Filming Blog

For starters, the filming process was delayed because I did not buy the props: a Dasani water bottle and jump rope. I started filming on Friday, October 30. After school, I went straight to get the props and costumes prepared. In my planning blog, I was to wear a cotton t-shirt, leggings, and sneakers. I could not find my athletic cotton t-shirt, so I wore a t-shirt made of different material. My siblings(actors) were to wear casual clothing. Before I could film, I waited for my siblings to come home from school. For the filming process, I had to show my sister how to film certain scenes. For the first few scenes, the setting was to be outside in the apartment hallway and the stairs. The first scene we shot was the closeup of me putting down the Dasani water bottle and jump rope on the ground. Next, we went on to film the scene of myself jumping rope using a full shot. My sister had to take multiple videos since I kept on stumbling on the jump rope and laughing. After we got my scenes done, I went straight to filming my sister's parts. For that, I just stood at the top of the stairs and filmed her from a high angle. After, I filmed my sister drinking from the water bottle. This scene took time because I kept on forgetting to film from a low angle. Also, my sister was taking too long to take the bottle cap off. After we got those issues solved, I was able to get the ideal shot. After her scene, she filmed my part. Since my sister is not used to filming, it took time to teach her how she should film the scene. After that scene, we went straight into my house to film my brother's part. I had to rearrange the dining area because the table needed to be cleared. I had my brother bring in a textbook, notebook, and Dasani water bottle for this scene. I first filmed him placing his books and water on the table. For that scene, we took multiple videos so that it matched the same time frame as the video of me placing down the props on the ground. The next scene was of him writing in his notebook. I used a pan and filmed him from the chest up. After, I filmed him drinking from the water bottle from a low angle. Finally, I was done with the first day of filming. The day after, I started editing and notice that the commercial went over thirty seconds. As predicted, the video of my sister walking up the stairs took up too much time. Another problem was that the video of me jumping rope was shorter compared to the other scenes. I decided that I had to film again on Sunday, November 1. I started filming in the afternoon. I only had my sister run up the stairs to make the video short and extend the time of me jumping rope to three seconds.  Now I can say that I was finally done with the whole filming process.