Sam Gay - Post #6
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...
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.
Blog Post #2 Breaking Bad - DP Michael Slovis Michael is from New Jersey but went to school in New York at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. He started his career in 1981 and was a camera operator for many years working on numerous films before becoming a cinematographer in 1995. He's worked on many notable films and series including Halloweentown (1998), CSI: Crime Scene Investigation , Law and Order: Special Victims Unit , and his newer work which includes Breaking Bad , Better Call Saul , and Game of Thrones. Michael has been a part of the ASC since 2010. Sam Kolder Sam is originally from Canada, but has relocated to Los Angeles. Unlike the typical Cinematographer that starts out working as a Production Assistant on sets and working their way up to a notable position, Sam instead used social media and more of a short documentary films following artists on tour to gain his title. Sam, who is now only 21 years old, got ...