Thomas McKinnon

Assist in the camera operations, setup the angles, affix the lighting as need be and shoot the scenes. I effectively worked as both 1st AC and Director of Photography.

Scouted the location beforehand, set up the scene shots and assisted art adn sound direction. It was a primarily outdoors shoot so maintaining wide angles and consistent FOV was difficult. I effectively had to be my own 1st AC, DP and art director in one as the crew was skeleton.

I was the sole director and writer of this short film. It was primarily made as a final for my semester but also as a little bit of a passion project to flex my writing muscles a little bit and put myself in charge of a few crew members and gain experience.

Setting up the shot, assisting art direction in making sure continuity was achieved, set up lighting when needed and shot the scenes.

This particular project only consisted of 3 people. Myself, a 1st AC and my lead. It was a small and short production primarily made as a midterm submission for my school.

I worked as both art direction and Director of Photography. The shoot was shot entirely in one location and being such a small space it was a relatively easy thing to maintain the continuity and aesthetic of the film. I was also tasked with shooting different techniques including my first real attempt at a dolly shot, a dolly zoom and intentionally breaking the 180 rule of dialogue.