Assignment #1 = PWNED

We got our grades back for the first photography assignment. I got a 70! Colour me happy, because I was a little concerned by a couple of comments John had made during lectures. For whatever reason, I took his "people are leaving it until the last day" comments personally, since I kind of did. I literally selected, edited, and uploaded to BSP the day before the assignment was due. Of course, my reasons for this were to make sure that I had plenty of good photos to go from, but I still felt he was singling me out somehow. Paranoid, much?

And then, when he suggested that people had not gone into enough detail in their blogs ... well, let's just say that I suddenly panicked, and looked back at what I had written. And, I suppose he had a point, I probably could have done much more on the actual editing posts. Certainly I should have included screenshots of the DURING post-production process, which is what John mentioned in his critique. Silly, much?

Still, 70 = happy Lee.

The 10-second film is starting to dominate my idle thoughts. Whilst I am still planning on the 'ghosts' idea, I seem to get new ideas all the time. The latest one is a kind-of pastiche, a "How not to make a 10-second movie" movie, in which I dig at time-lapse, and boring movies. It will end with me saying "Ultimately, make sure you don't run out of ti", at which point the screen blacks out. It would be tricky to pull off, but I reckon I could do it.

That's the advantage of having my own camera, I guess. I am not tied to having just one day to shoot it. I do feel sorry for anyone who has t go through the University booking process, as they don't have anywhere near enough cameras for people. The last week before it is due in will be particularly amusing. Also, since I am now very comfortable with both Premiere and After-Effects, I can, as I did with the photography assignment, concentrate on getting good footage. If I can minimise my post-production again, then that surely has to be a good thing!