Once I heard that someone else would film our movie and we could edit when I came back, relieved some stress but that relaxation was short lived. After seeing the footage and not seeing how it would make the film that I had imagined, I became worried. The shots we needed were not there and I didn't see how the story could still be told. At first we tried to be creative and come up with a way to still finish but it was nearly hopeless. To make it work we would still need to film much more and we simply did not have the time to get it done. That leaves us where we are now, with a new project in mind.
Although we will not be able to show a film at CAP Hollywood, we will be making the nomination videos and a short "turn off your cell phone" video to show before the event. This allows us to still have a part in the show even if we cannot finish our film. It is disappointing to not see my story come alive visually but it is also a relief after going through the footage and attempting to edit a film that would never live up to what I had wanted. I am sorry that the rest of my group stressed to get the filming done and did their best to get shots but won't have anything to show for it. At least we can now look forward to being creative in a new way and still have something to work on. I have already created a shot list for our nomination videos and hope to begin filming right away. I also have a few ideas for the cell phone video but will likely work on it outside of class. We will still have plenty to do, just not a short film unfortunately.
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