Today in my AICE Media Studies class my group and I started filming our commercial. We had already planned out where we were going to film and the order in which we were filming each shot while making our storyboard. This made it a lot easier when we started because we knew where to begin and which shots to do first. This ensured that we didn’t waste any time and didn’t forget any shots. I first went to my class and signed out a camera and tripod to use for filming. Then Leila and I went to go change into our costumes since we are the actors. Meanwhile, the rest of our group went down to the track to set up for filming. My role in the filming process consisted of being a co-director and an actor. The filming process was quite enjoyable for the most part. There were a few times that other people on the track would walk into the shot or talk to loudly during the voiceovers so we would have to redo the shots. However, filming was still pretty fun overall.
On the first day of filming, I signed out a camera and tripod before checking to make sure the camera was fully charged. Then I helped make sure our group had everything we needed to bring to the track so we wouldn’t have to return to the classroom for anything. Once we were ready I went and changed into my costume for filming. Once ready I walked down to the track to meet up with my group who had gone ahead to start setting up. Then the filming process started. Since we had decided to film the shots in order of our commercials sequence of events, we started with the establishing shots and worked our way down the list. I also suggested that we should save the voiceovers till the end just incase we ran out of time to film. Along with being one of the actors, I helped co-direct the filming. This was really helpful because I could give my opinion on certain ideas and help the director. Since we were able to film all our shots before class ended, we decided to head back to class and dump our footage onto a computer to begin looking over the footage.
On the second day of filming, I suggested that we check to make sure all the shots were good. We had noticed that a large portion of our shots hadn’t actually filmed or needed to be redone. Therefore, we had to retake the shots. After planning out the shots we had to redo, I checked out a camera and tripod and we headed down to the track to film. Once there we noticed that it was a lot less crowded which made filming much easier since people weren’t walking in and out of frame in the background. I still had the same roles as before and we quickly got to filming. I made sure we had ample footage before we went back to the classroom when we had finished filming. The filming was a lot more fun that day since we had less to film and didn’t have to worry about other people so it went by much faster. Once back in class, we dumped the new footage onto a computer and checked all the footage. All in all, filming our commercial was very fun and a great experience where I learned a lot about just how much work goes into something as simple as a commercial.
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