Reflection

 Well everyone, I did it, I made it to the end. Just kiddinggg (kinda). For this post, im going to be talking about my personal thoughts on the project, so be prepared cause I have a lot. I am currently writing this blog in Texas, cause it is my spring break, so let's get through this so I can go to bed. ( I had to leave at 3:30 for the airport, I am exhausted).

  So in order to get my full opinion on the project, we need to go allll the way back to August of 2024, when I found out this was going to be part of my cambridge exam. I kid you not, it almost made me drop out of the class. I know what you're thinking " Oh she probably doesn't like being on video or working with technology". NOPE, I just despise editing that much that it would make me drop out of a class. Funny enough i'm a dancer, so I love being on camera and being the center of attention, but that's just my personality. However, when I told my parents I was going to drop they weren't very fond of this idea. "This isn't a valid reason to drop a class." LIKE LITERALLY YES IT IS, but whatever, obviously they forced me to stay otherwise this blog would be non-existant.

  From September to December I honestly just tried to push the project to the back of my mind in hopes it would just magically disappear. Low and behold that did not happen, but it's okay. In January my instructor annouced we would begin to work on the project and we had eight weeks to complete it. We had the option of working alone or in a group up to four people. Being in Aice Media actually allowed for me to connect to one of my friends from my childhood, and her name is Simona, and we decided we would tackle this project together.

  I remember the day when Simona came in to class and practically screamed she had the perfect idea for the project. She expressed how she wanted to do a psychological horror about how a women murders her husband. Now to be honest, I was not completely on board. Personally, I hate horror, I will proudly admit I am a wimp and cannot watch it, so I didn't have a whole lot of background knowledge of the genre. Simona however, knew a lot as she loves horror, so she gave me a basic run down of everything I needed to know, and I did some other research to make myself more knowledgable. 

  From here on we decided to divide and conquer, I immediately told her how I absoluteley did not want to have a major role in the editing process. I could give my opinions on it, but if I was going to edit I would have to find someone else. She said she could handle it, and since it was her idea she wanted to be the one to put it all together. So we put my skills to work more of in the behind the scenes. All of the mise-en-scene you will see, that was all me. From deciding the characters costume to her hair and makeup, as well as finding locations. Honestly, I really enjoyed it, more than I thought I would. I think if I would've had to work with the technology portions, this would have been a completely different story. This project taught me a lot on how to manage time, and honestly bring out a bit of my creative side. 

  As for the CCR part, I didn't really care for it. I was very much dreading the editing, but I thought filming them was pretty okay. Like I said, I like being on camera so I found that entertaining. Deciding which two media options I was going to do was pretty easy. Literally the editing was the worst part and I never want to do it again, so I can't complain too much.

  Overall, I learned a lot. One, that going into film making as a career is definitely not for me, perhaps something more center spot light, but probably not. Also, how much effort it takes to create a short film, let alone a whole two hour movie. It opened my eyes to how hard these people work and how simple others assume their job is and when in reality it is not. If you fall behind by a week, there can be major complications. HOWEVER, this project I am 99% confident is the reason I had to get blue light glasses cause I started getting headaches for how long I was staring at my laptop, either that or my screen time cause that's uh, concerning. Let alone, I had a fun time and definitely learned stuff, and I am lowkey happy I stayed in the class, even though I complain about it a lot.