Final Update

So here it is... the final project update. I probably should mention that all the artist lectures are on my dynamic imaging blog. That being said, the project is finally done.

Elimination State from Celia Mitchell on Vimeo.

I put a lot of work into this piece, and regardless of the little tweaks and such i had to deal with along the way, I'm proud of the way it came out. I registered it on Withoutabox.com, and made it both in build folder and DVD form for the final. If there was one regret about this film it was that I wish I had A) gotten more footage and B) hand more time to film in the location so that the lighting wouldn't have been such a pain. Still, given that, the post-production work, I believe it came out rather nice. I'm happy to call it a finished piece.

A direction to go from here

At the beginning of this semester I wrote a rather headstrong manifesto, charging head-long into something that perhaps I was not totally prepared for. Yet, despite my rather overgrown ambition, I think something good has come of it.

If I had to say what direction I would take for the rest of my Junior and Senior year, I think (and hope) it will be in the things that I love the most... all those fantastical, filled with sarcastic humor, and just a little bit of a bitter punch. I want to create something a little ridiculous, but still something that's me. What I've struggled with all semester is producing stories that are interesting. That's something I want to work on with my work in the coming semesters, more than anything. And for once, I want to work on the pure substance and quality of piece over the break... making more than a piece that just fulfills the requirements due to time restraints. I have the beginnings of an idea I may want to use for my Senior project, but I'm hoping that I will find the motivation to come up with enough crazy to make it as awesome as I want it to be.

Update for 12-1-10

Okay, so I'm done on schedule with my movie. *Takes a brief moment to celebrate*

That being said, I've now taken a few minutes to really look back at the work I've done for the last two weeks and view the final product. The sound work I believe is actually pretty good. The cuts are much, much better. The color correction though... that still makes me cringe. Six hours later of sitting there with multiple windows open for references of other scenes while color correcting as much to a "T" as possible and there are still spots that make me want to throw my hands up in the air. There are some spots that are quite nice, and others that are clearly not. Matching the different sources of light together with different angles of shots has been a complete nightmare. That said, the obvious lesson taken away from this is to attempt to always film in the same light or try harder to make it appear as if it is the same light throughout.

In the end, considering where I started with this project and how much it's changed since then. I am quite pleased with the end result, as I hope others will be too.