Filming Blog Cont.

Over Thanksgiving break, I finally had the time to film so I checked with all of my actors to validate their availability. Some did not notify me until the day before that they would not be available. This was extremely inconvenient because it threw off my whole filming plan. I had to find and secure new actors as well as develop a new storyboard because I would no longer have a male actor. I found two actors that would be able to film at such short notice. The actual filming, however, went quite smoothly. As I stated in the previous vlog I acquired all of the props needed. The only other obstacle I had to face was a location on the beach. Due to poor planning on my part, the beach was extremely crowded when I arrived and it was somewhat difficult to find an are far enough away from people so that I could film. We eventually settled in one of the lesser crowded areas.
In my original plan, I wanted to film the sunrise over the ocean. I had a lapse in judgment and did not realize that because the sun would rise over the ocean it would not set over the ocean. Realizing this I was disappointed that I would not get the look I was hoping for. However, the sky still changed colors over the ocean which served as a good setting. Although since this did not provide what I wanted I decided to film in other areas. We walked to an ice cream shop and I filmed some on the way. I also filmed in the ice cream shop. Since this isn’t a public area I asked the workers if it was okay if I filmed inside the shop. I got approval and filmed some footage in the shop. After the ice cream I filmed on the sidewalk as well
I am pretty disappointed that the male actors were unavailable. I messed up my storyboard and now the story is no longer as distinct. Due to this I think I might have to reshoot some of the clips to had more of a plot to the music video. This being said, I will have to find a time that my same actors are available which will not be easy. They live far away from me and have busy schedules as well. I think I will end up filming by myself and use the cutaway technique to blend the two scenes together. My main concern at the moment is editing if I want to edit at home all the editing will have to be done on my phone because I do not have a sufficient editing software on my laptop. We only have two classes until the due date so this is a bit worrisome. While I didn’t get the outcome I expected I still got majority of my filming done. I will enter the editing stage of this project with a positive mindset to avoid unnecessary stress.