Filmmaking Tips: Composition, Rule of Thirds and Building a Sequence

This is Episode 1 of our new tutorial series, aimed at exploring the complex world of meshing visual art, moving pictures and story telling. We go practical and simply show you how we put together our previous Youtube short which was originally created to compliment this tutorial. We go over basic cinematic composition, rule of thirds, the importance of matching eyelines between two characters and how to build a short sequence. We show you all main shot types that most directors use when constructing a scene. We then go into a shot by shot breakdown of our latest short film My Bloody Valentine, explaining why we chose to use one shot type versus another based on the emotional tone of the scene – the latter being a crucial part of the story telling process. Contest (Ends April 1st, 2011): Win James Cameron’s Avatar 3 Disc Special Edition on Blu-Ray! We want you edit your own version of this short film and be as creative as you possibly can with it. We are providing you with a project file containing all the raw footage. Everything is of course properly categorized. This is a Final Cut Pro 7 project file, but if you use any other editing software you can still use the raw files (ProRes 422 files). Please note you will have to insert your own sound effects, background music and special effects. Like we said, be really creative! Download All Raw Footage Here: bit.ly Send us your submission as a video response, we will choose a winner after April 1st and of course feature the …
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