Update: Cinematography And Plans For Future Projects

Along with photography, cinematography is another new hobby that I've decided to try out. I'd like to start making my own short films and possibly learn more about filming during University. Devising and directing my own performances is something that I've found that has interested me in my two years of partaking in the IB Theatre course. I'd like to use what I've learned in Theatre class to create my own performances in real life as well as to capture moments, much like photography but not in a still form, but in a dynamic aspect.

An upcoming event at Brent International School Baguio is the Girl's Football and Boy's Basketball ISAC (International Schools Activities Conference). I, as well as two other students, are planning to create the highlights reel for the tournament. Creating a highlights reel for the tournament will be a challenge for me as it is something I have no done in the past. In a highlights reel, I need to go through hours of footage and try to find the most important clips of the tournament in order to create an enjoyable remembrance video for the athletes that they could watch over and over again.

I have already sent a plan of what I'll be doing in order to create the video to the athletics director at Brent International School Baguio, Ryan MacKinnon,
"Good evening sir,

Just sending you an email so you know what my plan is for the ISAC highlights video and perhaps other sports videos.

Don Eblahan and Joseph Prado will be helping me out on the video.

My vision for the basketball side of the video is to have GoPro's mounted on top of the basketball backboards as well as cameras on tripods around the gym. Don and Joseph will be in charge of the basketball cinematography/photography. I'll be in charge of the football side. I'll have GoPro's mounted on the crossbars of the goals and cameras mounted on tripods around the field. 

The introduction of the video will be done using my drone. I could do flyovers over the field when we have the grand opening for ISAC. The video would start with the drone on the ground and then lifting off into the sky and going over the players.

The ending of the video will be images/videos of the finals of both the basketball and football games." (E-mail sent to Ryan MacKinnon).

It's going to be exciting and nerve-wracking to make a video that people would enjoy instead of get bored to whilst they're having fun. Hopefully I'll be able to create a successful video for the athletes to share to their friends and family.

Update: How My Photography Is Going

Recently, photography has been a hobby that I've taken upon myself. I want to capture moments in my life that I think are significant that I could share with other people. Due to that reason, I decided to make a tumblr blog where I'm able to share some of the photos that I have taken. As of now, I mainly focus on black and white photography. I don't necessarily do black and white photography in order to capture a deeper meaning; I've just found that it suits me better.

I have also invested in a proper printer so that I could print my photographs off and post it on my wall in my bedroom. I'm still planning on getting lights to go above the photos. The wall isn't completed yet but will be in due time after I've taken enough photos.

Photography is definitely a hobby that I will be continuing to do. I'd still like to learn how to do portrait photos and maybe in the future I could delve into doing some colour photos too.

Here is a link to my tumblr blog: https://www.tumblr.com/blog/charlescooperphotography