Filming blog

On the 22nd of November, we filmed for our music video. It didn’t actually go as planned but that is to be expected. On the 21st I checked a camera out and brought it back to my house. The next day, my friends, the actors and my other group mate, came over after school to film with me. It all went well until the camera said it was low on batter. Since we only had a few hours to film, we decided to take a break and wait for it to charge. By the time we only had an hour to film left, the camera only had 4 or 5 minutes left of charge so we had to work fast. Since we had a few minutes to film, we ran outside to film those parts. My actor put the makeup on and few started the filming. When we got the Tripod out, the piece for the camera to be attached to, wasn’t in the bag.

Since the piece wasn’t in there, I decided to tape it to the tripod and it worked just fine. When we started filming, it all went well until the previously mentioned problems. We actually didn’t get a lot done though. Since filming was delayed due to our batteries, we only got two scenes done. Because of this set back, we reached out to our actors to plan another date to film. This will give us extra time and more room to film. One of my actors will be out during the holiday so we had to make sure she can make it to at least one filming session. The other actor is available anytime and has no problem coming last minute. Since they are free whenever, we will film their separate parts over break. The second actor only has around three separate scenes and the first has around six separate scenes.

When we film next, we will make sure the camera is charged and everything is ready.  This is important because we have to get a lot of scenes done by the 1st to edit. When we edit, we will only have a few in class periods to film so we have to have our filming done by a reasonable date. We need a few days to actually film and then edit. I hope we have enough time to do all of it. We were hoping everything would go well when I filmed but it didn’t so maybe next time we should plan better. When we film tomorrow, we will stay longer. We will also make sure to film all the separate parts first and then move onto the parts with the two actors together. Also, I will make sure to carry some sort of  safety kit. We will actually be using sparklers since our plan has them in it. I really hope everything goes as planned this time.