Epic Fail Turns Into Good Lesson

 Today, Adrian came over my house to begin filming the first few scenes of our commercial. We both had big ideas and expectations for the filming day. However, it was not a smooth day and nothing went according to plan.

For starters, it was a cloudy afternoon and there was unexpected rain. This was very disappointing because half of the music video, Adrian's scenes, takes place outside. Therefore, we had to follow our back-up plan and reschedule a day to film those scenes. I didn't want the time to go to waste, so I suggested we just film the inside scenes, my scenes, for the day. 

There were obstacles we ran into during filming my scenes as well. The plan was to use my ring-light for better lighting, but it was difficult to use and was a distraction. The speaker that we brought to play the song died fast, so we had to unexpectedly play the song on our phones. I couldn't control my laughter when acting in the music video, making us waste time. Overall, the production process seemed like everything was against us.

Additionally, the biggest problem we had is realizing that our vision was not precise enough. When we were filming, we noticed that we filmed certain angles that were mentioned on our storyboard, but it didn't convey our vision. Because of this, we decided we needed to pause and tweak our plan. We revised our storyboard, making our decision about angles and shots clearer. We also devised a schedule for our next filming day, because we wasted a lot of time with distractions and we wanted to make sure we stayed on task. With our schedule and revised storyboard, I expect we will finish all of our filming in one day. Tomorrow, Adrian is supposed to come over again to re-do this epic fail of a day. From a different perspective, this day may have not been an epic fail because it gave us a good lesson.