Film Day!

Finally, filming day came. When I arrived at the shelter I interviewed Sol's foster mom and Kara who is one of the managers over at the shelter. These are the questions I asked them

While I was preparing the camera on the tripod I handed them the questions just so they can get an idea of what they'll be talking about. At first, we were filming outside so I decided to do a test run just in case the audio wasn't good, and plus it was raining a bit. Thankfully I checked and I was able to notice that the audio wasn't good. So, I asked Kara if there was a better location and she mentioned the studio next door and it was a perfect setup. It was indoors obviously and there was good lighting coming in so I was content with the location of the interview. I wasn't able to get much of my own footage of Sol because prior to filming she hit a small puppy gate at the shelter and the sound of it dropping to the floor startled her a lot so she was tense and didn't want to stay still for a while. But I still have enough footage from the shelter and her foster home. Here's a screenshot I took from the interview. While Kara was talking about Sol (who is right next to her throughout the interview) she looked up at her and started giving her kisses and I found that adorable. I might have shot the interview tighter since it is a bit far. 

  Once I was done with the interview I went back to the shelter to get a lot of b-roll of the other animals. I got some of the cats sleeping or just doing their thing. It was a bit hard because they all wanted my attention so I'd be filming a close-up of them coming to me and moving the camera. Very cute, I tried my hardest not to take one home with me. Here is a shot that I took of one of the cats that I thought would be a really good shot to include because it goes with the documentary well. The kitten is sticking out her/his paw trying to grab my hand and I thought that it went well with the idea of rescuing these animals who want and need a home badly. 

I also got a shot of this dog who to me looked very sad which is what made me film him if I'm being honest. As the other dogs were jumping and barking to get my attention he was just in the corner all alone. He didn't bark, wag his tail, or even have light in his eyes. He looked afraid to even hold eye contact with me. 

I tried to get a lot of extra b-roll of the shelter but I did make one mistake. I totally forgot to include an establishing shot of the shelter which is what I wanted but I got a shot of the door you'd go through to get to the dogs. It's okay though. 
 Overall filming didn't take long, maybe about an hour or an hour and a half. They just let me roam around the shelter and film whatever I thought would be worthy to include in the doc. This weekend I will start editing probably today, depending on how much homework I have to do for other classes.