Filming Blog

    On Wednesday, my group and I started filming day one of our Commercial. We used the field as our set to complete the task that we had written for a storyboard. We were able to film the majority of the clips, but we did not bring the soccer ball for this day. We filmed certain scenes such as the staredown, the panning of the Adidas attire, one of our actors losing the game, and the scene on the bleachers with me and two other partners. I filmed most of the scenes using certain angles and movements to capture a suspenseful and exciting clip. The first scene used in our commercial was the panning of the outfits worn by our actor. I zoomed in and out from the shoes to capture the Adidas iconic symbol, the three stripes. Then, as I moved the camera upwards, I got a whole clip of our first actor wearing Adidas attire. The other actor standing in front of them was wearing regular sportswear, and I had the same filming technique. I started from the bottom of her leg and moved the camera upwards towards her face. In the second scene that was filmed, one of my partners filmed it. He held the camera still and took multiple shots of each of the actor's eyes. Then, the next scene that was filmed was when the opposing team of Adidas lost the soccer competition. I filmed the process of our first actor being on the ground, because she fell, and then moved slightly back to get a shot of our second actor, who was wearing Adidas attire, helping the opponent stand up to show good sportsmanship. Lastly, I was filmed sitting on the bleachers, with one of my partners, clapping to show good sportsmanship. 




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