Filming Blog: First Days

          Me and my group member started our filming process on Tuesday and continued it on Wednesday. We did not film last weekend because we were both busy. My group member's parent brought us to the first filming location and stayed with us for safety. We brought our props like: food, phones, and a blanket for these first two filming days. To film we used an iPhone 11 instead of the school camera because we think it is easier to film on. Filming on our phone can help us access our videos or dump it to film editing apps. School cameras and the editing software Pinnacle Studios can also get slow sometimes, we learned from past experiences to we just decided to use our phones for the biggest project this year. The first location was at the park, at a low angle to start off the scene, we got their parent to drive past to use it as a clip. It was a really hot day so we wore sunscreen to protect us from the sun. Filming in public locations may be hard because all of the distractions such as car noises, people talking, and people in background. For the next scene we used a zoom in shot as a clip of the main boy's phone having a conversation with the main girl. It was kind of difficult to get a shot of the phone since it gets a glare from the sun so we had to move to shade quickly before any other interruptions. Filming in public outside locations is also troublesome because of the sun and lighting, filming in the day should be quick enough to where there is not any lighting shifts from light to dark over time. While filming the boy we kept messing up because people kept walking in front and behind him which messes up the scene and even the lighting. We kept moving around the whole park to get the best shots. It took us about two hours of filming for both Tuesday and Wednesday. The next time we film will be with more characters, the bad guys of the story. We all need to pick a time and day where we are not busy to film successfully. Overall the first two days of filming wasn't as bad as I thought it was gonna be. We will continue to film this Friday to finish up and soon edit.