Ranking the Assignments

1) Rhythmic Editing: I was a big fan of this assignment. The creative way of forming a pattern by editing a certain amount of frames at a time was an awesome idea. I really wish I had the opportunity to do this assignment again as I though that the final product evoked inspiration to do even more rhythmic edits.

2) Long Take: Probably the most fun we had in class. I love how fun it was to design, film, and edit this project. I really felt the working as a team dynamic of this assignment.

3) Cameraless Filmmaking: I felt that my creativity was unleashed on this assign. While at first I though it was basically the film studies equalivilent to arts and crafts, I really likes the final product. It’s as if the whole project relies on the filmmaker’s artistic “id” to create something that is extremely bizarre and cool. I really dug this assignment.

4) 48 Hour Video Race: Now this was just crazy. I loved how we had little time to conceive and execute this project. The small window of production inspired the type of creativity that thrives off of impulse. Even though in the end I would have preferred more time as I could of done a lot more with the project, I really appreciated the idea behind the assignment.

5) Multi-plane Animation: Stop animation was the only form of animation that I understood and enjoyed. Although it was a couple of hours of constantly moving an object not even an inch every couple of seconds, I enjoyed working with my group and the final product was terrific.

6) Found Footage: It was a cool assignment I guess, but I have already done something similar in my intro to editing class. Also since it was the last assignment, I was more preoccupied with other assignments in different classes.

6X1 Cont.

I thought that 6X1 was an extremely interesting class primarily because it gave us film students a chance to actually work with… film! I know the business is steadily changing in this regard but it was still an interesting experience none the less. Anyway, if there were to be an 6X1 part 2, I think I would try to invent new experiences working with film stock. I would embrace the cameraless filmmaking and long take animation experiences (maybe do something that combines the two together maybe?). Furthermore, I would continue with the rhythmic editing assignment, as it what perhaps the coolest thing we did (and it’s extremely simple to boot). Maybe we can combine stop-motion animation with the rhythmic edit and do something really crazy? I would also embrace shooting in 3D, as that was an assignment that had the potential to really be exciting only if we had more time.