Filming Process

        I believe I played multiple parts in the filming process, director and camera man to be specific. For our commercial we decided to deviate from our original story board plan and use a different idea. The new idea entailed following a FLHS student for the day while they show all of our schools features. I played a big role in coming up with the idea due to the fact that my group mates were not very cooperative.  When we first started filming it was hard to get everyone to take things seriously. This posed as an obstacle in the filming process. Additionally, the actor we were going to film last minute backed out so we had to switch actors. Since the idea we ended up filming was not our original idea we often had to come up with scenes on the spot. This was difficult because we had a limited amount of time to film. To add on, I was taking over two jobs during filming while some of my group mates did not even perform theirs.
        As “director” of the group my main job was to keep my group mates focused on the task at hand. They tended to lose focus and begin to fool around. That’s when I came in to reel them back in. Another, responsibility as director is to provide direction for the actor. I did this by showing examples of what the final shot should look like and helping the actor become more enthusiastic. At first this was difficult because the actor is a quiet spoken person, so to get him to project was a challenge. In addition, I made the filming plan. For example, I planned out how much time we were allotted and based on that information how much time we had to film in each spot. By doing this it kept my group  moving so we wouldn’t waste too much time filming in one spot. I enjoyed my role as director because it gave me a way to ensure our final product is presentable.
        Finally, I acted as “camera man” of our group. This means that I filmed all the footage for our commercial. While this may seem like an easy job there were many obstacles to overcome. For example, one of our scenes would be shot from the second floor of a building to display our school logo. However, because we filmed in the morning, the sun was shining so bright that the camera could not focus on the subject. This delayed our filming process causing us to lose some of our allotted time. Furthermore, as we were nearing the end of our commercial our camera died so we had to scramble for a solution. The result is that the ending of our commercial is filmed on an iPhone. I have not had the chance to look at the footage yet, although I am worried that it could cause a problem in the overall presentation of our commercial. All in all, while there were obstacles to overcome I enjoyed getting the experience for these roles so I can improve them in the future.