Filming Blog: Getting Shots Started and Encountering Some Issues

Today I decided to deal with a shot that I realized was going to be easiest for me to film. In the storyboard, there's an establishing shot of a house, showing where one of the characters lives. I realized that I had no idea how busy the other members were, or if they were going to be able to film at all. Phones could break, it could rain, or their home could be under construction or renovation. These were aspects I hadn't considered beforehand. So, I decided to head outside and film my own house. I also did some basic math regarding how long the shot should be. This opening scene is 2 minutes long and we sketched about 35 shots, meaning that our scenes should be around 3-4 seconds. Obviously some will deviate from this, but the outlier shots should even themselves out. These are good to keep in mind when editing comes along. So, I stepped outside and took out my phone. However, I encountered a small problem. When I stepped with the phone, it caused a shake in the camera frame. Now normally this wouldn't have been a huge issue, but I wanted this project to be as high-quality as possible. After some experimenting, I took a longer step and realized that the shake wasn't as obvious and I could find some way to stablize the shot with editing, if needed. After that remarkably educational filming experience, I put the shots into the editing app I'm using. However, I ran in another issue. How was I going to figure out embedded titles and titles in general? Yet again, research came into play. After looking up some tutorials I managed to find the text feature for the app I'm using and figured I could use a transform tool to adjust the text as needed. Overall, today was a productive and educational day and I'm glad I'm getting more of a hold on this project. 
Pictured- A house similar to the one filmed 


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