Filming Blog: Front Office

I filmed my commercial on October 27th. I filmed it during the day so that I could use the sun as my main lighting when I was filming outside. I brought the main prop which was the Louis Vuitton handbag. I also brought sunglasses so that the actor could either wear or hold it in their hands while they would pose for the camera. I also brought the main costumes that the actor would be wearing. According to the order of my storyboard, I first filmed the office scene. This is part of the last few scenes of my commercial. I started by filming the actor walk into the office with the handbag. I filmed the actor from front and back. After I have recorded the actor walking into the office I had her stand in the middle of the office to pose. I decided it would look better if the actor didn't look directly at the camera while she posed. Instead, I instructed the actor to look directly at the wall in front of her while I angle the camera diagonal from her. I then went to film in the lounge room. The first thing I filmed in the lounge room was the end scene. The scene that ends the commercial. I did a close up on the bag and zoomed all the way in. I did this so that the print of the bag was the only thing that could be seen on the camera. Next, I filmed the actor from toe to head slowly moving up revealing her costume and the prop she was holding which was the Louis Vuitton bag. I then had her walk to the couch of the lounge room to take a seat on the couch. This part of the film took a long time to do because I had to zoom out from the actor while tracking her every move as she walked towards the couch. Lastly, we filmed by the pool. I started off with a wide angle shot. The actor stood at one side of the pool while I stood on another side. This allowed me to angle the camera in a way where most of the pool was seen as well as the actor.