Nonsensical Ramblings of a Scary Muffin

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1-4all, and all for A4 - Saturday, March 26, 2005 at 1:43 p.m.

Before I do my final reflection, let's talk A4 shall we? My group rocks, period. Props to Amanda, Anita, Ilia, and, of course, our wonderful director Nadia. It is hard, I must admit, being the only guy in the group. Gender inequality is a hard thing to overcome and I constantly feel that I must make myself useful in some way while never quite achieving that covenant spot of power. I'm joking of course, usually gender inequality implies the opposite and besides, as I said before, my group rocks.

We've finished the main body of our filming last Sunday (since Ilia and Amanda are disappearing at the most oppurtune times, that being completely opposite of each other) and now all that remains is animation (my job! Click here to see some animations that I've done about two years ago), stock footage taking, and editing. My greatest fear is the five minute mark, as I would absolutely love to break it. Roy told me that it is very difficult to make a good five minute movie and I would have to agree. But my agreement is only based on my experiences with filming back in grade 6 (which turned out miserably, by the way. The only "C" of my life) More recent experiences with filming, including that of sketch comedy making, and A4 has shown me that people have grown up and technology has become easier to use. I feel that five minutes is nothing now. We have so much information and so many ideas to show (off) to the class. More importantly, I really want that blooper reel. But of course, time is an issue especially if the entire class is to see all the films. For the future, I propose a different system, post all the films up on webct or something similar to how all our blog pages are up for everyone else to see. Then have people vote on the films, say...make it a requirement for people to cast votes for their 5 favourites. Then only play the best films in class. This way, not only will the entire class (including those who like to avoid the lecture hall) have a chance to see the films, but the time limit can be increase (almost doubled if necessary!).

Still, I have a good feeling about this assignment. The entire process has been fun and it is great to be animating again, although there isn't much demand for it. Storyboarding the assignment was cool too. I've always wanted to do something like that. I look forward to the final product as well as what others have created.
- Cheers,
MrScaryMuffin

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