First Day Filming Blog !!

 

    Today was the beginning of filming for my new balance cleats commercial. I came dressed in my uniform and had all the gear I needed. When I arrived I received my filming pass and then headed off to the softball field to start filming. My first problem I ran into was how I was going to film while being the actor. I found propping my filming device against my helmet at the low angle I needed. I first scene I did was the POV shot of my tying my cleat laces the dugout. The next scene was a shot of me running the bases. I ended up having not the film all the scenes on my storyboard because I would have ran out of time in editing. My favorite scene came up to filming and I have been looking up to filming this. I again filmed this by propping my phone up from two different angles and editing the timing later. A girl saw me struggling filming the running portion of my commercial. She kindly asked if I need help doing a tracking shot and that how I filmed the tracking shot. Next I needed to film the fielding shots. I had her close up on my cleats and roll me the ball. I concluded with my filming and had to do a shot on the stairs walking away from the camera. I found out that some of my shot were filmed vertically so I had to go back out and film. The shots were fixed and I headed back to the classroom to start the editing process. I have Movie Edit Pro on my laptop and was able to air drop my shots to my computer. I so far have the basic of my commercial created. What I have left to do is create the logo and somehow merge it onto my slide. I had a fun time filming today. I know my commercial will turn out great.