Final Reflection
This class has brought an actual practice to all the
concepts I have talked about in other classes, it felt like a job on days that
we got to practice shots in class when I got to be a grip or gaffer. It made me
notice that I actually like the other jobs on set that I believed would be more
simple and boring. Gaffer is what I had the most fun with by trying to find
creative ways of using and blocking light while being efficient and safely.
On our viewing day, a fellow classmate talked about how
taking this class made them feel like they talked another language now; which
feels very true because I use so many more film terms now to describe what I’ve
done in the past and what I plan to do with future projects. I would definitely recommend this class, even
to people that are focused on editing because it gives perspective on how much
work and difficulty goes into producing footage for post-production.
Over all the best part of the course is working with other
on group projects. As an editor, I’ve
grown comfortable sitting in front of a computer for long hours just reviewing
tons of footage and I felt the reliance on others was going to be troublesome
to get some projects done. But it was
nice to become a team and try to figure out how to deal with unplanned problems
with improvisations.
I still want to focus my time on becoming an editor but I
now have such a higher appreciation the other jobs in the whole filming
process. I’ve invested in a DSLR camera
to continue this kind of work with as a personal hobby that could become an
addition to my own work that I do as an editor.
