Filimg Blog

 On November 11th, I filmed my commercial in its entirety. I planed on filming my commercial on Saturday; however,  my actor wasn't available so we rescheduled. As the director, I provided the camera and props. My actor used their own wardrobe in each scene. The actor and I already previously owned the Contigo bottle; therefore, we used our own. The work scene worked perfectly as it was in a controlled environment. In the work scene, my actor wore clothes representative of those worn in work environments. The exercise scene proved to be the most difficult due to the uncontrolled extraneous variable's of the environment. The wind caused unwanted noise along with the sun troubling the cameras exposure. The actor worn self owned clothes representative of physical activity. This scene took about 20 minutes in total to shoot. The home scene was the easiest in my opinion. It was a quick shoot that would be explained through voice over editing. The kitchen scene, proved to be difficult due to camera positioning. I wanted to ensure that I got a aerial shoot of the bottle being washed to emphasize its renewability.  It also difficult due to the water splashing and getting on the camera. This problem cause me to have to cut and re-shoot due to the camera coming out of focus. Luckily, the noise wasn't a problem because I will be using voice over for this scene. The last scene was a breeze. It was my personal favorite because I was included in this scene. It was a wrap-up scene to show how Contigo bottles can be great for all. All actors in this scene wore casual clothes.