A Fulfilling Filming Experience

Filming has been such a memorable experience. Previously our group assigned designated roles in the group for the filming process. Jacob is the editor, willow and lucy are the actors and I was the director. My job was to do all the filming and organize each scene using my storyboard to assist me. As soon as we get permission from our teachers to go outside and film my group was ecstatic. Rushing to our set location to assure that we get the right lightning our group quickly made it to the courtyard also known as the senior patio. Since our commercial is promoting a MacBook our group found a table in the shade and all agreed that it should be the starting location of the commercial. Our group incorporated different camera shots and movements like a wide shot, cutaway shot, tracking shot, and more. The tracking shot scene was the most effective in our filming process. Easily switching from each actor and making the commercial flow well. The scene that caught all of our attention was the last. In that scene, we showed all angles to capture all three angles. During the moment of filming the sunlight beautifully lit on our actors making the scene look bright. To capture this scene and make sure all actors were in the frame I had to climb the side of the stairs. As a director, I knew this angle was crucial taking the risk I climbed up and I was rewarded with an eye-catching shot. Since I'm a high school student and don't have the privilege of using high tech to film. My group and I were very satisfied with the ending scene. As soon as we were done filming all the video clips were sent over to our editor Jacob. Jacob immediately started editing. He gathered instrumental music and sound effects. I can't wait to see the final product of our commercial. Our group has all played a part in this process and our collaboration skills were crucial in this assignment.