Filming Blog: Failed Attempt at Getting Good Shots

       Hey world' it's Aniyah! We have finally approached the filming process in the creation of our short movie. Although, it has been difficult trying to meet up and film at the locations where we need to film. We have had a few weekends available to meet and get some filming done, but the group and I have very busy schedules and we also do not live that close to each other. The distance is a huge struggle because sometimes our parents may also be too busy to bring us where we need to be. But, we did have a weekend where we able to meet up. Despite the hassle, we successfully found the perfect place and time to get together and get a jump start on our filming. The scenes we wanted to start filming were the mall scenes. We went to Aventura Mall to use as our background. Once we entered, we went around and asked a few store managers if we could film in their store.

      We did get rejected a few times. This was mainly because they thought we would disturb people, make the customers feel uncomfortable, or cause problems. We tried to explain to them that we would not be a problem, but they still refused. We were disappointed, but we did not make it a big deal because we understood their concerns. Although, we repeatedly got rejected, we came across one store that was fine with letting us film, this store is called H and M. H and M did lay down some ground rules after they said they would allow us to film. They said we weren't allowed to get any of the customers in the background and and that we couldn't make a mess. We were understanding and obeyed their terms. H and M is a big store, so there were many spots to film.

       Although we had a good amount of room to film, we still encounter a few difficulties. On that particular weekend the store was busy because things were on sale. This made it difficult to film without getting people in the background. We decided to wait when certain parts of the store to be cleared, so we could begin filming. Once a spot opened up, we took the opportunity and got the camera rolling. We came across another obstacle: the noise. In the background, there were babies crying, people talking loudly, and loud music playing. It was so loud, we could not even hear ourselves talk when we reviewed the shots we took. We did not get any good shots, so we decided to start over next weekend. Next weekend, we plan to get all the scenes we need for the movie at the mall and at Lily's house, my group member. Thanks for reading and blog you later.