Production Blog: Holiday Park, During the Filming.

 I was the main actor for the filming of the commercial. My group met on the 21st of September, at around 1 PM. We ended up filming at my suggested location of Holiday Park. As the main actor of the film, I was filmed for most of the shots. I had to retake some of my shots such as the one where I drink the Gatorade bottle. This is because we were deciding on which shot looked the best, but however having different colors. Basically, it wouldn’t have made sense if I caught a blue Gatorade bottle and then drank an orange one. I also had to put water on my face and clothes as to appear sweaty. I also acted as if I was out of breath, so I did a lot of deep breathing for sound effects. So, during the entire film I was extremely tired due to the heat, and this hopefully added to the effect of Gatorade being hydrating. Other than this, I also had to run some laps around the field to appear more dehydrated and tired. I was wearing my soccer attire for the entirety of the commercial. I had to film around 9-10 shots for the commercial. Each of them had multiple takes as we had to redo them sometimes. Like for example, when I shot the ball, it would not go directly near the tripod so it wouldn’t have a cool affect. This resulted in around three retakes of me doing that shot. On top of this, of course our advertisement is about Gatorade, so I drank Gatorade during the commercial to emphasize the fact that it helps you in getting hydrated. Other than acting, during the film I helped with ideas on where we should angle the tripod. There was a little dispute on if we should have it on the left or right side of the goal, which me and another group mate helped resolve. Even though I was the main actor, I brought my own equipment as I stated before.