Filming

The first step for filming our commercial was the story board. Once the storyboard was finished we had to bring in any props necessary to film. The props brought in were four bottles of blue Gatorade.We brought four bottles and kept all but one in the cooler as we filmed so when we took pictures of the bottle it had that condensation appeal. We had our actress come dressed in her soccer uniform. And our actor came wearing goalie attire. We used the iPhone 11 Pro to film instead of the cameras offered because we were familiar with how to use it. Once we got onto the field everyone got into their spot. I along with our other member was in charge of filming the action. The first shot we took was of Macy kicking the ball from behind over her head and running towards the goal. This shot was difficult because we had to try and keep our shadows out of the shot because the sun was casting a long shadow.

The second shot we had to film was Macy shooting the ball into the goal. Our goal keeper had to dive in and attempt to stop the ball. We had to take this shot multiple times for a couple of reasons. One reason was the accuracy of the ball, if it went to far left or right the goalie wouldn't be close enough to stop it. Another issue was if the goalies dive was too soon or too delayed. If the dive wasn't lined up with the shot then it would look staged versus realistic. The next shot we took was of The ball hitting the back of the net and coming really close to the camera. While doing the shot a few times to make it come as close to the camera as possible we tripped over the net under our feet and fell down. it made for a pretty funny blooper.

The last shot was of Macy walking behind the goal and drinking the Gatorade. This was a medium close-up shot. We needed to redo this a few times because of the weather. There was only two Gatorade bottles left after all of the shots were done. Once inside we uploaded the takes onto the computer. We started to go through and delete texts that were incomplete, incorrect, or just not to our liking. There were some shots of an entire scene that we didn't like and will need to be refilled. Based on the camera angle the call shot is to be redone. This time we will use a tripod and position the camera at the right level.