This project was a rollercoaster, both during the process of completion and after the entire thing was finished. I had a lot of things that I could've done better, as well as various things that I think I did well over the course of the project. There were some things that I would've taken out or added, and some of them didn't even make it into the CCR, because I was strapped for time answering the questions provided. Overall I think that the project was something that was extremely stressful because of the way I worked, and in the future, I would probably change my work strategy to better achieve the goal of the project.
One word: Procrastination. I will not lie, there were various times where I got distracted or sidetracked, such as the incidents with the camera and various dives into music to support the piece aesthetically and from a sound perspective. I did end up 'finishing' everything before the day, but still wanted to fine-tune some things or make some aspects of the project better. Procrastination was probably my biggest challenge with the project, although it didn't drastically affect my workflow, since everything was done in time and was prepared in advance.
Other struggles I had with the project included reshoots, which were difficult to do because I had to match audio and visuals for different days, as well as general camera movements, so the style of the piece didn't change in any way. I was also struggling a bit with time since most of my footage was taken in excess, which meant I was over the time constraints given for the project during most of the editing process. It didn't help that the film opening was constantly going through changes, even during production, as I tried to figure out where various pieces of the opening would fit. This meant that filming on the day was difficult, and I ended up needing to reshoot a few scenes.
My final struggle was with the CCR as a whole. Although I did end up using footage from movies that inspired my choices, as it related to the current thing I was discussing, the CCR still felt a little bland, mostly due to the specific responses I gave, which didn't offer much personality and got straight to the point in the analysis. This made the CCR feel a bit more sluggish and boring, something I couldn't quite fix as other tasks took my full attention.
However, there were a few good things I can take away from the project that provided me with various improvements to my abilities. The first was editing. This year, most of my editing has been basic, and in group projects, I have been responsible primarily with writing and aesthetics. This project was one of the few where I exclusively edited the project, and my skills with iMovie improved and I began to enhance my technique in that field, specifically with sound, since most of the voice lines used in the piece were taken from cuts that didn't end up matching on film, but had better dialogue prompts.
Overall, I think this project has been an experience, something that I would do a million different ways if I could go back, but a huge learning experience to showcase things that I learned or am still learning as I continue to develop my skills.
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