Day of Shooting

 At last, today was the day of the commercial shoot. After some changed plans, there have been some untimely delays. First, there was the unexpected concert I had on Saturday, then the gloomy days that followed, so filming had been pushed back. Fortunately, everything worked out just fine today, and most of the footage has been shot!

    I got my actor to join me and explained the premise of the commercial to them. We then arranged the set and props, and got to work. Filming had gone a lot smoother than I expected. Each shot only required a few takes to get right and very minimal difficulty. What I also hadn't anticipated was the number of on-the-spot changes I would make. While filming I got countless new ideas to insert into the commercial. These included new angles, like an over-the-shoulder shot. Additionally, I added another scene of my actor opening the product, for the purpose of making two shots blend together. My media term knowledge had come to use! I found myself scanning through different film techniques and incorporating what I thought would make my commercial more compelling.

    Surprisingly, I deviated somewhat heavily from my original storyboard. I found that what I originally planned to do would not have filled the 27-second time slot.

    Film day hadn't come without any troubles at all, though. One struggle I had was holding the camera straight. Certain shots came out slightly shaky and required numerous takes to get right. It also didn't help that my actor was being very unprofessional, and my suppressed laughs made the camera unstable. For later projects, I will be sure to invest in a tripod to create better-quality work!


 Reviewing the footage, more scenery clips will be needed. On a sunnier day, hopefully tomorrow, I plan to take more shots of the setting. 

    I can't say that I believe editing will be as elementary. I have very little knowledge of how to operate the editing software. My clips need to be looked through, selected, trimmed down, then arranged in an order that makes sense. Above that, I haven't thought about what audio I will use, but I do know the footage will require a warm filter to erase all evidence of the cloudy day it was filmed on. I'll get back to blogging once I've started to work on that!

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