Filming blog The Experience

Filming was a lot harder than I thought it would be. Unfortunately, I had to film on my own. My friend was busy over thanksgiving break so I had to do it alone. I chose to film it at my house. It was hard because my camera couldn’t focus when I did long shots. It would’ve helped to have a second person behind the camera, focusing when needed. I tried my best to get it done. Shooting the close ups, medium shots, & medium close ups were the easiest to film. It was close enough so I could see whether it was on focus or not. I flipped the viewfinder to face me so I could see what I was shooting. The viewfinder helped many times while filming because I could tell whether I was in the frame or not. 
Filming was a nice experience. Although there were things I’d do differently next time. I would film with someone. It’s good to put two minds to work together. I also would like to try the cameras the school supplies. I really like mine but the school cameras are much smaller so it could be easier to transport. I also would like to invest in better lighting. I felt like there wasn’t enough lighting for most of the scenes. The spotlight scenes definitely did not come out as I planned. It was very obvious a phone flashlight was used for the scenes. However, I am very excited to see how the transitions between the spotlight scenes and regular scenes will be.
Some good things did come out of this music video. It was fun to dress up like people did in the old days I’m glad I chose a song from a time difference . It allowed me to explore outside of what we see in our regular days. I had trouble at the beginning, but I soon learned fast and was able to finish filming in no time. I accidentally deleted one scene while filming and I began to panic. I had to calm down and see if there was a way to retrieve a deleted file. After looking through every setting for about 5 minutes, I was able to find the deleted video. I was very relieved to see that the video was still there. Now I know, not to delete anything until everything is transferred safely to a computer. I learned a lot from this project and the filming was a great learning experience.