![]() ![]() We shot for two and a half hours and ended up with a total of ninety-six usable shots from our A Cam, the Canon C200 and B cam, the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema 4K. It also helps to shoot two or three cameras so you can get multiple shots on the same take. You can fake shots if you need to (by placing the athlete’s legs on a box for close-ups) so you can get the number of reps you want at a consistent intensity. I shot a blend of wide-angle shots that show the exercise, as well as tighter shots that show the athlete’s face, and what’s going through their mind as they struggle. I also tried to get progression - from beginning an exercise to struggling with it and finally perfecting it. ![]() What I learned was not to get too caught up in any one setup, but to get coverage of each one from a variety of angles and shot sizes. We chose five exercises to juxtapose against a tracking shot of Steven running. It uses a central motif - in this case Rocky’s running - to show the hero progressing physically and metaphorically from his humble, working-class origins to the top of the world, represented by the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. That first film inspired countless other sequences because it tapped into something primal. Rocky set the standard for training montages in 1976. We used the gym where he trains in Culver City. To figure out the best way to approach a training montage, we were lucky enough to find Olympian Steven Benedict, who agreed to be our test subject. In this video tutorial, we find out what goes into shooting a great one. Training montages are central to every sports film. ![]()
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