When first getting assigned this project, it felt quite daunting to be honest. A tight deadline, a video, new people, acting, script writing, and filming. A lot of unknowns and things I hadn’t done before. But, after I was assigned my group, Liz and Dean, I felt more confident. They both had such good energy throughout the whole project.
We later found out what our three video prompts were, and soon after, quickly had many ideas for the plot of the video. Everyone was very “yes-and” which helped a lot. After day one, we already felt like we could start our story board.
On day two, we set to nail down our plot and get approval of our storyboard. Collectively we liked what story we had written out but we knew it was lacking in clarity and meaning. Here I helped translate feedback that we got from Bliss to Liz and Dean explaining that what we have is good, but in certain areas, the plot lacked clarity of meaning. After working at it for another couple hours, we figured out how to make the story ‘make sense’ but also have an edge.
After we finished our story board and received approval from the instructors, we did a full day of filming. Dean ran the cameras, lighting , and directing while Liz was the lead actor, and I played the small roles of the hair dresser and announcer. Since Liz graciously took the lead acting role, which we all knew she would absolutely kill even though it was daunting, it really lifted the weight off of everyone and we worked very well as a team, each playing our roles very well. I believe the final product reflected our effective communication, delegation, and selfless attitude as a team. I would 100% make another movie with my team.