One of my favorite things about being in a film class is constantly learning new techniques. I do my best to experiment with new ideas every time I have an opportunity to get behind a camera, and enjoy being assigned to try something new. One of our early on assignments this year was to attempt to use cinematic classic techniques, such as whip pan, whip cut, Focus Transition, and Search Up. I collaborated with a small group, and for one day we played with the ten different techniques we were challenged to learn about. While we easily can research all of the camera shots online, we couldn't possibly fathom how to properly execute the techniques without an opportunity to try them for ourselves. the main objective isn't just to learn about them; it is to take what we've learned and apply it to our own work as cinematographers.
As we all tried the techniques, we were forced to be inventive and creative as we did our best to do the camera angles justice. The truly amazing thing about being able to film for assignments is being able to look back on past assignments to see how we have grown as film students. We will never truly be done with the learning process in film. this world is a constantly evolving and innovative and its our responsibility to be not only capable of keeping up with these changes, but also being one step ahead.
At the end of the day, I could say with absolute certainty that my favorite Filming technique was the Whip Pan, Whip Cut, because it required the knowledge of how to properly transitioning between two scenes flawlessly. For those of you who may not be familiar with this particular technique, Whip Pan, Whip Cut can be seen in several instances and is most frequently utilized when portraying a memory transition. A good example I like to think of is in the TV show, How I Met Your Mother. The show is primarily based on memories and uses a whip pan, whip cut at least once an episode. Their intro used a slight variation of the process, but in general possesses the same principle. http://youtu.be/ZPLOsabhQSM
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