Hey blog! So the project has come to an end. I feel like I've been working on this for forever and at the same time everything went by so quickly. For the past months my life has just revolved around the planning and production off this film and all the parts that come with that. Although its been a learning experience I'm glad its finally over.
Making this film intro gave me a bit of an insight into how much work truly goes behind each and every movie. This intro has shown me that all directors, producers, and actors are so under appreciated for what they do. There are so many tiny details to each film that make or break how successful they are.
We really did everything such as creating different foley sounds with a team member laying on the floor so the camera wouldn't see them to using 3 different editing apps throughout our entire group because some members were less experienced than others.
In this reflection I would like to express my gratitude to my group. I started off as mostly acquaaintances with most of the girls in our group but throughout this project we have built friendship and respect for each other. Although my teacher recommended groups of 3 or less, we we're set on being a group of four and knew having a large group would come with it's own issues. But overall, our issues and preferences are blocked by our individual strengths and skills that we each brought to the team. I know if it weren't for my team and how hard everyone worked my film intro would be nothing like the one we came up with. We were able to effectively communicate issues and preferences with each other and make time to meet up according to everyones schedules.
Finally, I have to thank man teacher the most for providing me guidance throughout the whole year. Not only has my teacher dedicated her time to teaching me everything I needed to know prior to filming but was also willing to help and give feedback throughout the process. Although i hate lecture days and occasionally zone out my teacher has taught me everything there was to know about the project and never left me questioning what I needed to do.
My next blog posts will include my final film introduction and creative critical reflections. Thank you!
- Vanessa Goetz
