For the Multiscreen, I had a lot of fun messing around with the clips. Although they were time consuming, I enjoyed aligning the chase scene from Barbie with Robin Hood. One of my favorite techniques I learned while using this project is how to quickly crop a video. It made this assignment run much more smoothly once I learned how to crop. It was cool to see how many effects Premeire had that you’re able to tamper with. Side note: Youtube messed with the quality of a lot of my videos so feel free to just look at them in our Google Drive lol.
Robin Hood Pecha Kucha
I’m not sure if it’s because this was our first assignment or that I spent an ungodly amount of hours on it, but the Pecha Kucha is by far my favorite project. It was difficult to find the perfect minute-long audio and six perfect clips to align with it, but I did it! Learning how to quickly crop each video and learning the fundamentals of Premeire made this project more bearable. I really enjoyed how we agreed as a collective with this type of restrictive project, its bound to be messy, but that’s where the creativity comes in.
I started off with the Response Essay with a good attitude and a solid plan. Although I still enjoy the topic off my essay, there were a lot of technical errors that I had to work with that made it a little less exciting for me. Once I finally finished my final draft to present in class- you guys saw it- there were so many errors that I didn’t realize were in my final draft until I heard it. The audio was the most difficult part. I appreciated the feedback given, and the positive comments, which I later tried to fix for my final draft. But after attempting to create a more concrete final, I felt a little defeated. I didn’t like my voice still (which is why I didn’t do a voiceover in my final), and the outcome of the draft. I felt like I took on a big project with big ideas and didn’t deliver what I’d hope to deliver. But I hope to look back on this project with a little more experience and confidence to polish and finish it.
The Abstract Trailer is also one of my favorite projects. When deciding what to talk about, it was Jason who thought of the similarities between the two mediums, which caught my attention. I’ve watched The Bear but stopped on episode 6. But it was episode 7 that had every element I saw in Boiling Point. And during the introduction of The Bear (the audio used for the trailer), it conveyed every theme between the two worlds, and that fascinated me. Finding clips for the trailer felt like I strucked a goldmine. The two were literally the same: characters, interactions, and shots. So using the audio and combining the two clips, as well as typing the audio, was really fun to do. It felt like a huge accomplishment to get it done. To be honest, I feel a more proud of the trailer than my final project. I felt more in tuned with it.
Creating this final project definitely took a toll on me. I felt that after my Response Essay and Abstract Trailer that I used all my juices. I also felt that because both films were so similar, that there were so many things to discuss! So it felt overwhelming and I felt like my draft was going astray. But I created a draft and figured out what specfic topics I wanted to talk about.
I didn’t like my voice in my Response Essay, but I also felt like I had a lot to talk about, so I decided to do a Desktop video. Even after my first attempt in our earlier Desktop project and knowing how difficult it is to manage, I wanted challenge myself since I wanted to be picky. I will say that IT WAS SO HARD. I realized comparing two minutes is not for the weak. That’s twice the clips and management.
I don’t regret doing it because there is so much thought and planning going into it, on top of it making it seem so effortless, so I will definitely be giving myself credit for it. I enjoyed the style I went for because I was able to convey my ideas on top of it looking visually pleasing. I do feel like there was more I could have done to elaborate my ideas, but I’m not mad at what I delivered. This project continued to help me improve my desktop skills- although, I feel like I have a long way to go- along with every other skill I learned from this course. And I’m excited to continue creating more in my filmmaking/academic journey.
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