Group Blog: A Group Made For Success

 It's the start of a new project and the task we have been assigned is to film a 2-minute opening sequence for a film. Previously for the last filming projects, we have worked on my group consisted of Willow Rivera, Lucia Rodriguez, and Jacob Pinero. Unfortunately for this filming task, Jacob will not be working in our group. This is due to personal matters of his own, but with this missing spot in our group, our first concern is who will fulfill his position. What was most important to me when establishing a group is to have a sense of comfort with your groupmates. This is to create a safe space to bounce ideas off with our group. Lucia suggested for another classmate of ours Mia Obritis work with us. At first, Willow and I were very hesitant about this suggestion for several reasons. For starters, there was a lack of comfort with working with Mia. There wasn't any bond or friendship and when the possibility for a conversation arose she didn't entertain it. This was an obstacle to overcome when settling our group. As a group, we discussed our concerns and have concluded and acknowledge the awkwardness but we hope that as the project progresses the awkwardness decreases. We spent most of today just conversating in an effort to get to know each other better. Mia is an amazing person who tends to be more introverted, and I'm excited to work with her. With a change of group figuring out who will be the actors, director, filmer, and editor are essential. For the most part, we stuck with roles we felt we had the most experience in. For instance, I am the designated filmer who will aid in the production process. Lucia and Willow are the actors, while Mia is the editor. Mia has the most familiarity with editing but in an attempt to boost my level of knowledge I will be helping her edit. Since this is a group assignment nobody is the "director". This is to allow everyone's opinion to hold the same weight.

Intro Blog: The Start of a New Chapter

 Hearing the news of a new filming project was nice to hear. personally, the process of filming, editing, and planning is fun too. Seeing your work start for the beginning and result in a piece of film you are proud of is exhilarating. The endless conversations on what would look good in the film and what wouldn't. It's all a process that I can't wait to experience again. For this new project, we will be filming a 2-minute opening sequence that includes a title scene. This is something I have never seen nor done before. Learning new things is always a pleasure and adding this to my skill set will be very beneficial. Making blogs on my thought process of filming a blog will aid in the development of my final task. It will be great to look back on what decisions made were altered or remained the same. Balancing the final task and club activities and work will definitely be a concern. Due to how time-consuming both of these activities can be proper time management is very important. When the time comes later in the production period aligning my schedule with the rest of my groupmates to not overlap will be important. Avoiding schedule issues allow our final task to be made smoothly and efficiently. Hopefully from this final task, I can substantially amount of filming knowledge to grow my level of proficiency. My plan is to take A-level Media studies next year. This assignment will give me experience for the filming assignment for next year's course. My goal is to improve my intelligence when it comes to the filming world. There are many improvements to come in the future. I can't wait to take you through this journey.