This week was one of the most frustrating and challenging weeks of filming so far. The primary reason why is because I was not able to shoot, despite having everything ready to go. I had planned with Franco and Jason to shoot Friday evening and Saturday morning so that I could get footage of Franco playing soccer and get interview and B-roll footage of Jason, however both of my interviewees had things come up and ended up canceling around 4 PM on Friday night. I think what I'm learning is that getting people organized for scheduling and shooting is hard when they are doing it for free and I'm just asking them if I can film them for a student project. I was able to reschedule with them but it is frustrating because I checked out so much equipment due to the fact that I would be shooting sports and an interview which require very different setups.
Although I was able to get everyone rescheduled for this coming week, I still have to check to make sure I can get the equipment I will need for those days. Because we're getting into the middle of the semester, everyone is getting equipment more often so it is becoming hard to get equipment on short notice. Worst case scenario I will use my Canon 70d for the soccer footage, but I really do need to have the FX3 for the interview because I want the colors to match well and the quality needs to be great. This week I also worked on a video at my work and I realized that a lot of the stuff I have made for people is actually more documentary style than anything.
Also, the rough draft is coming due soon so I am starting to get stressed about this scheduling thing. While I definitely don't want to choose a different topic or make any drastic changes, I may end up needing to do a documentary on a single event like a news story but more in depth with a follow up interview and a lead in interview if this week goes poorly again.
