Final for Semester 2

Pre-Production 

So I was gone for most of the beginning work of this project. I was assigned to Trey, Mackenzie, and Libby's group. By the time I came back they had already decided the story. My main role I played in preproduction was working on the story board. We spent most of the first block day working on this along with planning out where we would go to film. 

Idea 

So the idea for this project was based off of a former video, Trapped. We made our current video as a squeal to that video. The plot was basically that there is a series of different experiments going on and our current main character is going through the most recent one. The most important point was the cube which was a symbol of the illusion. 

Editing 

The editing process was probably the hardest part for me. I didn't get all the clips or the voice overs so I had to compromise by changing up the sequence of the story. I made the scene with the scientists the opening. After he went through the scientists he went through a serious of tests and realized this was a test when he touched the cube and had a flash back. I think I could have done better with the editing if I had been there for the filming. Unfortunately my schedule conflicted with the changed filming date so I had to work with the shots that had been pre-filmed. 

Problems I faced 

I didn't have any problems with my group members. They were all very productive and helped in their own different ways. Technology wasn't an issue this time around either. The only thing I really struggled with would have to be getting my shots make sense since I didn't have all of them. Even with that problem I was able to make a decent video by changing up the sequence to make it flow better for me. 

What I learned

I think the most important thing I realized after this final project is the importance of being present for all meetings. If i had been there for the beginning I could have been more involved and helped more. Especially with filming, if i had been there I know we would have gotten many more close-ups and this would have broken up the shots much better. 

Overall I really enjoyed Video and I will miss it greatly when I can't take it next year. If I could take this class again I definitely would. I bet my class will go on and make some amazing stuff because overall I think the entire class is very talented. I will do my best to help support the ecoom program from the Graphic Design section. Good luck to all of the people who continue with different strands.