Week Two

As the last day of my second week at Motion Masters comes to a close, I want to reflect on the projects that I have been working on so far.

Monday was mostly office work. I worked on writing up the distances of possible shooting locations from each other so that I could map out which locations were closest together. This will make it easier to map out shooting days based on how close everything is. 

Tuesday was very busy. Motion Masters is working on an educational video about communication “”do’s and don’ts.” One of the segments involves what to do in a professional video chat. The location we traveled and filmed at was our talent’s house.

My coworkers, my fellow intern and I set up in the kitchen and filmed for several hours. On this shot, I got a chance to work primarily with the lighting equipment, which is something I don’t have as much experience with, so it was really a very rewarding feeling to feel that I knew what I was doing. 

On Wednesday, I pitched my idea for a company promo to promote Motion Masters. My idea takes a quote from the company’s website front page as inspiration. The website is very clear on the importance of story-telling to get your idea across. I connected the idea of clients telling stories to fairytale characters (stories of their own) coming in to “tell their stories” by pitching ideas to Diana Walko, our CEO. 

I sketched out several little storyboards the day before so that my coworkers could see what I meant when I described certain shots. While I wrote up a script, I know that visualization is very important and I like to draw out what I am thinking. Getting all of the ideas on paper in a sketched out form is just as important to me as writing it all down in script-form. 

Today’s shoot was at the Capitol Market in Charleston. I got a chance to work with the company’s Red camera today. This camera produces footage with a cinematic quality to it. We are shooting for a documentary about the state and some of the most beautiful places to visit here. The Capitol Market sells all sorts of flowers, trees and other greenery you could want as well as fruits and vegetables.

My coworkers and I set up the camera on the dolly and did quite a few tracking shots of the long rows of flowers and food. My fellow intern, Jillian, and I got to take turns pushing the dolly and focusing the camera. At one point, Jillian even climbed onto the dolly (which is not very large) and was focusing while our coworker pushed it.

I also handed out release forms to the people that were on camera, put away the camera and tripod, and helped set up the van.

This has been a very busy week at Motion Masters and I look forward to the projects that I will be working on in the coming weeks. 

A link to the Capitol City Market website: http://www.capitolmarket.net/