Music Video: Filming


 I started filming with my friends. It was so fun to see my ideas come to reality. Before they arrived, I had to choose my cameras. I had multiple cameras to choose from. I enjoy collecting cameras in my free time. Anyways, making the choice was kind of hard. I have two polaroid cameras, one is a mini Polaroid and the other is a digital and polaroid mixed together. I think the mini one has a cuter look, but the mixed one would be more practical. In the end I decided to use the mixed one over the mini. Next, I chose to use my digital camera that can record videos. It has a signature look to the footage which sets it apart. Lastly, I had to choose between my professional grade camera, or my iPhone. This was the hardest. Mostly because the professional one has better quality, however it does not record audio. So, I would have to find another way to record audio. My iPhone has worse quality, but it also records audio. I choose to use my iPhone, to streamline the process. The first scene I filmed was not actually the real first scene. I filmed the second scene first and finished all of the other scenes before I went back to finish the first one. The reason being that they were all scenes of only myself, so I would need help to film them. Since the second scene is of my friend's arriving, I would of course need to do that one first. I also wanted to capture the casual feeling of being with my friends, so I didn't interrupt us until after all other filming wrapped up to ask for help filming myself. I am glad with how this method worked out in the end. 

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