Filming Blog: The Start of Filming

On Tuesday October 5th, I began my first day of filming. With me being the main character in my commercial, I had to think of how I was going to film and make sure I get all of the necessary angles. So, I decided to have one of my classmates help me out by holding the camera for me. Today, I forgot one of my props so the filming wasn't really in order and I was mainly on the senior patio today. While filming, I had to make a stop to the band room. I had to do this because I had to grab a flag from out of the guard room. There were 3 flags for me to choose from. There was a pink one, a plain black one, and a blue and gray one. I decided to go with the blue and gray one because I felt as though it would go best with the costume I had for the side character. So after my stop to the band room, I had to make another stop. I had to stop to the bathroom because my actors had to do a costume change. Once I finished making my stops, I went back to filming. Filming went smoothly. My actors listened very well to me and told me that I was good when it came to taking charge. They even gave me suggestions to help me make my commercial better. I took a lot of their suggestions and incorporated their ideas into the film. I wasn't able to finish all of my filming for today for 2 reasons. One reason was because I forgot one of my props at home, sadly. The second reason was because I didn't have a lot of time to film due to me helping out my friend with her project because I was one of her main actors. All in all, day 1 of filming went great and I cannot wait for day 2.




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