Progress Report #5 Ryhen Ann Roque

On Friday, Jeff, Jermaine, Carlos and I went to film some broll of the housing in Oceanside. We were greeted by Rob (the resident manager) to take us on a tour of the rooms at the housing. We were able to see two different layouts of the housing. The first one was like all of the rest of the housing in the complex. The other was layout out for those with disabilities. Rob was nice and we were able to gain information from him about the housing and the people living in them. Jermaine was the main cameraman for this part, he arrange the certain parts of the room to make more presentable (like turning on the table fan in one scene). Both Carlos and Jeff helped figure out what kind of shots to take and how to angle it. They are so creative. They both gave pointers to Jermaine (Jeff saying that we should film the flag from the street and Carlos saying to zoom into the sunlight near the lampshade then zoom out).

In the shoot, everyone was helping out in creating a scene that would be presentable on the video. We were all moving stuff around and putting them back. We got some broll of the flag flowing in the wind but it was difficult to get that shot. There were times when the wind was not blowing the way we wanted. We also got some broll shots of the courtyard (where we conducted an interview). I wonder which footage we are going to be using in the video. I cannot wait to see the finished project.

After Carlos, Jermaine and I went to the Oceanside Pier to get some broll shots over there. Jeff had to leave early. Both Carlos and Jermaine were cameramen for this shoot, while I was the video log person. We took some wide shots of the pier and from the pier. The shots of the pier was hard to get because the sun was facing the camera. Hopefully it will look alright. It was really windy and cold but we film lots of footage. We were able to get shots of helicopters flying by for our video. We even got to see some pelicans at the pier. They are really big.

Being a production manager is hard work: making the appointments, confirming calls, making sure there are enough people at the shoots and all that. I am learning a lot - making sure there is enough time for each session of filming and working out schedules. At first I was afraid of giving out jobs to anyone and telling them who should do what when, but now I found out that it is not so bad. As long as it works out in their schedule, they would be willing to do the job. I hope I can learn much more about filming and editing when it comes to that period in time. I glad to have worked with this team. They know so much about filming and creating creative scenes for the video that I would not know what to do if they were not there.