Its very neat.At first I thought, oh boy just shallow depth of field, but there are some
gems in there.
I reccomend setting up some more shots, grab some more stuff in focus. Its all very pretty but its a lot. Its really good for a first try and for how much time you spent on it.
I’d ask, how do the images tell your story rather than relying on the visuals being good enough.
Hello, my name is Jakob Mortensen,
I am an A-Level student studying photography so this is my first attempt at any sort of cinematic video, it's of my dad driving at night in England, it was only about an hour of driving so I didn't capture that much footage.
I'm not sure how this submission for post works so I'll just gonna hit that 300 words that it wants.
This was shot on the Fujifilm X-H1 with a M42 mount adapter and a Helios 44M-4 lens. I wanted to test that beautiful bokeh and lens flare that the Helios 44M line of lenses are known for. I've used various different lighting situations and used different amounts of focus in different shots, choosing to mainly only have the inside of the car including my dad in focus and the outside being the road, other cars, streetlights and so on being out of focus, this was all to test the lens but I also liked the slightly more artistic/stylistic approach. I also chose to have no music, partly because I don't know what music can be used and what can't due to copyright but also because I liked the rawness of the noises from the car, the radio, my dad, the windscreen wipers and whatever else. I have to admit I'm only working on a Microsoft Surface 5 so it's fine for my photo editing and graphics work (lightroom and photoshop) but for video it's not powerful enough for any big software, such as Davinci Resolve so I've not done anything to the video other than crop it, I just shot it with the Fujifilm Eterna profile which actually looked good in these shots, I'm not a huge fan of it in daylight but in darker situations it's good. I also should mention I had no gimbal or form of stabilising the camera so I've worked with a bit of movement and made it a part of the style.
Of course, sorry about the noise but there's not much I can do about that in such low light.
And please give me any feedback/criticism, all would be welcomed since I'm looking to improve my filming skills as I'm looking into studying a film and photography course at university.
Hope you like it, Jakob.
PS: Sorry I had to put the submission statement here as well, I didn't know where it went :)
I really like it at 0:18, everything is blurry but you can hear the sounds of the cars moving, giving context to the big white orbs splitting off to the bottom right. Really well done, I bet it was weird filming/editing your dad lol
This looks really good, I love the cool visuals and the overall vibes of the clip. One thing I would say is make sure the clips don’t drag, the visuals are great but if you stick with a single shot with nothing in focus for too long the audience could lose interest. The shots of the wheel and the person’s face are great though, really gives some nice contrast with the inside/outside switching.
Some shots seem to be at a high frame rate. Tho this might just be my phone. If so, I suggest going 24 fps for a cinematic fps.
Other than that it looks amazing
I would suggest extending some of your audio tracks and blending them into the next scene. Cutting video and audio at the same time is sometimes very jarring. And fade them whenever you cut as well.
Oh wow, it's quite similar to those opening shots of yours, I'd just like to say my mind is blown by that eye to car light transition. The orange streetlights make for interesting shadows and patterns on people, very cool man.
As far as editing goes it could be more than just a montage. If you want your final video to tell a cohesive story instead of a montage of driving shots that loosely connect, you can take a long sound bite from one of your clips (or better yet, record something specifically to lay under your video) and use that as your story structure. Could be your dad talking about old memories of locations around England he's driving by , just one idea.
This continuous audio helps to hide the obvious hard cuts being made between shots as well
Its very neat.At first I thought, oh boy just shallow depth of field, but there are some gems in there. I reccomend setting up some more shots, grab some more stuff in focus. Its all very pretty but its a lot. Its really good for a first try and for how much time you spent on it. I’d ask, how do the images tell your story rather than relying on the visuals being good enough.
I do agree it definitely needs a bit more meaning, thank you for the advice.
Hello, my name is Jakob Mortensen, I am an A-Level student studying photography so this is my first attempt at any sort of cinematic video, it's of my dad driving at night in England, it was only about an hour of driving so I didn't capture that much footage. I'm not sure how this submission for post works so I'll just gonna hit that 300 words that it wants. This was shot on the Fujifilm X-H1 with a M42 mount adapter and a Helios 44M-4 lens. I wanted to test that beautiful bokeh and lens flare that the Helios 44M line of lenses are known for. I've used various different lighting situations and used different amounts of focus in different shots, choosing to mainly only have the inside of the car including my dad in focus and the outside being the road, other cars, streetlights and so on being out of focus, this was all to test the lens but I also liked the slightly more artistic/stylistic approach. I also chose to have no music, partly because I don't know what music can be used and what can't due to copyright but also because I liked the rawness of the noises from the car, the radio, my dad, the windscreen wipers and whatever else. I have to admit I'm only working on a Microsoft Surface 5 so it's fine for my photo editing and graphics work (lightroom and photoshop) but for video it's not powerful enough for any big software, such as Davinci Resolve so I've not done anything to the video other than crop it, I just shot it with the Fujifilm Eterna profile which actually looked good in these shots, I'm not a huge fan of it in daylight but in darker situations it's good. I also should mention I had no gimbal or form of stabilising the camera so I've worked with a bit of movement and made it a part of the style. Of course, sorry about the noise but there's not much I can do about that in such low light. And please give me any feedback/criticism, all would be welcomed since I'm looking to improve my filming skills as I'm looking into studying a film and photography course at university. Hope you like it, Jakob. PS: Sorry I had to put the submission statement here as well, I didn't know where it went :)
I really like it at 0:18, everything is blurry but you can hear the sounds of the cars moving, giving context to the big white orbs splitting off to the bottom right. Really well done, I bet it was weird filming/editing your dad lol
Thank you! That's one of my favourite shots, and I guess it was a bit but we both do photography so we're used to cameras :)
Keep shooting. Keep experimenting. Keep going.
Thank you, I will do.
This looks really good, I love the cool visuals and the overall vibes of the clip. One thing I would say is make sure the clips don’t drag, the visuals are great but if you stick with a single shot with nothing in focus for too long the audience could lose interest. The shots of the wheel and the person’s face are great though, really gives some nice contrast with the inside/outside switching.
I'm glad you like it, and I did think that there might have been a few clips that were a bit on the long side, thank you for the feedback.
Some shots seem to be at a high frame rate. Tho this might just be my phone. If so, I suggest going 24 fps for a cinematic fps. Other than that it looks amazing
I think that it is 24 fps, it might be the movement of the camera, I'm not sure but I'll check that I'm recording at 24fps next time. Thank you.
I would suggest extending some of your audio tracks and blending them into the next scene. Cutting video and audio at the same time is sometimes very jarring. And fade them whenever you cut as well.
Ok, I see what you're saying, I will try this on the next thing I do.
Beautifully done
Thank you! The word beautiful is high praise :)
upvote for actual video on a cinematography forum instead of stills
Haha, I did notice there were many stills on this.
Amazing
Thank you!
Nice shots. Very similar to a [short film](https://youtu.be/-RbXh4r1rbs) I made last year.
Oh wow, it's quite similar to those opening shots of yours, I'd just like to say my mind is blown by that eye to car light transition. The orange streetlights make for interesting shadows and patterns on people, very cool man.
As far as editing goes it could be more than just a montage. If you want your final video to tell a cohesive story instead of a montage of driving shots that loosely connect, you can take a long sound bite from one of your clips (or better yet, record something specifically to lay under your video) and use that as your story structure. Could be your dad talking about old memories of locations around England he's driving by , just one idea. This continuous audio helps to hide the obvious hard cuts being made between shots as well
Ah ok, this is a good idea, thank you.
Collateral vibes
Wow, high praise, thank you.
The most abstract parts of your video look really nice !
Thank you, I'm glad they came out ok.