Today, if anything, creating a cinematic video can be described as an art that slightly captures the interest of a viewership and leaves with as lasting an impression. Whether for a filmmaker or videographer or a business doing business, it’s essential to tell the story with this high-quality visual medium. Doing video cinematically is far from simply pointing a camera and letting it roll-that’s the theoretical downside. What is really needed is to make your public live through a sensory experience.

At We Do Effects, we aspire to producing some of the best videos out there today. Therefore, here are our top ten clues that could guide you toward creating amazing cinematic videos that catapult your project to new heights.

1. Be Prepared: Visualize the Whole Story in Your Mind

A fantastic cinematic video begins with meticulous planning. Storyboarding enables you to see what your shot looks like, chart out the various camera angles, and order how your story flows. Hence, storyboarding is really meant for those cases where creating a guide helps translate creative vision seamlessly onto the screen.

So, really contemplate; which is right for what; which places lights well; and which transitions are the ideal intervals in communicating different concept shots within a storyboard. It can take hours for a shoot to recognize all shots and lights and effects that should look perfect for the story at random tagging.

2. Invest in the Highest-Grade Production Tools

The best tools available are truly the best  who really have the right kind of cinematic effect. Here at We Do Effects, we generally shoot with the professional-grade kind of gadgets, such as the Arri, Red, or Phantom camera. The camera does what you want it to do.

3. Refine your Technique for Composition

Composition is one of the fundamental aspects of creating fascinating shots. Apply the rule of thirds to position your subject naturally in the shooting scene, and at the same time, grab attention from the onlookers. Capitalize on leading lines, symmetry, and multiple planes to create eye candy.

See your subject from a different angle. Low shots can make your subject look like a powerhouse, while high shots can make him/her look vulnerable. Composition also enhances depth and lending of storytelling elements to your video.

4. A Key Detail: Light

Light is one of the most crucial factors shaping a cinematographic image. Natural and artificial light sources’ symbiotic relationship is optimal for producing the mood desired.

Everything should be understood on the three-point lighting principle, through illuminate, fill, and back lights, which adds more dimensionality to the subject and makes the footage appear more professional. Experiment using soft lighting to give a natural feel or harsh contrast for dynamic images in frames.

5. Shoot in Log or RAW Format

Recording in Log allows you almost unlimited potential in color grading, as it gives the flattest images with the most dynamic range.

One can hardly consider a shallow camera grade needed on a professional cinematic image provided the long shot on a certain mood.

6. Time for a Steadicam

You should probably go for the smooth camera movements or stabilization with something like a Steadicam, gimbal, or drone for a cinematic firm, confident grasp in preparing to execute one great shot after the other.

In getting to the point, even technical devices and vehicles like the dolly-ins, tracking shots, and pans also bear truth to the content, engaging audiences further in the narrative. For the most part of it, don’t wander around while filming, unless intended for the particular style of the material.

7. Focus on the Field Depth

The enormous depth of field is probably one of the most important characteristics any filmmaker or photographer should work on on their works. The use of aperture for example, a very wide aperture (low f-stop), adds a good shallow depth of field that causes the image’s background to be blurred, putting the object in focus.

In fact, depth of field is a strong storytelling element that can very well hit the high points. It could highlight very important objects within your scene and probably give the impression of making everything seem close and personal or lonely.

8. Capture Excellent Audio

Sound quality is one of the things that should not be underestimated. Cinema is all about quality audio. The minute you are captivated with the movie, you can just turn a deaf ear to the erratic noise of its soundtrack.

In fact, poor sound quality can spoil good shots. Get yourself some good quality external microphone or recorders.

9. Be the Master of Color Grading

This is the real place where magic takes place: reshaping an image by selective coloring, changing tones, and modifying contrast to improve the desired cinematics.

However bright or colorful, maybe dull and gray if this is viewed against a desaturated mood of the movie. Major color grading tools include apps such as Adobe Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve, and Final Cut Pro.

10. Focus on the storyline above everything.

Most of the features are very necessary, but the core of any film footage is located in its story. In communication terms, a video that is visually very pleasant but lacking in meaningful content will never interest an audience.

This means that kind of story that makes people either relate, be inspired, or be provoked when they watch it. Every movement of your camera or even a word needs to be in the service of the story you are telling.

Result

Four main things for the very movie that we make is that it requires high tech skills, those technical understandings, creativity, and a tuned eye to the final product at the end of the long day. Elevate your game and create work worth painstaking admirable results out of the most breathtaking views that your target market has ever had with the following ten tips.

With We Do Effects, we will breathe life into your daydreams for the best quality cine-video project, where men and women who are insatiable with art and the latest technology succeed. Advertisement, visual storytelling, or the best piece-masterpiece production. These make superb fine cinematic-videos with us.

Are you prepared for this? Then contact us now and together we can set tongues wagging over the ingenious movies we are about to unleash.