Project Reflection

So... this is it. The final film opening is finally done. During this whole process, my group and I learned a lot, overcame obstacles, and had to think outside of the box in order to finish this project. I thought I would do a blog post explaining all of the things we had to adjust and overcome in order to produce our final film opening.

Thinking of a plotline was especially difficult for us, as we all had very different ideas. We changed genres and storylines several times in order to find one that we all liked. I also learned to compromise a lot during this whole project. Usually, on any creative project, I work alone and get to develop my vision just as I see it. However, as I was working with a group, I had to learn to help others' visions come to life as well, not just mine. Thankfully, my group and I got along very well throughout this process and everyone's ideas were considered.

We had to learn to adapt as well. This was the biggest issue in my opinion. As you know from my previous blog posts, this film opening was supposed to be a musical. We had it all planned out and I even spent several hours composing the music for it. We already had our team of cast members for the flash mob, and everything was scheduled and ready to go. Then COVID-19 got in the way. Due to the stay at home order, none of us could go outside or even get together to film... which was a huge problem as none of the footage was done. We had to improvise and change our storyline AGAIN, and then again, and then again. Thankfully, we found a way to make it work after several days discussing what we could do.

I learned to use many new technologies and technological resources as well. In order to complete my blog posts and research, we had to spend many hours looking on the internet for statistics, diagrams, and things like that. We used apps like ShopLook for the costume design and Celtx for the screenplay. We also relied a bunch on technological communication due to the stay at home order, using apps such as Snapchat and Facetime. However, the biggest resource we used was Google Drive. This allowed us to upload the footage on there so Raisa and I could both edit on it and send it to each other.

As for how I feel about the actual project, being 100% honest, it, unfortunately, did not meet my vision and expectations. I guess I'm still hung up on the idea of making it a musical, but this was not able to happen. I definitely think we could have done a lot better if we had been under different circumstances. However, we did do our best under the conditions we were in, and I'm still immensely proud of my group and the film opening we created.