OWF Project Reflection

    Two weeks ago was the "One Word Film" project, where we got with a partner and were assigned a random emotion to encapsulate within a 1- 1 1/2 minute short film. There was no dialogue allowed, and only instrumental music could be used throughout. This project would be focused on editing techniques, since we were learning that at the time. My partner and I were assigned the word "Anxiety" which was a very interesting one.

     We had many ideas but most of them were too complex for fitting into a small segment, so we chose to opt for a student anxious to take a test. My partner was not present for the pre-production day, so I did the brainstorm paper, and saved the actual storyboard for when we are both there. The brainstorm paper pretty much described important shots I would want to be included within the project. The next class we finished up the storyboard, which tweaked a few moments within the story, and gave us an actual decent guideline to follow during production. We also began filming for a little bit. The class after that we completed filming the rest of the shots and then my partner began uploading it to a website for downloading. He had emailed me all of the shots after we finished, and I decided to not even open it until I started editing.

    I then procrastinated so hard until it was the day it was due. I had finally opened the email, and then when I went to download the shots, I found out the link had expired. I called up my partner and asked if he could send the shots again, and he had told me he had just left for work. For context, it was 6pm on the night it was due, and he had JUST left for work. I began to feel the regret of my procrastination, and realized I had nobody to blame but myself. I could have downloaded all of the shots the day he sent them, but I didn't. I asked him when he would get back, and he said 10pm. This really started making me panic, but I started to think about what I could do with the time I had until he came back and sent them.

    I got to work and got all of the music as well as a few shots I managed to recover and structured the whole project on the Adobe Premiere Pro. By the time he had gotten back and sent them to me, all I needed was to put them in the right order and cut them up as needed. I was actually proud with how it turned out, and realized I really enjoy editing. This, to my surprise, only took about an hour. It took me about 20 minutes to figure out how to export it correctly, and I submitted it around 30 minutes before it was due. This was a lesson I realize I needed to learn, and from now on will not procrastinate when it comes to something like this again.