Filming Blog

After the significant issue with my first attempt to film the music video, in which the camera happened to have not been charged, so it soon died after I had started filming. As well as, the issue that the camera and tripod I had checked out during class had been missing the mount that connects the two. I had decided to make a plan that would ensure the issues that previously occurred could not happen again. This plan consisted of checking out the camera and tripod the day before and making sure they had all the needed components inside, and charging the camera overnight so that the following day I could check the same ones out and ensure I would have what I needed to film. Therefore, on September 25th in my AICE Media Studies class, I checked out a camera and tripod to take home and charge that night. Then, on September 26th, I brought the filming equipment back to school before checking the same ones out during my AICE Media Studies class. I also talked with my actors to double check that they were available to film. We had all chosen at an earlier date to go right after school ended to start filming. As a result, we had ample amounts of time to film the entire music video. That day, after school, my group mate and I met up with our two actors before driving to our first location.

On the way to a nearby park, which was our first location, my group mate and I went over our plans and decisions for the order of our filming. Soon enough, we arrived at the park and all walked to the place in the park we intended to film at. Once there I set up all the equipment and got ready to shoot the first scene. I had told our actors to wear their costumes to school as it made it a lot easier for us to start filming right away instead of waiting while they changed. Due to this, we were able to get through the first few scenes quite quickly with no issues. I started with the scenes that needed to be filmed outside while it was still light outside as it gets dark relatively quickly at this time of year. However, I had decided with my group mate during the storyboarding process to film the later scenes as it got darker to show the passage of time. Therefore, we could only do the first few outside scenes where it needed it to be light outside. During the time we had before it got darker, I made the suggestion to review the footage, since you are able to play it back on the camera. That way we had time to reshoot if need be. Even though I had shot each scene multiple times, it was reassuring to know that there was no reason to worry about not having certain clips.

After reviewing the footage and coming to the conclusion that nothing needed to be redone, we still had quite a while before it would start to get dark outside. As to not waste any time, my group mate and I chose to walk to my group mates house as it was nearby. We did this so that we could film the indoor shots that did not rely on outdoor lighting. This worked out well considering I was able to film most of the indoor scenes before we decided to head back. We left with just enough time to get to the park and set up before it got dark. Once at the park again, I set up and filmed the rest of the outdoor scenes in time before it got to dark to see through the camera. After that we we able to film the last few indoor scenes at my group mates house. I was so thankful that during all the filming we did that day, there were no problems that arose during the process. It was a huge relief after my first attempt to film and it was actually very fun as well.