Final Reflection
These last 8 weeks, I have been carefully putting together my project from the bottom up. It started as a project that I took somewhat lightly and became something that I can look back upon and smile. Me and my partner went through many ideas trying to design a suitable film opening and we also went through a whole ton of ideas for CCR's.
This project helped me develop a more thorough understanding of the media sphere, as well as planning, shot angles and how they work to develop meaning, how to work in a crammed time sequence, and overall developed and honed my skills and knowledge. At the start of this project, I wouldn't say that I was particularly confident or knowledgeable on some specific aspects of film development such as shot usage or intentional hints. By the end, I felt that my film opening has helped me refine my knowledge and understanding of certain aspects especially the ones I mentioned above.
I learned how to research different topics on a more deeper way than before. Additionally, prior to this project, I actually had zero experience filming anything important. Due to that, I was extremely nervous and I thought that this would end up going off rails or even worse submitting a slop of a project. But contrary to this, I would say that I am happy with how the finished product turned out and I also want to give a special thanks to everyone that assisted me with the creation of Andres' and my work.
Editing this project was another milestone I learned to overcome and become better at. At the start, my editing skills were nowhere near to where they are now, and that is because all of the editing me and Andres have been doing helped me familiarize myself with various editing platforms, especially clipchamp.
Reflecting was also an important part of this project. CCR's helped me think about my thinking process, or metacognitive thinking. This process is a very valuable skill that I would likely hold for the rest of my life and this project forced me to improve it. CCR's also gave me the opportunity to fix any potential mistakes or errors before or after they were committed. This was possible because I tried to reflect on how and why I did certain actions and why they worked or not.
Once again big thanks to everyone who took their time to help me and Andres and I really enjoyed this journey.
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