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 On Thursday, October 29 I began filming my commercial. There was actually quite a few things I realized I had to change about my commercial once I actually began filming. I had originally planned to print out multiple star-wars themed images onto computer paper so I can use that as a backdrop. With perfect timing however, my printer ran out of ink, and I didn’t want a black and white background. I then began searching for colored construction paper to create a different backdrop, but since the colors of the construction paper was so bright, any folds, imperfections, or dust on the paper would be very visible on film. I then just so happened to find 6 black canvas’s that reminded me of some of the backdrops that are supposed to represent the darkness of space in Star Wars. Not to mention they looked really good on film. With that out of the way, I was planning on using my brothers Darth Vader action figure as a prop that can interact with the baby yoda toy. My mom then informed me that we had just put a bunch of old items and toys in the car to be donated. So I went down to the garage of my building to find nothing there. I then realized I would have to film a Darth Vader flashlight ty instead. Luckily its not that noticeable that its a flashlight, so I think it works fine. Other than this, my filming experience went pretty smoothly. I was following my storyboard, and I was filming multiple takes and choosing which take to include in the final project. I reviewed some of the star-wars clips I wanted to use at the same time that I was filming. The purpose of this was to better plan how long the timing of my finished project will, making sure its about thirty seconds long. I then proceeded to film audio of my voice as well as some Star Wars themed music. This audio will be correctly synced with my footage once the editing process begins.




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