Fliming my dog collar commercial

During my filming process I had to overcome plenty of obstacles. Fliming a commercial about a dog collar would be pointless without an actual dog being in it, so I used my dog Penny. Penny can be pretty bipolar sometimes. At certain moments she's extremely energetic and is constantly moving around, while at other times she's really lazy and rarely moves from the couch. So one of the biggest issues was getting her to do what I wanted, when I wanted it. When I said roll over, she laid down instead, and when I needed her to run she decided to walk. 

It also didn't help that my actor ditched the filming at the last minute, which was probably the worst road block I encountered. So finding someone on short notice was probably the most hectic part of my whole filming process. Another thing I encountered the weather. It constantly changed and made fliming very difficult, especially since the set was mostly outside. My role in the film was to be the director. So things such as set location and directing were some of my main jobs. Another job I took up was being the camera man for the whole commercial. This was fun because I got to do all these different camera movements and show everything exactly how I wanted it. It was hard though tilting the camera and doing different shots. I had to do a lot of reading and watch a lot of videos explaining how exactly stuff like that worked. 

In end being the director and camera man helped me keep everything in order. My actor listened most of the time, and I was able to film everything in less than 48 hours. None of my props broke or stopped being useful. Nothing went south while filming, and for a first commercial I think everything went smoothly.