Final Reflection

 The time has come!

    I have finally finished editing my Creative Critical Reflections which means that I have completed this 8 week long Portfolio Project. I have a lot of thoughts about this project now that I have finished, that I will be sharing in this blog post.

    To begin, I will say that I am so excited to be done with this project, because of the stress it has caused me, especially these last couple of days rushing to get everything completed in time. I have a difficult time in general with long projects because of my time management so it was somewhat difficult for me to finish this project. In the long run though, I have come to appreciate these last 8 weeks because I have never created something like this before. I am so proud of how far I have come from the beginning of this project or even the beginning of this class.

    I would normally sit here and say that I hate time consuming projects but this project isn't like any other. Normally, I try my best on school projects for the grade and praise, but with this project I genuinely enjoyed coming up with ideas because it was based on what I wanted to do not just what I was assigned to do. It was a journey of navigating through different visions, shots, angles, audio, lighting, and editing. I could go into everything I learned but it would take me forever and I want to show you my personal experience, not just what everyone else completing this project has learned from it.

    I am not going to lie and say I had the most amazing time throughout the entire process, but I will say I learned more about myself by the end of it. To be completely honest, my time management skills aren't the best but this project has made me learn how to stick to a schedule. If my partner and I hadn't made a schedule to begin with we would be all over the place. I would most likely procrastinate this process and turn it from an 8 week process into an 11 week one. 

    I have always been a perfectionist, and with this project it has made me realize it even more because I spent hours focusing on little details that most people probably wouldn't even recognize. However, it has made me even more proud of the work I have accomplished because I know how long this project has taken not only me but my partner as well. 

    To go more into depth about the relationship of my partner and I, we had a great time in the beginning brainstorming ideas, making things look pretty on Canva like our vision boards for our characters or the Production Company logo with a specific effect we liked on it. However, the more time we spent on this project, we realized this wasn't a film class. This project isn't about who is going to make the perfect film opening it is about learning and creating a film opening with full freedom to express your own ideas and edit them as such. 

     Though this Portfolio project was stressful for me, that isn't anything new coming from me because I tend to get anxious with big tasks like this. I really did enjoy this project, it was an eye opening experience into the filmmaking process and made me appreciate filmmakers and notice specific details in films that I wouldn't have previous to this project. Now that I have finished everything for this project I can't wait to share it with you!