Back in September I was on Instagram one night and I was scrolling through peoples stories when I came across a post that said “Videographer needed in Chicago.” Usually I ignore things like this but this post came from a pretty notable person @yayadacosta. So I replied back with my website and a will to help out. The next morning she replied and we met to discuss what she was needing. I ended up being hired for that job and everything went great. Fast forward to now and I'm working with Yaya again which is exciting cause she’s great to work with and has to be one of the most down to earth people I know. We created a video for “Women’s Empowerment.” She was challenged by Tika Sumpter to do the #womendancingtogetherchallenge which was created by Oscar winning Wardrobe stylist Ruth E. Carter. We started planning things out on Monday night and Continued into Tuesday and we shot everything on Wednesday. Everything we shot was on the fly. I suggested the Garfield Conservatory mainly because it matches her as a person and when you stick to story and compliment everything together you get good results. We ended up getting there around Golden hour, and man did that do this video wonders. A tip for creating on the fly: make sure you are choosing the best times to go out and film lighting wise. If we would’ve shot this in the morning I don't think it would’ve come out as great and probably would’ve been very dull. Fun fact about the AirPod she’s wearing, we didn’t wanna bring a speaker to interrupt peace in the conservatory so we used the AirPod so she could lip sync to the music; she had one and I had the other so I could move the camera with the music so it looks like a purposeful camera movement, and I just linked it all up in post. Yaya came up with all of the choreography and I just directed her where to be and this is what we got. It was a fun process and right now has about 64k view on her page which is crazy to me that so many people saw something that I put together. Below are some stills, if you haven’t seen the whole video it is on my film page here: Women Empowerment Video
My Camera setup:
Sony A7RIII
Metabones Speedbooster
Canon 24-70mm 2.8 L Series
Ronis S
