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.