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What I learned in boating school is....

I learned and grew a lot this semester. I watched a video of mine from the beginning of the semester and was like what is this?… Being completely honest, I’ve spent most of my time at Alabama thinking the film department was a huge joke. It seemed that what took me a couple of months to pick up by watching YouTube was more than what some students were leaving with after they graduated. This class took a bunch of people at different stages with different desired outcomes and challenged us all evenly. Over the course of the semester, I learned a good deal about lighting. I learned different kits of lights. I used mostly the led kit this semester as my shoots were often too far away from power to run stingers. I used the arri kits and feel comfortable with setup, placement, and tear down. I also learned what it's like to work on a team to create something cooler than what one person could do. It’s often hard for me to go from a one man run and gun setup, to everyone has one ...
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Sam Gay - March_ Reel

Not too long ago, I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life. I sat in my advisor’s office as a sophomore transfer student and the question was brought up: What do you want to do after you graduate? I had no idea what to say and got mad at myself by how much that question caught me off guard.   Over the following weeks after giving that question some serious thought, I landed at film because, and I quote myself saying, “cameras are fun”. The only things I’ve ever found that I was good at or enjoyed more than a short time are cameras and music.   Before starting at the University of Alabama, I met a friend in one of my classes. Everyday after class, he would grab his skateboard and his camera and just skate until he saw something cool to take pictures of. I was amazed at how interesting this sort of lifestyle he’d created for himself was. After having him teach me a bit about cameras, I ended up falling in love with creating videos. Over the course ...
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Scene Assignment - LA LA LAND "Maybe I'm Not Good Enough"

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Let's cut to the chase. Scene Remake Final:  https://vimeo.com/266251297 Here's the fluff.    \/   \/   \/ Visual References:
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Sam Gay - Post #6

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I analyzed a scene from my favorite movie, Fight Club. It's the scene of Jack's Revenge. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pJC0FLA3Sk
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Sam Gay - Blog Post #5

Motivated Camera Movement - Sam Gay Blog Post #5 Tokyo Drift Opening In the clip below, there is a shot dolly backwards (1:02 - 1:05 in the clip below). This is a good example of motivated camera movement because as the characters are trying to one up each other before a fight, the protagonist drops a wrench from his sleeve and the camera cuts to the football team and tracks back to show how many of them there are. This was important to show how small and outnumbered the protagonist is. I'm assuming a crane was used to get this shot because of the high angle and the open parking lot set. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-EheX9m-dE Fight Club - The First Rule of Fight Club In this scene from Fight Club, starting at 7 seconds, we see the members coming in as we begin to truck right with a whip pan to reveal the protagonist as soon as he starts talking and the camera continues to truck in a 360 around him. This shots motivation is to show the vast amount of people coming in and...
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Documentary Assignment Director: Sam Gay Director of Photography: Makena Wasserman Anthony Celiano - Founder/ Artist Management at Project Gateway Entertainment vimeo.com/254816622
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Sam Gay - Blog Post #3 I read about the Zenmuse X7 at cinema5d.com. It was super cool to see the making behind their film Over The Wilderness . In the video, they mentioned they had to hike a lot to get to where the drone could reach the landscapes they were after and were flying the drone in -15 degrees and 3,000m above sea level at times. I am blown away by the quality of footage they were able to capture. I also watched the Cinema 5D ON THE GO episode talking about cinema cameras vs dslr and dslr-like cameras and footage. It's crazy that he said he tested the cameras and chopped up shots from both and people couldn't tell the difference between cameras. He actually recommended a dslr on set in conjuction with cinema cameras as a way to get in tight places the cinema cameras can't get to. Very interesting that a $2000 camera and a $100,000 camera can be used together.
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