Filming

Yesterday, October 24th, 2019 was my first filming day.  Before my partner Katie and I could do anything we needed to sign out the equipment.  The equipment consisted of; a camera, tripod, sd card, as well as a hall pass.  After gathering all the essentials we were all set and ready to film.  Previous to yesterday, the night of the 23rd of October, Katie and myself discussed what we needed and who was going to bring it.  We made a list of things and short reminders; this so we do not forget the next morning to bring. I decided to take one for the team and arrive late so that we may have our Dunkin Donut (DD) products fresh for the time we needed it.  With both our DD products and film equipment we were ready to begin.

First things first, Katie and I decided that it would be best if we worked backwards to front.  The reasoning for this, is because we knew people would be in the area where our beginning shots would be filmed.  Therefore instead of wasting time, why not go backwards and knockout all that we can.   When planning it was discussed and agreed upon that Katie would be the face of the film and I would take the lead in recording.  At first it was funny trying to operate the camera and figuring out how to set up a tripod.  Turns out our tripod was broken.   We had to hold the camera as well as maneuver the tripod to way we wanted.  Overall the filming was not ideal but we think  we got some shots with elevated production quality.

When filming I did low shot (LS), extreme close-up, pan, and a variety of other ones as well.  If I do say so myself, filming is more about just holding a camera and pressing buttons.  When you film you have to try your absolute hardest to make sure everything is perfect.  If not, for the shot, you’ll have to keep doing it.  Having to repeat the same scene over and over again is very time consuming and expensive in the actual world of film.  Katie and I experienced this with two of our scenes. Thus in the end we had to hurriedly dump our SD card and still sign back in everything when it was time to go.