Beginning to film my music video

 Throughout this music video, I will act and direct it. My last experience with filming led me to make the decision to do most of the acting, as if my brother was the main actor, there would have been a large amount of yelling and frustration involved. So far I have filmed scenes three through six. Filming those scenes was slightly difficult, as there were complications with time. This was as a result of my brother acting in the music video in some scenes. Because of this, my mother was the only person that could film the music video. However, she works a full time job so the filming of the video had to fit around her schedule as well. This led to the filming taking place at about 4:45. Ordinarily this would not be a problem, however the sun sets as 5:30 where I live throughout this time, so we did not have much time to film before the sun set. With this in mind, I decided to prepare the filming location, my bedroom, so that it would be ready for filming to begin right when my mother got off of work. I made my bed, organized my room so that it was close to spotless, and prepared all of the props for the music video. Those props include a tray with cereal, a spoon, orange juice, a bracelet, handbags, and several pieces of clothing on hangers. In addition, I had to prepare myself so that I looked presentable and had to direct my brother on which clothes to wear throughout the music video. Unfortunately, it took quite a bit of time to get my brother in to the clothes needed and led to the filming taking place later than previously scheduled. After this was done, the filming began. My mother sat on a chair with the camera at the angle and location directed my me. My brother also waited next to the camera, ready for me to clap, indicating that he step forward and put the tray on the table by my bedside. When my mother began to record, I would press play on the song that I was using and then run over to the bed and adjust my hair and clothes so that they looked nice. In order for this to happen on time, I would press play on the video several seconds before the music for the scene being shot would take place, allowing for more preparation. This would be done throughout the entire filming process. This scene, scene number three, was successfully filmed, but would take several takes for the desired scene to happen. The next few scenes were also simple to film and involved me directing my mother where to place the camera, directing my brother what to do and me acting. After these scenes were completed, I cleaned up the room and prepared it for when we finished filming the next few scenes. I may change the shot within some scenes, but overall I enjoyed the filming process and plan on filming these next few scenes in a short amount of time.