Saturday, March 22, 2025

Final Reflection

Hi blog!

This is my final reflection on the entire film opening project, from the first research blogs, through the production of Airball, to the creation of my CCRs. 

When we first started, I was convinced we'd be making a thriller about a few boys stranded in the middle of the woods with a broken car. I researched some suspenseful openings like Se7en and The Dark Knight, but after valuable feedback from a group meeting and from my teacher, we pivoted towards doing a sports comedy, Airball. This taught my early on that filmmaking demands being flexible and open to change.


Throughout this process, the biggest lesson was about how much of filmmaking is about creatively solving problems. We faced many challenges like not being able to film in the school gym, having to adapt to filming in an LA Fitness, and fixing audio quality issues. 

I think our film successfully captured some aspects of genuine humor, struggles, and dialogue of the teen experience; even despite not having the best actors. I think particularly JD's internal battle of being under his brother's shadow was conveyed well. There were definitely areas to improve, especially technical aspects and shot composition, but overall I'm happy with how the storytelling turned out.

Documenting my journey on this blog was extremely valuable. Writing reflections regularly forced me to think about my own thought process and decisions and deepened my understanding of filmmaking through research posts.

Creating my CCRs was also a highlight, for questions 1 and 2 I produced an enhanced podcast with engaging dialogue, a fake ad, and soundbites from our film. For question 3 and 4, I created a search history style reflection that allowed me to answer the questions in a creative way while demonstrating my growth in editing. 

Overall, this project was incredibly rewarding with my confidence in filmmaking growing significantly as I realize that there's so much more than what's just on the surface.

Thanks for following along with me on this journey!

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