I took a course in college in Cinematography I was trying to get into the art of motion picture but I flunked lol.
Did you ever film any movies?
Yes one of our group projects was to team up and film a short video file of our choice using image sensor.
What was the film  about?
We did a short film like documentary on a family who was poor and the father set out to make wealth it was very fun and the equipment was so good our camera was in HD so it made it look so real capturing digital memory.