5/12/14 - Reflection and Evaluation

For my project, I don't think it really required too much critical thinking. The most critical thinking I had to do in the whole process was writing the paper because I'm not a very good writer, (as my grade shows), and the capstone paper intimidated me. However, I am very good at communicating, therefore, I used that skill to find my mentor, Amit Botadkar, who is a freelance videographer. With his help, we collaborated on a short film for my physical project. I very much loved the fact that he wasn't going to intervene very much since he wanted me to feel like it was my work. I also loved that when he did intervene, it enhanced the video. This project definitely brought out the creativity in me because creativity is something very crucial to film. It's what makes the audience crave your work more.

Personally, i gained a lot of experience with film making. I started as someone who only had imagination, and through this project, I became someone who turned that imagination into a video. I learned that there are 3 basic and crucial steps to any film: pre-production, production, and post-production. I didn't learn much socially except for maybe the part where I met my mentor and because friends with him. However, intellectually, I learned how much television can really affect a person starting at a young age, and leaving a lasting effect.

One of the two challenges I faced was the paper itself. As mentioned above, it intimidated me. I was never that great of a writer and now I had to write a paper of such great caliber. Although I've had to write research papers before, this one really did scare me because it was something that would determine whether or not I move on or not. The second challenge was how to make my video. I was very concerned with what I wanted, and how I was going to achieve it. I wanted my video to be creative and meaningful, happy but also hit the heart. As I am writing this now, my video has already gone through all 3 stages of a film, and is up on Youtube.