Project Evaluation - Assignment 6

Even when I heard you say that most people in your last 6X1 class said they liked the found footage the best, I didn’t really think there was any way it would be my favorite. The idea of shifting through hours of footage and trying to make unconventional connections with them seemed like it was going to be a shot in the dark, and too difficult to do. Now that it’s over and done with, however, I have to admit that I think it was my favorite too. I liked the freedom, (even if it did drive me a little crazy at time, I think this is a good comparison to the comfort you get from the rigid guidelines of assign. 5).
The hardest thing for me was picking a topic. With so many options I wanted to make sure I got the best one for me and gave myself plenty of time to take care of it. Truth be told, I don’t know that the one I chose was the best, but I really enjoyed it so for all I know it was. It’s something that I’ve thought about casually when watching televangelists so I think that’s what got me into it.
Editing was difficult. I had some minor problems in Bear Hall lab but they were eventually overcome and the end product was better than I had at one point anticipated. There were some unexpected happy accidents in there, like when the kid for the Goonies’ mouth matched up with the audio of another preacher that I found. That is what I like about editing. Seeing stuff come together in expected and unexpected ways always gives me a good feeling inside. I even like that it ended up being one and a half minutes. I think had it been any shorter or longer it wouldn’t have felt right. I don’t know though, that may just be me.

Project Evaluation - Assignment 3

The hand processing assignment was neat to me. As in the one shot, I really enjoyed getting to develop the film ourselves. I actually feel like a “film” student since now I’ve had hands on training with something besides digital. I had never in my life been exposed to hand processing techniques like contact printing and rayograms and the like. I think they came out much the way I expected them to, but still really strangely beautiful in black and white.
I feel like I forgot about it a bit as the class went on and more projects stared piling on. I was so involved with one shot and rhythmic editing that for a while I think I might have almost forgotten about it. When we split up to do everything separately it didn’t feel like there was very much direction for the project. I didn’t know quite what anyone else was hoping for. I did the rough cut and added the inter-titles. Looking back on it I don’t know how I feel about the “sport them.” It’s cool but I wonder if something else might have made other people happier. If everyone’s happy, then I’m happy too.
Seeing it screened in it’s progressive stages was helpful. It was kind of neat to see it evolve as it went from my rough cut to the first screening and then to the final screening. Every time I watch it I try to look for little parts that spark something in me. One thing that sticks out to me that I don’t think anyone else really mentioned was the way the little star clip runs by in the adrenaline segment. It’s like, the heart is beating faster and you get this little rush of stars, I imagine stars floating through someone’s veins wish is a kind of weird/cool image. I’m definitely not disappointed with the finished product.