Production Blog: At Home

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When I started filming the scenes at my house, I started with the scenes in my bedroom. I positioned the camera above my head so that it would face down on me. I had to take multiple shots because my brother kept walking in and making me laugh. After my brother left the room, I did two takes for the scene and chose the better one to use in my video. In this scene I used a medium close-up shot.

Then I went into my backyard to film the scenes there. The first scene in my backyard was shorter that the second scene. I took two takes for each scene in the backyard as well. In the first scene in my backyard, I used a dutch shot. For the second scene, I used a wide shot and zoomed in on me. After I finished filming these scenes, I waited for the sky to get dark. 

When the sky got dark, I went to my front yard and filmed the final scene. At first it was too dark to see me, so I moved to another spot. Since it was also too dark there I moved again. In the third spot it was light enough to see me, but my face was still half dark. Because of this, I used my phone to add light to the other side of my face. After I finished filming the scenes, I reviewed them to see if they were good. Since I thought they were all good, I moved on to choosing which take of each scene I will use. When I choose which take I will use, I will start editing. I feel really good about the video I've shot.

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