This is it!! The End...
After almost 2 months of working, I completed my Cambridge Portfolio Project and Film Opening. This project took up so much of my time, and I can't believe it's over. We were planning our scripts and coming up with our stories yesterday, and now it's all done.
Every shot. Every clip. Every blog. After 8 weeks of posting, it's all over. This project was not easy. Especially doing it by yourself. When I began filming my movie, it took me 2 days to have 2 good clips. But as time passed, I started to get the hang of it, and with help from my aunt, cousin, and mom, I managed to finish a project I initially thought would nearly be impossible.
One of the things that helped me the most was the blog schedules. Doing these 4 blogs every week helped me stay on schedule with the project and be able to finish everything without a time crunch. It also helped me develop ideas and gave me easy access to all my work if I needed to re-check something.
Another tool that helped me complete this project was the tripod my aunt let me borrow. This allowed me to film by myself and quickly get ahead in the filming process. Without it, I doubt the film would have turned out the way it did.
The most stressful part was the editing, as I had to sit next to my aunt for 2 hours as she revised every clip repeatedly to make them blend smoothly. Then, I started to do the corrections by myself and added the sounds, music, and effects. The Foley part is always fun; including it in my post-production was great!
However, the thing I liked the most about this project was the freedom we had with it. Everyone has a different work rate, so some will be done with some stuff faster. The fact that Mrs.Stoklosa decided not to be on top of us with the blogs and the production made the project much less stressful and allowed students to develop ideas and work at their own pace. Knowing that just because I was taking longer to begin production didn't mean I was behind really took off some of the pressure while working on this project.
This will likely be my last post for the assignment. I hope you enjoyed my blog as I documented my progress on the Cambridge Portfolio Project.
Keep in touch, and thanks for reading!
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