Filming Blog: Volleyball gym

On Sunday the 25th of October I went over to my friend's house so that we can prepare to film at a park near her house. While waiting in the house it started to rain. I then decided to reschedule filming later on in that week because I had other factors that ended up making me decided that I would now need to film indoors in a gym. Because I had volleyball practice, the only day I could film were the 29th and 30th of October after practice. I had to ask my coach prior to filming if it was okay. While filming I had my main actress named Amelia who was willing to do whatever I told her I needed, which was extremely helpful. In the opening scene, I really wanted to start off by emphasizing the intensity of the commercial to come. I did this by doing a tilt shot from her shoes to her face. Then an establishing shot of where she was which was a high school gym. Since the commercial is advertising Gatorade I really wanted to exemplify the highs and lows of training for a sport such as volleyball. That's why in my commercial I really wanted to add in those action scenes that really connect you to the athlete. I wanted the commercial to have those struggles in the beginning so that when she calms down and drinks her Gatorade she'd get out of her head and play hard. While filming I made sure I had my storyboard on another tab in my phone so that I could go back and forth in case I forgot what angle I needed to do next. My storyboard was a great guide while filming, it kept my mind on track and helped me to get everything done super quickly. When adjusting to the new setting of the gym instead of the beach volleyball court I had to think of some new ideas for some scenes where new issues arose. Such as when the girls on my volleyball team were all sitting on the bleachers and you could see them pretty obviously from the angle I had originally proposed. Even though I didn't want to make any drastic changes, I did need to make some accommodations. These all ended up benefitting me in the end because I did really love how it turned out. I really wanted to highlight the main features of the Gatorade commercials that I added to my mine. Such as the intense training scenes or the athletic outfit choices that really connect the brands.