USA.gov Commercial: Revenge of the Babysat

An innocent high school babysitter tries to earn money for college babysitting two darling little angel's turns out their grade A hoodlums.

Entry for USA.gov's video contest highlighting how their website helps college bound seniors find the best student loans to pay for college.

Director: David Reynosa
Cinematographer: David Reynosa, Micheal Arn
Producer: David Reynosa
Editor: David Reynosa
Boom Operator: Miles grow
Gaffer: Micheal Arn

Actors:
Joel Smith: Jacob Fletcher
Billy Smith: David Reynosa
Marisa Donelson (Baby Sitter): Rachel Khatter
Mrs: Smith: Perla Reynosa

Man in suit: Monty Roy

Category:

Comedy

Tags:

• HVX200
• FInal Cut Pro
• Short Film
• Redrockmicro Encore
• FIlmmaking
• Babysitting
• Toddlers
• Toilet Paper
• Silly String
• Pranks
• Hilarous
• USA.gov
• Student Loans
• WCHS
• College
• Paying for College
• Scholarships
• Government
• Film
• Tutorials

[movieboyandco]

When you have a character that is established to be at the left of the frame in one shot, you need to keep the character at the left for subsequent shots, unless the character moves.

[InTheLunchBox]

@movieboyandco Hey man thanks for the advice really appreciate it! will defiantly pay more attention to the axis next time. Im glad you enjoyed the film

[MajicPictures]

@movieboyandco I was about to mention this as well. Just a rule as old as filmmaking itself called "crossing the axis"..which is something you NEVER do unless under very specific circumstances. Shooting in the way this was shot disorients the audience, and all sense of location is lost. Which, in turn, completely takes away from the film itself as this is one of the hardest filmmaking mistakes to ignore.

[InTheLunchBox]

@MajicPictures Hey man thanks for the advice. It was an error on my part on crossing the axis and I will make sure to avoid this mistake in my future. Thanks so much for helping me out really apperciate it. I am filming a comedy sketch this week so stay tuned for more films lol

[magichabs3921]

Hey man do you use a Jig in your vids?

[iZekProductions]

cool......i like it.........awesome audio quality

[yOmOmO1231]

well done! audio and video quality was top notch. Im really impressed

[Rob13y]

dude, that is so funny, that is like tthe first reason i dont babysit when somone offers

[dashvproductions]

@MajicPictures I was not aware this was a rule either. I've just recently gotten in the habit of following it and it does make a dramatic difference in how my shots flow from one to the other.

[dashvproductions]

Pretty amusing. I did a babysitting video with real kids once. It was chaos and came out nowhere near as good as yours.

What kind of camera did you use?

[RIPrepublicfilms]

laughing at the end is from that snowball game on coffee break or am i wrong? any ways great film, loved it!

[IMxAxPUPPET]

captain longfingers!!!! funnnny hahaha is this how u rly are at home? u cant keep up with us sometimes with ur little saunter but u can jump like a crazy man?! wooooow lol jk kinda but ya good job lol

[jasonkummerfeldt]

Amazing production value dude. Loved the Calvin and Hobbes reference in the title :)

[GSCHAZMASTER]

It turned out pretty good. Only things 1) Some of the individual parts were too long However I know that it had to be 1:30 2) I didn't really like the music 3) It seems like the sharpness should be turned up a little bit, cause some of the people look blurry on camera. Other than those, 'twas good