Film Blog

12/2 My music video was finally completed over the Thanksgiving break. I took a day and filmed with all my actors. The theme was changed while shooting the video. My original theme was that I would be beaten up by life and I would seem to find happiness. Although the new theme is that I've been hurt but at the end, I would basically do something crazy that would kind of represent the rebirth of a new mindset. I didn't do a storyboard, but it came out better than I expected. I changed the setting of my phone camera that gave it a more smoother shot. If I were given more time I feel that I would have kept my original theme. One minute and fifteen seconds didn't seem like enough time. I understand that it would take longer for the teachers to grade it.
     I'm proud I got to finish it filming and editing the whole video within one day. The editing wasn't hard although now that I'm done I want to experiment with other editing apps. All my actors were in place and did amazing acting. We had to do our little stunt with them multiple times although my stunt at the end was a one-time thing. My cameraman was great I told him how to do the camera movements and angle and he listened and did it amazing. The time that it was shot was amazing too but my lighting could've improved. On the contrary, it did give my film a more dark vibe to it. My plan was to make it seem dark at first because I would hear others' ideas and everyone had the same sort of vibe and I wanted mine to stand out. Everyone enjoyed filming with me and enjoyed my idea, but they thought it was a bit strange. I'm just excited it came out better than I expected.
     I put a lot of commitment to this project and I was a bit annoying to my actors because I would constantly contact them to get a response to confirm if they were coming. I also would like to say that this film does not reflect on how I'm feeling I just enjoyed the song and I wanted some inspiration from the artist. The artist who created the song has a very slow and mellow vibe to most of their songs and music video. My video was mostly filmed at George English Park. I took care of my actor's ride so they were able to get there. I've wanted to film some sort of project like this so I was excited I was given the opportunity to do this. Also, I forgot to include that the project was filmed on Friday the 29th of November. I felt like the date should've been included. I want to do more projects like this with other people and do more extreme films. Some more films could be like mini-movies or more music videos.