20 Steps Challenge

20 Steps

For this week's project, we followed a challenge on vimeo, where the rules are to take 20 clips after every 20 steps in one area. The purpose is to tell a story from your point of view using different angles and being creative with your 20 shots.

My cousin and I went to the lake one day, and I decided to bring my camera along to film for this project. I made a quick short list of shots that I knew I wanted to include, then when we got there, I spontaneously filmed the rest of the clips I wanted as we walked around. I made sure to get beautiful shots of the water and other random shots of plants and the sky to include variety in the video. I wanted to continue filming after sunset, however my camera battery died in the middle of shooting. On the bright side, I had more than enough footage to edit and use.

The editing process went fairly quick and easy. I tried to keep the shots in order as much as I could, that way it would show the point from where we started, then down to where we stopped walking, which was the dam on the other side. From this project, I learned a couple things: 1) I should fully charge my  battery before leaving the house 2) I still need to learn how to keep a steady hand with my camera and lastly, 3) favorite more precise clips in Final Cut to make it easier to find exactly the shot I'm looking for.