding your audience. Who even are they what interests them? What do they really enjoy about your content? Knowing your audience allows you to tailor your cinematic stories in a way that resonates with them. You have to create a connection through your stories. This way they will like you and this way they will follow you. And as a matter of fact, I've already made a course on this as well. This course is originally about getting analysts of video ideas, but the way you do this is about getting to know who your viewer is. So if you want to learn more about debt, you can check the course out after this course. Now, authenticity is to currency, to engagement. Get it? No. Okay, response to comments, ask for feedback. Take your viewers behind the scenes. Genuine interactions foster a sense of connection with your audience and makes them feel valued. Beyond just uploading video, consider hosting actual conversations with people. Whether it's a love Q Ande or maybe a collaboration, it doesn't matter. You have to engage with your viewers. You can write things to start meaningful discussions. This will enrich the experience for both you and your audience. Also, collaboration is a powerful tool for expanding your audience. You can join forces with fellow creators. This will often spark out new creative ideas. And this will let you grow your audience and actually surprise them as well. So send out some meals and see who you can collaborate with. You can also empower your audience to even become creators themselves. You can give them challenges like the ones that I gave you. This will not only foster creativity and actual action, that also makes you a leading figure. And this will create a sense of community because everyone's doing something that you asked them to do. Alright, I've said a lot of things, so let's put it into practice. Choose one or more tactics that we've discussed. Responding to comments, hosting a conversation, writing stuff, collaborating with other creators, or encouraging your creators to do something themselves. Send e mails out to other creators and well propose a collaboration type comments underneath your favorite creators and start conversations there. There's so many things you can do, You have to show that you're out there. So create a strategy. Pick at least three of these things and apply them. If you're not making videos yet, that's okay. Because you can still write, you can still comment, you can still ask people for advice. There's plenty of things you can do. So after you've implemented the strategy, reflect on it. What worked well and what didn't work so well. Because that might differ from person to person. As you lesson seven, remember that engagement is a two way street. You need to do your part and your viewer will do their part automatically. We've explored knowing your audience. We've explored developing a bigger audience. We've explored different ways and different strategies on how to actually expand your view. It was quite a lot in quite a short amount of time. So if you want to, you can rewatch the lesson or you can immediately get started on building the strategy for yourself. And in the next lesson, we'll explore the magical realm of, well, monetization. You've probably been waiting for it. You can turn your passions into sustainable venture. So after you've done the strategy, it's quite a lot of work. Help into the next lesson and get ready to learn about monetization. I'll see you in there. 8. Become A Proffesional: Welcome to lesson eight, and here we'll talk about monetization. Now, you've already practiced a lot with getting better at making cinematic footage, and so we're kind of done with that already. Now it's really up to you practicing more and more learning more from videos and from other creators. However, wouldn't it be nice to turn his passion into something you can make money with? I'll give you a lot of ideas on what you can do. First of all, funny enough, making money isn't really about making money, it's about giving out value. And well, as you return, you're going to get money from it. So in this lesson, I'll tell you how to turn your passion and your vision into a source of income. The key to sustainable monetization is to create a diverse amount of income streams. This way, you won't need to rely on a single source of income, from ads to sponsorships, to coaching courses. Everything can be something that you can make money with and we have to actually try them all. Your brands can actually create more than just videos. First of all, you can sell a community. Once you've gathered up some followers, you can tell people, hey, look I have a community, you have to pay a small amount of money for it. You can join and together you can learn from each other. And maybe in there you can give away free things as well. You can use a platform like school or discourse to host your actual community. You can also do crowd funding. This way people can directly support you if there's value in you. Using platforms like Patrion or Kickstarter also allows you to create a community of people that really believe in you. If you actually start getting better at skills that I'm teaching you, then you can think about creating educational content. I actually think this is the best one. This includes well, online courses or coaching. Sharing knowledge doesn't only give you a way to earn income, but also to make you an authority figure in your own niche. That's actually what I'm doing after practicing for other things that I'm teaching you right now for a long time. I can now teach those things to other people like well you. And because I do that, I earn a little bit of income. If you know something, you can give that knowledge away for money. Simple as that, Al right. Now it's time for this lessons task. It's time to create your own monetization plan. Consider your own unique style, your audience, and your goals. Choose one or two. We're only choose one or two because we want to focus on those two a lot and not just have all these things gathered around. We first need to get some practice in. So once again, take one or two of the strategies that you can use to earn income, whether it's add revenue sponsorships, merchandising crowd funding, or educational content. In this plan, you're going to write what you're going to do, where you're going to do it for how long you're going to do it, and what you expect to earn from it. If you want to get some help from it, let me know. You can contact me and I'll help you out. And once again, after you've implemented the strategy, this will take a lot of time. But after you've done it, then reflect back on it, what worked and what didn't work. In the next lesson, I'm going to teach you how to stay relevant and how to actually get on those charts. We have to know what works and what doesn't. We have to know what the trends are. So once you're ready and you want to start getting trending, then click on the next lesson, and I'll do my best to help you out. 9. Get Trending Online: Lesson nine. Welcome. We're going to explore the latest cinematic trends. You don't only need to stay ahead of these trends, but you can actually be a pioneer and make your own trends. You see, I don't really believe in just trying to follow along with what everyone is doing all the time. Yes, of course, if everyone is making a video of 30 seconds, you shouldn't make a video of 1 hour. But you can still implement your own style while still being trending. Understanding these trends not only allows you to understand what you need to do, but it also allows you to set the tone on what to do next. Short term content continues to grow in this fast paced landscape of online content. Platforms like Instagram and Tiktok have revolutionized the way we consume content. You have to learn about this. I believe that the real big stories and the ways to connect with your community are in the long videos. But you also have to make short content. That's just the way it is. You need to create a concise format on what you can do to tell stories. In these short videos, for example, you can create three videos a day of three daily moments. You now know how to capture those well, so that's something you can do. For example, once you've learned a lot about short content, keep in mind to always put your style on number one, this will create authenticity and people love it, they will see you and they think, hey, that's different. And if they like it, then they'll start following you. Also have to discover what works and what doesn't. In order to do that, you can try some new things out. Maybe say something controversial in your video or start an interesting topic instead of making a video about making a cup of coffee. A video about how making a cup of coffee can change your life. Get it? Just make it a little bit dramatic. I'm going to talk a lot about this part because it's time to put some things into action. Just one cinematic trend that resonates with you. You can just scroll and take talk and I think, hey, that's quite a cool video and it's got a lot of likes, so you got to try one of those techniques out as well. You want to create one video and upload it, see if it works. If it doesn't, then scroll again, see something and try it out. Don't keep scrolling for 10 minutes because they're just being unproductive. This is quite a hard task and it actually forces you to use the skills that you've learned so far. So good luck with that. If you need to watch back some of the lesson, that's totally fine. I don't expect you to get it all in one go, but well, there's a reason that you can watch back these lessons. So if you want to just go ahead if you want to, you can also take notes along the way. It's better to understand 100% of this course and to just not really understand it at all. And once again, after you've created this cinematic piece or whatever piece it may be, then reflect on it and see what you've learned. And as you wrap up this lesson, remember that being it's not just only about following the way, it's also about leading the way you can be a new trend setter. Go with your own style and take some risks. People love authenticity. Just really keep that in mind. I'm curious to see what you can come up with. Maybe who knows. I'll see you on the training page. Don't expect too much though. Your first video will probably not work that well. But you probably understand that already. You have to just keep trying and keep saying consistent. After this lesson, we'll consistently get better by doing weekly challenges. So if you're ready for that, then make sure to click on the next lesson as fast as possible. 10. Your Weekly challenges: This is less than ten. And in here I'll give you weekly challenges. So grab a piece of paper or word documents and write along so you don't forget about the challenges. These are designed to push your boundaries and create new ideas. And mostly these are made to get really good at the things that we've already discussed. I'll give you a set of eight challenges, one for each week. You can do these for two months. You can even repeat them as much as you want. Challenge one, Silence storytelling. Create a short cinematic piece without any sound. The only thing you can use is one piece of audio. So for example, film yourself making coffee once again, but you can only use one sound. This forces you to use the visuals to actually tell the story. Challenge 21 shot wonder films on thing using one shot only you can only press record once and it has to be seen of 1 minute. So you have to make the shot really good and you have to make the X that you do, really interesting. Challenge three creative cinematic angles. Experiment with the angles that we've talked about in this course. Explore low angles, Dutch angles, high angles. Anything you can think of, make at least five of these shots using these angles challenge four soundscape experiments. Now you're going to create a short cinematic piece and only use the sound. Pay close attention to ambient sounds. What are the sounds that are around you? In this environment, you can use music to tell an even richer story. Challenge yourself to tell the story only through sounds. In other words, the story should be clear even when the screen is black. Challenge five visual metaphors. Choose a concept or emotion and try to actually create a visual representation of it. Using metaphors, use symbolism, color grading, and maybe weird angles to convey a message. This is a hard one, and if you can do it at one go, then that's okay. Challenge six, dynamic lighting. Put your camera at a single spot. Now make five different shots using different light. Don't change anything about the shot except the light. Now, put those five shots next to each other and see what works and what doesn't. Challenge Seven, time lapse storytelling. Tell a story through a time lapse sequence. Capture the passage of time in a visual and engaging way, whether it's a day in the life of a character. The changing of seasons or transformation that the character is going through. Now, challenge eight, This is where all comes together. The big project. This challenge. You're going to create a five minute cinematic sequence of everything that you've learned so far, tell the story of you, implying everything that you've learned in this course. You can make shows of you watching the course. You can make shows of you trying out different angles. You can take shots of you taking walks to get inspiration. And use everything that you've learned in this course to actually make this video about. It doesn't matter how you do it. You can do it in one single shot. You can do it in time lapses. You can do it all at different angles. As long as it's 5 minutes long, this will really push your boundaries. Engaging in weekly challenges has numerous amounts of benefits. It will challenge you to try new things. It will deepen your practice. It will build up your portfolio. It will connect you with your community. It will push you to stay consistent. These challenges are not just about completion and just quick doing it. It's about exploring yourself as creator. So if you haven't yet, watch it back and write them all down. You really need to do these challenges. I really want to help you and I believe the only way to really get better is actually put your knowledge into practice. So if you've written this down, then I'll see you at the next. Well, sadly, the last lesson. 11. Your Future as a Creator: Less lesson. We're not really saying goodbye. Rather opening a new door in your creative journey. Lesson 11 is about how you can live your life. After this course, let's look at how you can integrate cinematic living into your daily life. Start by setting personal goals. What stories do you really want to tell this year? What skills do you want to refine, whether it's making a short film every month or getting ten K subscribers on Youtube. Setting goals provides direction for your own journey. Also, establish a routine that forces you to actually film your daily life. Carve out dedicated time for creativity, shooting, filming, and learning a consistent routine ensures that this part of your life actually becomes your identity. Also, keep in mind that you can, well, basically create a cinematic scene through your eyes. You don't always need your camera or your phone, you're taking a walk. Think about the things that look cinematic and the things that sent out to you. This way. You'll train your eye even more. And if you want to, then keep your camera on your phone with you at all times. So when there's a moment that you really want to capture, you can capture it. Also, stay curious and continue learning. Watch videos from other creators, not only from me. See what they teach you and see what they say about this actual journey. And as I said before, connect with fellow creators. Maybe there are some people already down below who've submitted their projects. If there aren't any, then I suggest be the first one. And other people might reach out to you, talk with each other. Give each other tip. Start collaborating to create a strong network of people that are like minded. Mostly share all your work online. Build out the Youtube channel. Build out an Instagram account, a Tiktok account. There are so many people who can benefit from your skills and your stories, and also sharing this documents your own progress. How cool is that? Also there's so many things I want to tell you. Just revisit your old work. See how much you've progressed. If you look back at a year and you look at those three photos that you took, you'll be really proud at the new photos that you can take right now or the new shots that you can make, look at the things that you can improve on. And always stay humble. Your cinematic journey is a story itself, one that unfolds with every frame that you capture. Thank you so much for trusting me with your time. It's been a lot that we've covered. And if you can't seem to understand it all, then that's okay. You can always come back and rewatch it if you want to. If you want to learn about the basics of filmmaking, check out my course on that. And also, as I've said before, I've made a course on how to actually get a limited video DS. Feel free to just take a look at that as well if you want to give me back a favor. After all thought you, then you can even review and let me know what you've learned after this course. Good luck on your journey. I'm really excited for you and hopefully I'll see you soon online or as one of my courses. Good luck.