Filming Blog: Music Video

 Over the course of the past week filming has not gone as I had hoped that it would. In fact it has not really gone anywhere at all. I had hoped to at least get some takes of a scene or two. However, it gradually slipped out of my mind as the days went by. Since I did not film over the break, I tried to take the free time I had today to get a few shots of at least one scene. This proved to be slightly trying as the takes had to be shot at specific times. This is so I get what I consider to be the optimal lighting for the take. None of them were supposed to be shot during the morning or with morning lighting so I had to wait it out until at least noon. But that too proved to be difficult as I had class so I decided to wait until after school. I then decided to shoot the music video backwards instead of forwards. This is because I had after school responsibilities today, which hindered me. The scene I shot was the last scene. I chose to start with this particular scene because it is supposed to be shot at night. I knew I would be free by then and could get as many takes as I like. I took my phone and hunkered down in the passenger seat of my mom's car as she drove. Since it is supposed to be a long take I wanted to make sure that the camera was steady and the angle was to my liking. I had to be careful not to slip because there was motion. In the end the takes I got were decent after I inspected them, but as of right now I am not opposed to doing more on another day. I plan to keep all of the footage until editing in order to choose which best goes together overall. For now I'll leave you with a screenshot of one of the takes.