Summary of Portfolio Project

 This project has been quite the experience. I feel like I learned a lot from this project solely due to the fact that it forced us out of our comfort zone and made us adapt to our situation because if we didn't then the end result would not be good. At the start of this project, I thought I had plenty of time to do everything, and I actually thought I would be done way before the due date, but it is safe to say that this project grabbed me and my whole group by surprise and proved itself to be very time-consuming.

Not everything in life comes easy and some of the small things will force you to take a course of action that will prove to be very unpleasant. An example of this can be seen with my group's dilemma during the bathroom scene. We were presented with a lot of roadblocks during production, but the majority were due to the bathroom scene. Some of the setbacks of the bathroom scene were that Adriana had guests over, so we had to reshoot it in a completely different bathroom, and the camera kept over-exposing the shot, which led to it being unusable. This experience taught us to keep pushing through it all and to be patient.

Editing took way longer than originally thought. Thankfully, I got the hang of it and was able to teach my peers how to do certain things and what not and I also learnt how to do and make certain effects via tutorials on YouTube. Filming also took way longer than expected, mainly due to all the refilling and postponing that was done. We had a minor problem with the camera, and it over-exposing shots that made us have to refilm many times. We then found out it was a problem with the ISO, we then fixed it and proceeded as needed. 

Editing took ages to do, we spent long hours editing at home and when we would meet up. Before this project, we had very minimal experience in editing so this forced us to learn via tutorials or trial and error. I can confidently say that all of our editing skills exponentially grew, thanks to this project. 

This project proved to be very time-consuming and made us spend long nights working on it, but it proved to be worthwhile. We created something that we were all impressed and proud of, but it goes beyond this because it helped us connect with each other and build on our friendship. Spending long stressful hours with each other, making jokes, sharing life stories all these things made this project so much fun to do. It seems like a coincidence how the film that we chose to do kind of reflects on the stage of life that we are currently in. This project has proven to be a sort of oxymoron as it has been painfully annoying and exhausting to work on, yet it has been very pleasant and memorable at the same time.

It is safe to say that this project will be something that I will cherish for the rest of my life. I just hope you enjoy it as much as I have.