Music video: Filming

 We began filming on November 23, 2020. Before we could begin filming I had to walk to another actor's house that wasn't my partner. The actor and I walked to the park that was discussed and agreed on meeting to film, but it was unfortunately closed from what we saw. After that, we had to think of another way to film at a different park. Then, we remember there was a park at the other actor's house, so we walked all the way back.

When we got to the park we had to think of different ways to film. As the park was much smaller than what we initially thought of. This made filming some angles difficult to capture. Once we began filming scene one we had Bethoven following him from behind as he walked. Trying to keep it for about five seconds.

As we filmed the second and third clips we had to reposition. The lighting was constantly changing because of the trees and the cars that were constantly passing as we filmed. The fourth scene was when I was introduced as the bully in the film. It was hard keeping my head up and the glare from the camera because the sun was shining directly into our faces. The fifth scene was one of the most difficult scenes to film because as we were filming next to the park it was surrounded by a gate, so Bethoven had to find a way to go back into the park and filming between the gate and film both me and the actor.

The sixth, ninth, and tenth clip was also difficult for filming. This is when we were to get physical to portray bullying. The difficult part was making sure it looked realistic and make sure no one got hurt. Everything we did look fake, so we decided to stop faking it and actually push him just not too hard. The seventh and eighth scenes were when the bystander was introduced, so we had to find a place for the bystander to look as if he's not doing much and still be able to see the action. The last two scenes were pretty easy as it was like the beginning clips just in a different location and a few added details.



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