Working up to the final presentation I was getting really stressed out. I had a few pretty late nights trying to get everything finished. It seemed that everything had suddenly just been piled on and that came as a bit of a shock. I was really worried that I was not going to get everything finished in time and was concentrating more on that than the actual presentation.
I am terrible at public speaking and being a very self-conscious person I get very nervous and easily embarrassed. I was quite glad that there were only 4 other people, in addition to 2 tutors, that would be watching me. I also knew at least 3 of the people.
Because I had been concentrating on getting all of the necessary work finished I wasn't really prepared for my presentation. I had a few things written down as bullet points pretty soon before it and therefore had to basically think of it on the spot.
I chose the reverse cinema project to present because it was definitely my favourite assignment and also the one that I've felt the most involved in which made it easier to talk about. I was the first person in my group to talk and therefore didn't have any example to follow. I wasn't really sure how to start so I basically just started talking. I wasn't sure if I was saying the correct things because at the beginning at least one of the 2 tutors wasn't looking at me. But the only thing I could do was keep talking.
Overall I think it went better than I thought it would and it was a huge relief to have gotten it done, but I'm still very nervous about what everyone else thought about it. I was able to answer all but one of the questions at the end although again I'm not sure if I was giving the correct answers. I was also given some advice from the tutors which I will definitely take into account and try to follow for the next semester.
It's a huge weight off my shoulders now that it is finished and I'm happy to be able to say that I was able to give the presentation, and hopefully to a reasonable standard.
Friday, June 18, 2010
Saturday, June 12, 2010
Work
The poster took a lot longer to do then it should have, because I kept trying specific things that took up time and then most of them I decided not to use them.
I have heaps of work left to do, I'm not really sure of the order in which to do it all. I'm really worried about it all, and I'm wondering if I'm going to get it all finished.
I have heaps of work left to do, I'm not really sure of the order in which to do it all. I'm really worried about it all, and I'm wondering if I'm going to get it all finished.
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Poster
I hate this poster! I spent I'd say literally over an hour trying to do some little detail for it. In the end it didn't really work, which is to say, I didn't like it. Such a waste of time....
Sunday, June 6, 2010
Photos
Here's a few photos that I took to use in our movie. We ended up not using them because we had to make the scene, in which they would have be
en used, shorter. They're photos of what w
as the murder weapon, taken to look like it was at a crime scene. The blood was made with food colouring and water, and is actually quite difficult to get off your hands : ), it also now looks like there are blood stains on my garage floor : ).
Friday, June 4, 2010
Update and reflection
I'd completely forgotten to do some posts during most of this project so here is an update but also a reflection and description on what has happened so far.
With being permitted to film only in the 48 hours of Wednesday and Thursday, we had a lot of time for planning. We did this thoroughly, and changed, expanded and developed our ideas many times. Our genre was crime/detective but we found it hard to keep the subject of our ideas within that genre and most of them were veering more toward horror, rather than simply just crime. After a couple of days of this we were allowed to change our idea to thriller, as there was already a group doing horror but thriller was free just for us.
Eventually we settled on an idea and story that we all agreed on, as well as characters, character names and a title name. When planning all of these things, I believe that all four of us contributed equally.
On one of the days of planning, the four of us went to look for props. We walked up to K road, and then all the way down Queen street to the shops opposite Britomart, also checking shops on the way down, looking for our props. On they way back to the Tower, we looked on the other side of Queen street. Apart from buying one thing, the entire journey was a complete waste of time, although thanks to Yuta we each got a sample, albeit a small sample, of really expensive ice-cream : ).
On Tuesday evening we booked our equipment, and being first we were lucky enough to get two cameras. Earlier we had also managed to get a microphone and one of the pole thingys(I don't know the technical word for this : )) to attach it to. We were due to start filming on Wednesday morning, and seriously what a terrible morning we had.
Check 'event no. 4' in the events blog for more details. Though in short: we were wanting to film in Zoe's apartment in the Wellesley Student Apartment building, told we couldn't, got pissed off, went to James, and eventually, after much wasted time, got it sorted out which involved having to succumb to writing a letter.
We had to get our filming done as quickly as possible, because some of our actors were leaving the next day. We had decided to use people outside of our class as actors, because we thought that if we used ourselves it might draw people away from the actual movie, seeing people that we know. I think we made a good choice in doing that, and it also meant that we were able to work behind the cameras more easily.
We managed to get all of our filming done by Thursday night, and also started some editing. Overall, I enjoyed the experience and even though there were some stressful times, there was also a lot of fun. The four of us worked really well together, we all contributed equally in our own ways and I really enjoyed working with the 3 of them.
Our movie was finished enough to be able to show it to the class and I think that all four of us were quite pleased with the result, although the projector made it look a lot darker than it was which meant not all of it could be seen. I think that all of us had the same favourite scene, which was the stabbing scene. It worked really well and looked frighteningly real. It was also really interesting to see all of the other groups movies.
With being permitted to film only in the 48 hours of Wednesday and Thursday, we had a lot of time for planning. We did this thoroughly, and changed, expanded and developed our ideas many times. Our genre was crime/detective but we found it hard to keep the subject of our ideas within that genre and most of them were veering more toward horror, rather than simply just crime. After a couple of days of this we were allowed to change our idea to thriller, as there was already a group doing horror but thriller was free just for us.
Eventually we settled on an idea and story that we all agreed on, as well as characters, character names and a title name. When planning all of these things, I believe that all four of us contributed equally.
On one of the days of planning, the four of us went to look for props. We walked up to K road, and then all the way down Queen street to the shops opposite Britomart, also checking shops on the way down, looking for our props. On they way back to the Tower, we looked on the other side of Queen street. Apart from buying one thing, the entire journey was a complete waste of time, although thanks to Yuta we each got a sample, albeit a small sample, of really expensive ice-cream : ).
On Tuesday evening we booked our equipment, and being first we were lucky enough to get two cameras. Earlier we had also managed to get a microphone and one of the pole thingys(I don't know the technical word for this : )) to attach it to. We were due to start filming on Wednesday morning, and seriously what a terrible morning we had.
Check 'event no. 4' in the events blog for more details. Though in short: we were wanting to film in Zoe's apartment in the Wellesley Student Apartment building, told we couldn't, got pissed off, went to James, and eventually, after much wasted time, got it sorted out which involved having to succumb to writing a letter.
We had to get our filming done as quickly as possible, because some of our actors were leaving the next day. We had decided to use people outside of our class as actors, because we thought that if we used ourselves it might draw people away from the actual movie, seeing people that we know. I think we made a good choice in doing that, and it also meant that we were able to work behind the cameras more easily.
We managed to get all of our filming done by Thursday night, and also started some editing. Overall, I enjoyed the experience and even though there were some stressful times, there was also a lot of fun. The four of us worked really well together, we all contributed equally in our own ways and I really enjoyed working with the 3 of them.
Our movie was finished enough to be able to show it to the class and I think that all four of us were quite pleased with the result, although the projector made it look a lot darker than it was which meant not all of it could be seen. I think that all of us had the same favourite scene, which was the stabbing scene. It worked really well and looked frighteningly real. It was also really interesting to see all of the other groups movies.
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