Failures to film

 Hello, blog. I’ve recently started coming tighter with my filming. I’m not too confident at the moment in this piece. Why? Well, because of some props that I feel are out of reach or significant scenes will be harder to film. I don’t think I won’t be able to film the scene; I just imagine that it will be difficult to produce with my skills from the existing experience I already have from previous projects not being at the level I want them to be, along with the filming equipment. Another issue is finding willing participants and time. Recently, I’ve talked to friends about filming, and they’ve agreed; however, my schedule and theirs don’t align overall in a good way for filming.

In an update to my dumelia, I’ve decided to change my pitch altogether. Scrapping my idea was hard at first but after much consideration, I noticed that it slightly benefited me more. I knew it was a good idea to change it when I couldn’t explain to my director Kylie what we would be filming. Considering the fact the idea before was to pour slim on myself, I'm quite happy about the change. When I did officially start filming for my previous pitch it wasn’t flowing how I necessarily wanted it to. I didn't like the angles and the lighting either. When walking down my street at night the street lights were bright, and constantly gleamed and made streaks (very unappealing to the eye). Not only that I was slightly on a time crunch and it just annoyed me that not everything was perfect after several takes. So, the switch was perfect for me, and filming went along much easier. 


What needed to change:

Time/ Location: I filmed during the day now instead of at night because I changed last minute before filming i needed to go to the grocery store and film along at my house.

Actors: after switching up my video idea, I noticed I needed someone else to film with other than the camera person. So I texted some friends and whoever replied first was how I chose my co-star.



 

Another issue was the slime, it was very sticky and dumping it on my head would probably lead to more issues: cleaning out of my hair, my bathroom floor, and getting the right clip because i would be able to re-film. 


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