Almost last - Reflection Time

 “Dearest gentle reader,” - Bridgerton 

It is almost all over...Over eight weeks I have been working on this long, but exciting project. At first, it was something that I only thought to myself "How would I be able to accomplish it", but now as I look at every step of the way I see how every small piece makes an attribution to the final product. From the class lessons to the research done in my blogs, until put it all into practice during the production and post-production time. 

As I will be mentioning in my CCRs, this project allowed me to experience a different aspect of the media by doing the film opening. It has helped me to learn more about why a film opening looks a certain way or includes a certain shot such as a sequence of multiple close-ups. In the end, there is always a meaning within the production. For example, in my own production, the inclusion of the planet was a key element in portraying the contrast between our character's life and the situation happening on Earth, it all was connected to show a message and not explicitly tell it to the audience. Even having a blog dedicated to that specific scene shows how important it was and looking at the final result of the wide shot of the gas station presents the vision that we had and we took everything we knew to make it possible. 

In our process of production, we had some setbacks due to being in competition. However, even though our schedule changed a bit we still persevered and fixed it to be able to get it all done and have time for our CCRs as well. Moreover, the post-production was done by different people in the group. Although the main editor was Santi, we all took part in helping with the line edit or sound design. And it was all worth it to see our vision come to life. 

On the other hand, the CCRs were fun to film and at the end, I did an informational video about my film and a talk show kind of thing. I was able to do it all thanks to the help of some friends who took part in one of the videos and also super important to have a script that allowed me to keep track of the time and get to the end goal of answering all questions.