B2 Professional Development

For extra reference, please see the first part of this project here. After shooting all of the required scenes for our 1 minute short films, it was time for post-production. In our original groups, we were to assemble our short film, apply sound design and finishing touches and then render it out. Before beginning, we […]

For this professional development session, we learned about a filming technique called B roll and applied it to a short film of our making (in groups). B Roll refers to a selection or series of clips that are used to support the narrative within a film sequence. It is a type of secondary footage and […]

Another important technique we went over to improve our camera skills was Multi-Cam filming, which is what we were able to try ourselves in this lesson. Multi-cam Production, or multi-camera, refers to any process of filming where more than one camera is used to record footage. The technique, first used in a Russian historical film […]

In this lesson, we shot a range of clips in the green screen/motion capture space and experimented with it in After Effects following a prompt. In my group, the prompt we received was based on the Netflix Original, Squid Game, which has recently risen in popularity massively and has become well-known on social media.   […]

Now that we had the appropriate footage, it was time to compile the videos and pictures together and edit them in an interesting way. We were shown a few videos with unique styles to inspire us and give us a few ideas. I found the clips fun but I was struggling to think of how […]

To our surprise, professional development was changing in order to help us create our film showreels for the end of the year. To do this, we are going to be taught how to properly handle a camera and what each aspect of the controls do. Additionally, we will be learning key skills such as how […]

The first academic year for me, was one of the most enjoyable school experiences that I have ever had, despite the fact that a lot of it was online. I never expected college to be so chill and at the same time, push me past boundaries I didn’t know I had. The work is enjoyable […]