The simplicity behind filming "Super"-Hero!

 Welcome back, bloggers! In today's post, I will be addressing an interesting choice we made during the filming of "Super"-Hero: Why did we not choose to rent special camera equipment? 

Why did we choose not to do it?

The short answer is we didn't think we'd need it. In our group, Yulian and Pablo already had prior experience filming on mobile phone, and all of our phones had decent quality cameras. This plus the fact that one of us had tripods at home further convinced us that we wouldn't need to rent out special equipment. It's not like renting out special equipment was an impossible feat either. Prior to filming, a media team had come to our school and offered their services for rental in case we wanted some more premium filming capabilities. They had cameras, microphones, and even lights! However, at the end of the day, we felt that we could produce a perfectly good film opener without such special equipment, and not doing so also gave us flexibility with scheduling film dates!

Did we ever regret not renting special equipment?

On the third day of filming, there came a time where shaky filming became an issue, particularly for when we were filming the robbers breaking into the house initially. This was one of the only times where we felt that having special camera equipment would have benefitted us, and even then we were able to persevere with a little bit of practice! Overall, we never regretted our choice to not rent out special equipment simply because we didn't need it. Our main priorities were finishing the film on time while getting the best possible shots we could get, and finding fancy equipment would've just cost us time and money. Would our film have looked better if we used said special equipment? Absolutely, but just with a couple of mobile phones and a small tripod we were able to produce some absolutely stellar footage. Another factor is that we already knew how to film with phones for the most part. If we got special equipment, we'd need to spend time learning how to use said equipment, and as you've seen in all of my filming day blogs, time was the ONE thing we NEVER had enough of!