Filming Blog Two

     As I have mentioned in previous blogs, filming is the absolute best part about this class. However, when you are unable to attend filming with your group it can be less fun. This was the case with me, and to clarify: my group was okay with me being unable to attend. To make up for these shortcomings, I had to do many other tasks. First off, I had to help finalize the storyboard. This was especially crucial because without the extra work, we would have realized that the video was going to be too short. To make up for this, I suggested that we have a shot- reverse shot. This would be easy to do and help add more emotion to the video so it overall worked out. My idea was to have the main character searching for his beloved dog, and at the same time, have flashes of happy memories with the dog. 

      While I was not there to help during filming, I was able to remotely connect with my team as well as testing the equipment. When we were first deciding on a date to film, we agreed that only three people were needed to make film the video. The first would be Jake (the main actor), second would be the person filming, and the final person would work with the dog. So, when the others were “filming”, really waiting for the camera to charge, I asked them to send me a video of it. It turned out that they had that camera plugged into the charging chord but not an actual power source. Even before filming, I was the one who would go through everything and ensure that all was right. I had a previous experience with a missing camera-Tripod connecting plate so I wanted to make sure. All was right and as a result almost everything went well with filming. I made sure that my group was focused be checking up regularly and talking to them about different ideas for different scenes. Next, we started to plan for the future of this video. 

     This came in the form of planning different editing techniques and effects we could use. One such is the idea of slow fades in the start, in addition to short blackouts. This will really help express a sleepy feel to the opening. In addition, this will contrast with the alert fearful and distressed scenes that will be packed with energy and hopefully jumpy. Next, we can add a color adjustment filter to the happy flashbacks. This will help add to the emotional experience because in many films, happy is lighter than sad ones. Finally, we will add fade in and outs to most of our happy scenes to have them blend together with the bad ones and make the viewer feel depressed. Overall, we have a great plan for editing. I am sad that I was unable to attend the filming of this musical video. And finally I will pull my weight in this group in-order to stay in it.