4. Creating Video Sequences

Storyboard Layout

Shot 1

Angled lighting to reduce the reflection of the stainless steel espresso maker. Natural daylight back-lighting. Fade up. Draw focus to the Power button being turned on.

Shot 2

Lighting positioned straight on the coffee grinder. Use depth of field to make the bean grinder stand out from the background.

Shot 3

The lighting was brought in closer to better illuminate the shadows on the grinder. Focus is on the placing of the dosing funnel.

Shot 4

Angled lighting to reduce the reflection of the chrome grind dial. Used depth of field in the shot to feature the grinder. Focus on the illuminated Grind Time button.

Shot 5

The lighting was brought in closer to better illuminate the shadows on the grinder. Focus is on the grounds filling up the dosing funnel.

Shot 6

The lighting was brought in closer to better illuminate the shadows on the grinder. Focus on removing the dosing funnel.

Shot 7

Angled the LED lighting to reduce the reflection of the stainless steel espresso maker. Kept the tamper in focus with the tamping hand out of focus.

Shot 8

Angled lighting to reduce the reflection of the stainless steel espresso maker. Draw focus to the illuminated Power button.

Shot 9

Angled lighting to reduce the reflection of the stainless steel espresso maker. Focus is on locking the dosing funnel.

Shot 10

Angled lighting to reduce the reflection of the stainless steel espresso maker. Focus is on the mug placement.

Shot 11

Angled lighting to reduce the reflection of the stainless steel espresso maker. Focus is turning the nob on.

Shot 12

Angled lighting to reduce the reflection of the stainless steel espresso maker. Focus is on the flowing espresso.

Shot 13

Angled lighting to reduce the reflection of the stainless steel espresso maker. Focus is on the replacement of the tamper.

Shot 14

Angled lighting to reduce the reflection of the stainless steel espresso maker. Focus is on the nearly finished espresso.

Shot 15

Angled lighting to reduce the reflection of the stainless steel espresso maker. Focus is turning the nob off.

Shot 16

Angled lighting to reduce the reflection of the stainless steel espresso maker. Focus is on the finished espresso..

Shot 17

Angled lighting to reduce the reflection of the stainless steel espresso maker. Draw focus to the Power button being turned off. Fade out.

Edited Video

Concept

I recently kicked a daily coffee habit. I wanted to produce a farewell video celebrating the bean to brew process that has been my morning routine. The sequence is a closed film with the same shot at the beginning and the end.

Lighting

I wanted consistent lighting throughout the sequence to highlight the action. I lit the front with a Falcon Eyes RX-12T LED and the bistro practicals from above. Natural daylight floods in from behind the espresso machine and coffee grinder.

Edits

There are 17 total edits in the sequence. The cuts were made on the action from the grinding of the beans to tamping the grounds to the final drip-drip of the brewed cup. I wanted the edits to have a sort of rhythmic tempo. I added a jazzy music bed to accompany the final java sequence and tie it together.

Challenges

Light reflection off of the stainless steel appliances. This was the biggest issue with this shoot. I used the dimmer on the LEDs to find a good balance then angled the lights to reduce reflection off the appliances and into the lens.
Shot 5 of the ground beans was harder to see. The dark brown grounds were against the black plastic of the coffee holder. I dialed up the LEDs for this shot and brought the lighting closer to the object.

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