Behind the scenes

This was day 3 of filming.

I had already finished lip syncing, and was already half way through the narrative. According to my plan, I was able to reserve the dance room for the filming, and this was what it looked like. I had wished the room to have less light so I could arrange a spotlight on me in a dark room, however it didn't work. But if I adjust the contrast while editing, it may work alright.

You can see the mats in behind which were impossible to move, so they had to stay there. Once the video becomes black and white, it isn't that obvious as it is now. I was lucky enough to have the large mirror so I could use to show my reflection which I may be able to use interesting camera techniques.

What I found most hard during the filming was to act and direct at the same time. If I were the cameraman the whole time, I know exactly how I want to film it so I don't have to boss people around. However, I'm doing the acting as well, so I felt sorry for those who helped me film as I had to instruct them what specific angles I wanted and felt like I was bossing people around which I hate to do!

Because the camera was the school's and we couldn't prepare it earlier, the first day the battery run out as soon as we started filming. So we wasted all our time for the preparation without doing anything in the end. On another occasion our dance room was invaded by primary ballet dancers who had to use the room after school, just as I was preparing to film. And because my free time and the free time of the people who helped me never matched, we had to schedule the filming date and then shoot which took a lot of time.