Summary

During the Production of our project we focused on experimenting with perspectives to create a story that wouldn’t be vague, but could still end with  unexpected dark humor. Throughout the project, I wanted to use angles that would leave a lot out of frame, centering the actors in the 1st and 3rd columns of the camera grid, using the rule of thirds. I produced a few shots of the film, but sadly wasn’t there for the majority of it.

21st Century Skills

During production we were focused on creating team ideas and collaborating instead of having a tyrannical system, such as completed with our story and idea for our film, we all gave feedback and contributed to help our screenwriter refine his script. During production, I problem-solved and kept my mind open to create the best content with what I had to work with. For example, during production days when Leduc was gone, I didn’t know where a light bounce or diffuser was, so I positioned multiple lights at different settings to get a softer light at different angles.

The Film

Reactions to Final Version

On the panel, Everyone was complementary of my shot list and knowledge of cinematography, Michelle in particular said I had “good eye contact, good presenter, knew his content.” This was a nice review of my personal skills that I try to cultivate.

Evaluation of Final Version

Overall the final version was able to touch all points of the SUCCESs acronym, however it failed to solidly inhibit all the traits therefore the panel was confused by certain aspects, and didn’t fully grasp our purpose. The panel seemed most confused by our plot, and that was result of our lack of concrete, emotional, and story traits.

What I Learned and Problems I Solved

I learned a ton about time management and managing expectations. Throughout the project I needed to manage my expectations to create the best film possible, but not dwell on certain things that would just consume time.

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