Filming Blog

     Today we started filming our commercial. We went to class and filled out all the paper work needed to checkout our filming equipment so we could start filming. We then started heading to our first filming location which was at the senior patio. We had the three actors sit at the table and be sad until the other three actors came and sat down with the coffee and food. We set up the camera and all the equipment, then we got all of our commercial props and set it up and we got our actors ready. We then started filming our first shot. We messed up a couple times so we filmed three shots of the same shot. We usually got like two good shots out of the three shots that were taken. We took about twenty minutes in the senior patio. We then looked over some of our footage to check if we needed to do redo any takes.   Our second shot was under the media center, by the vending machines. We got our props and had the actors walk towards the middle as if they were all meeting up after class.
    We took three to four shots of that in case any issues. We then moved over to the media center stairs to get a shot of the actors coming out of class and walking down the stairs as if to go to their next class. We had them come from the sides and walk down the stairs and each go different directions. We had some sound affects and some extra people in the background. The bell rang which was a great sound affect, and we have people walking to their next class in the back. We then decided to do a couple more shots and look over any footage we took to check for any mistakes. We then looked at them and if there were any mistakes we went and retook some shots. We then started pulling apart all of our equipment. Such as take the camera from the tripod, putting the tripod away and putting the camera in the camera case. We then headed back to class and we started turning our equipment back to our teachers.
     After turning everything and signing back all the papers we went to the computers and went to dump our footage. We had filmed on my phone and on the camera in case any issues with the footage going missing or us not being able to work something. We went ahead and dumped our footage and got started on our steps. I went ahead and sent everyone any footage that was taken on my phone so they could watch and pick which shot was best. We then went over the plan for Mondays  filming session with all the actors. We went over where we would film at, what to wear, what to bring, what props we were going to use, so they would know what to do on Monday once we get all of our equipment and sign all the check in papers. We also went over who’s is taking a lead on which part, who will be the main, and who will be the extras. We also went over that we needed more props from the company we are doing the commercial on.