Jun 4, 2018
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“Cracking into pieces”
Experimental Filmmaking Mastery Vlog On Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ofqk5IRJ2A
4.3 Mastery Blog Assignment: Month 5 – Experimental Filmmaking
Experimental Filmmaking exceeded my expectations. Not only was the content of the class very interesting, but also its workload was quite challenging. It’s easy to consider my completion of month five as a milestone in my journey to mastering film production. The three expectations that I made for this class, during month one, were to learn about creative and innovative ways to make a film, learn as to why thinking outside of the box is helpful with film production, and to have my film selected for thesis. For the first two of my expectations, I can absolutely say that I am walking away from this class with a better knowledge of filmmaking. No matter how formulaic the “Hollywood machine” appears to be, filmmakers (young and old) are always looking for new and exciting ways to tell a story. I truly enjoyed going through the history of experimental filmmaking, as well as discussing the future of our industry’s process of storytelling. Additionally, this past month’s workload was much more than I expected. It was a challenge to juggle the many assignments and participation requirements, but it was not too much to handle. Rather, I welcomed the challenge. It presented the opportunity to practice time management, delegation and organization. I also discovered that it is okay to say “no”. A major part of proper time management is to know whether or not you have room on your plate for more work. If a peer asks for my help with a project, my instinct is to offer my services to him or her. However, if I know that I already have plenty to do with other projects, I must say “no” to more work, no matter how much I want to help. Lastly, I was very humbled to meet my third expectation of having my film selected for thesis. I worked very hard for the two scripts I pitched for thesis, as a director for both. Also, I received a lot of help from instructors and would not have been as prepared as I was, without their help. Additionally, two of my fellow classmates worked with me to prepare one of the scripts to be pitched. In the end, my own script was selected and I couldn’t be more thankful. I’m very excited to begin working on it with my fellow classmates and I can’t wait to see the final product, in just a few short months.
Mastery Journal Month 5
For this month’s class, Experimental Filmmaking, I had a lot of fun. Throughout my whole school career, I was taught that the only films that you should be making is narrative films, so it was refreshing to be able to step away from a formal structure and experiment with different methods of storytelling.
I was able to create something that I wanted and was encourage to think outside the box. To me this was very exciting. I was also able to help with other classmates projects and see how they think and what they feel is the right method to doing things. In the future I’m going to remember to use the methods I learned in this class and put it towards my future projects. I’ve learned that everything we write in the script must have a greater meaning. We need symbols, signs, outcomes for everything. Never write something just to kill time. I have more respect for certain films now and look forward to applying the things I learned from JP towards my work.
I also learned that not everyone is going to understand or like your film, and that’s okay. Some things are not for everyone. You want to have the audience ask questions. You want them to come up with the answers. You want them to over analyze. To me film isn’t just a entertainment medium. It’s a chance to open up topics that can be hard to face. Documentaries are a good example of this method. Filmmakers that choose to make documentaries are not only trying to make money, but they are trying to spread a message. Inform and educate the public on issues that need to be address. I feel my writing will become greater and more in depth because of this. I’m going to start asking the hard questions. I’m going to make my audience think.
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Psalm 19:14 Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart Be acceptable in Your sight, O LORD, my rock and my Redeemer.
Philippians 4:8 Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, dwell on these things.
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