Filming commercial

In class we starting filming our commercial. The first thing we had to do was get our camera and tripod. After we had all the materials we needed we got to work. I had to change into Nike since I would be one of the actors for our commercial. We had Dani be the director and film and Jorge also be an actor. Once I was dresses we walked to the track. We took many shots of us running, walking, and tiring out shoes. The more shots the better it will be when we are editing the commercial. It was very hot outside so we did not stay as long as we expected. Setting the camera up was rather easy because we were told how to do everything in class.
Some groups were having trouble so I helped them get started. We filmed from different angles such as high and low angles. Some of the shots also consisted of a two person shot and medium shot. The goal of the commercial is to make it interesting and keep the watchers intrigued. We used the track to the best of our ability by running up the bleachers, sprinting and jogging. I want to make sure our commercial is simple but unique because I know a lot of groups will also have the same idea as us. A Nike commercial was commonly picked so our goal is to make sure ours stands out. We only had our group members star in the commercial rather than asking other people to be in it. I finally realize that filming is hard because if you don’t get it right the first timeout have to keep filming over and over. That can be frustrating when things aren’t going the way you want to.
 It was important we kept calm though when the filing wasn’t going the way we wanted because we understood getting frustrated would not help anything. Some difficulties was the there was people in the way. I would have preferred  to have no one in the background of our video. This caused us to take more shots because there was always people in the way when we were running. Another important detail we included was not just filming the actor we also filmed objects with the Nike logo. For example, Jorge was wearing a Nike backpack and we filmed it by zooming in on the logo and as he walked away it zoomed out. This adds contrast to the commercial. We definitely had bloopers that consisted of us running into people or laughing. I enjoyed the experience of filming and I learned a lot about what it takes to be a actor. When we finish editing the shots out commercial will be simple yet keeps ur attention the whole time.