What you see in this video is all cinematography skills. There were no special effects or editing tricks outside of color correction and time manipulation.
Shot 1: Time lapse of the Kidder Creek sign. Recorded over two hours to watch the sun rise over the camp.
Shot 2: Wide shot of the sun setting (magic hour) over the camp.
Shot 3: Low rack focus by zooming out of the hail.
Shot 4: Great depth of field of the bush going to infinity across the river.
Shot 5: Cantered angle on a steep hill thereby distorting the background.
Shot 6: High shot of climber using rule of thirds to show how large the rock is.
Shot 7: Great depth of field of the shooter and her target.
Shot 8: Shadows on his face were created by a nearby tree. Use of shallow depth of field.
Shot 9: Great depth of field shooting through the handle of a vaulting barrel to see a rider practicing on a real horse.
Shot 10: Riding down on a zip-line for a cable shot.
Shot 11: Extreme low angel to exaggerate the difficulty of the climb.
Shot 12: Great depth of field and using railing to show separation of me and the riders.
Shot 13: Great depth of field distorting the size of the hat to the waterfall.
Shot 14: Low angle and the open sky to show the Tai Chi guys that they have both power, but so much more is out there in the universe.
Shot 15: Over the shoulder to show that the speaker is teaching a group in an intimate setting.
Shot 16: Lens flair using a spotlight. Shot at night.
Shot 17: Low angle of a bad guy giving him power, lit only with spotlights.
Shot 18: Curling tracking shot using a dolly.
Shot 19: Body takes up majority of screen showing how much power he has.
Shot 20-21: Jump cut of the wizard at a low cantered angle along with lighting shift to show what he is capiable of.
Shot 22: Cantered angle with only front lighting to show how evil this character is.
Shot 23: Great depth of field of bottle being thrown at television. Dark room with lighting coming from far side of the television to create glow.
Shot 24: Pan down in the park to establishing the location. Shot on 16mm.
