Filming the Commercial

Today in class we had time to go out on campus and film. For our Dunkin commercial, we used props like the food bags as well as a coffee cup. We stuck to casual clothing with minimal makeup. The location we ended up using was the entry to the school on our senior patio. We used our storyboard as a guide on what we were filming. We had to meet certain criteria as well on what to film. That includes how many shots and what kind of angles to use. As a group, we gave tasks like acting, filming, and directing. My role was to be an actor, to promote Dunkin. The project was timed for 25-30 seconds, in total we filmed for about an hour.
   After we scouted out our location and set up props it was time to film. We filmed in order of appearance. Collectively decided to go off of our story board a bit because better ideas came with the situation. Instead of handing over dunkin we decided for two characters, to start a conversation over the fact they both have Dunkin. The scene is seen by one person casually walking to later realize a classmate had it as well. The two start talking about their orders and how good they are. Our shots include pans, mediums close ups, two shots as well as over the shoulder. These shots and angles show significance of a conversation. The angles were not extreme going along with the casual feel to the commercial. Typically we spent maybe one to two minutes filming each scene. 

   All of the shots flowed well. We kept track of where we were in the previous clip. With editing transitions will be smooth because of the surroundings. All of the clips were usually about five to six seconds. Each clip usually required about four to five takes so we got the correct shot. Having different clips to chose from will make editing way easier. The filming process wasn’t stressful and easy. After filming we went back to dump on the computer. We chose to film on my phone camera and connected it to the computer. The filming process was easy and I enjoyed it.