Filming blog

 


As scheduled, my group and I were supposed to film on Monday, November 23. It was our first day filming. One of our group members, Jayda M could not make it that day so we had to film without her. Our filming location was at pompano beach. Jayda was supposed to film through the phone but since she couldn’t make it, I took her place to film. I feel that I need much more practice with filming which is why we had chosen jayda to film. All aside, it went well. For the opening scene, we decided to film the location (a.k.a the beach location) mostly towards the sky, leaning towards the beach view. The next scene demonstrated jocelyn as the girlfriend from the music video walking with the boy, her boyfriend. We had to shoot that scene several times before getting it right. At times u would zoom in too much or the angle I was shooting did not look well. Walking backwards while filming was kind of challenging for me. The next scene I filmed was jocelyn and the boy sitting down talking. It was pretty easy since i just had to show them and film around them. When it was my turn to act and not film it was fun but frustrating at times. Fun because we had many laughs filming but a bit frustrating because acting is challenging, even if it is just a music video. It was difficult to keep a strong face. It’s not something you do often so it’s quite a challenge. The overall filming experience went pretty well for me. Some scenes were challenging, others weren’t as much but practice makes perfect!

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