1.) Films aren’t finished, they are slowly abandoned. 2.) Films are not made, they are discovered. What did you have to leave behind this semester? What did you find instead?
This semester I definitely had to leave behind my scars film. Starting too late and not fully grasping the mechanics of After Effects position keyframes I ended up looking like a goof and the film royally sucked. I'll take something from that, but I really caught my stride around the loading screen. Many billionaires of the world (Steve Jobs would agree) that at the age of 22 you should be sharpening your strong points rather than strengthening your weaknesses, at any age over puberty you need to be the best at one or two things and "good enough" at every other thing. A big lie that we're told by our parents is that we can become anything, this really is untrue and we need to set ourselves up for success rather than strive to be something impossible, for example the first man on Mars (even if you were the most qualified, there are biological constraints and the fact that Mars probably won't be visited in our lifetimes due to fiscal and political reasons). A point guard in the NBA is another example of something NOT to strive for. That's why I've already set my sights on being a copywriter. There are a lot of things that I'm good at, only one or two at which I'm great, I want to focus on those two.
As we're now working on the final film I'm both nervous and excited, I'm making strides but it's an extremely slow and tedious process. I'm doing my best to manage time well to complete the work, or at least "abandon" it in a good place.
Signing Off.
Thanks.
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