Filming Still Life: Bring Objects to Life through Light

Filming Still Life: Bring Objects to Life through Light

“Thank you so much for taking part in this course and I hope you've enjoyed it. I hope you've learned about how powerful moving image is and how to incorporate this into your own work. It's now time to work on your project. This could mean finishing the interface you started by completing the course tasks or making a brand-new project! Either way, I strongly suggest you take the time to gather inspiration and make a unique project of your own. Make sure to keep track of your progress with different pictures of each step. It'd be great if you could also explain the choices you've made along the way and tell me if you have any doubts. This will help me guide you better if you need advice. Here are the main steps to follow: Inspiration Gather reference images into a mood board to define the concept of your piece. This process can take a while as you find the right materials, so don't feel that you have to rush. Enjoy taking time to collect different imagery and references. Then, bring your own ideas together into a storyboard to plan out what you want to shoot and how you will bring the shot together in an edit. This doesn't need to be final at this point, but it's good to have an overall vision.

The Studio Gather the necessary equipment and set up the studio. Make sure the camera settings are correct, like the white balance as well as the shutter angle and speed. Once the camera is set, focus on the lighting. Build up one light at a time. It's important to try things out at this stage and push the project as far as possible! Check to see how the lighting responds to the simple movement of the turntable and make some corrections to remove any harsh glares. The Photoshoot Start with the main shot and then move backward! Capture the hero before moving on to the macro details. Follow my example of focusing on the glass bottle and then the flowers. I added flowers to add a softer element and contrast against the bottle. All the way through the filming, do different takes with each light option. Once you have shot all the elements, feel free to shoot a lot more. Finally, bring them into DaVinci Resolve. The Edit In DaVinci Resolve, bring the different lighting passes together using the jump cut technique. Time the edit with the music and refine it! Take your time experimenting here, there are no right ways of doing it! Just have fun. Also, if you feel you need to reshoot something, then go for it! Sometimes it's good to redo something a second time. Once the edit is done, review the grade! Look at the colors and make sure the shots work as a sequence. It's really important to make sure there is good flow with the colors of the shots. It suddenly looks really jarring if one shot is out of sync with the rest of the edit. And that's all! I can't wait to see what you've come up with. You can share your work with us by clicking on "Create your project". Remember to share both the final result and the steps that have led you to it. It would be great if you showed a picture of each step and added a brief explanation about what you have done in each one. I will be more than happy to answer any of the questions you might have along the way! I will try to get back to you as soon as possible. In the meantime, participate in the forum, comment on others' work, and interact with the community. See you there! ”

Partial transcription of the video

“Thanks for joining me on this course. I hope you've learned how powerful moving image is and how to integrate it into your work. So let's recap what we've learned. We started by talking about the evolution of moving image. We looked at the equipment we needed, and then we started to storyboard our project. We started by setting up our studio, and then we worked on our lighting, before shooting our heroes, and then moving on to our macro details. Finally, we edited our film together and graded our piece ready for formatting. One thing I'd like you to take away from this project is to really ...”

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Course summary for: Filming Still Life: Bring Objects to Life through Light

• Level: Beginner
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• 694 students
• 4 units
• 14 lessons (3h 8m)
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• Category

  Photography & Video

• Areas

  Commercial Photography, Product Photography, Studio Photography, Video