Final Reflections

As a filmmaker, I am so glad I took 302 experimental over narrative and documentary. I love having free range over whatever I make. The biggest worry I have is not pushing myself to create when no one is giving me at least some parameters to work in. I still worry about how my films are perceived as far as "professional" looks, but I'm still gonna push myself to try and let that go - just keep making whatever it is that I want to make. Doing an installation was incredibly eye opening. That is never something I would have ever thought to have done with film or any other art form, but I had a fully fleshed out idea before we had finished reading the assignment criteria in class. Now knowing what goes into one, I feel like I could potentially make the one I was envisioning. It feels much more tangible. For me it's just a matter of funding, but I am NOT gonna worry about it or let that stop me. The class collaboration project showed me the potential fun and creative value of collaborating for abstract pieces. Between that and the installations the idea to focus on sound was further instilled in me. And I apparently don't really mind self-portraits cause I'm generally not shy about stuff happening in my life. I think a challenge for myself would be to find something that I really don't tell others about, something that to see on film would be shocking to the people that really know me. I'm not sure why but I just thought about going through my old dream journal and making shorts out of my old dreams. The creativity is flowing! And I really do think I have this class to thank for it. I was opened up to so many possibilities of what film can be that I would never have thought of otherwise.