After a couple of weeks of finding my way around Final Cut Pro 7, I wanted to try shooting my first fashion short film. I was quite nervous having never really shot anything like this - all my other videos have been a behind the scenes look at my photoshoots. To be able to create a story around a mood with fashion definitely took me out of my comfort zone, both from a photography standpoint and a director’s standpoint. However I decided to approach it as a photographer, not necessarily a film maker, and basically shot what I felt would be a moving fashion editorial. The process, surprisingly, went quite smoothly, and I was able to edit the story in about an hour and a half or so.
What took me the longest time to do were the titles in the opening sequence. I am still learning the basics of Motion, and it literally took me an entire day to create titles out of four words.
I shot this with Dondee’s Canon 7D with a 50mm 1.4, an 85mm 1.8, and a 180mm 3.5L Macro. I used one light modified by an Elinchrom Octabank. Many thanks to Jade for being an awesome model and for being patient with me.
