Having hated group work in high school, I feared that the collaboration so vital to the film world would be an issue for me. After taking this class however, I have grown tremendously in the confidence I have in my abilities to organize and work with people. I have strengthened my work ethic and have improved my organization overall, which I've found is increasingly important when you're managing the schedules and responsibilities of others as well. I learned about myself as a filmmaker that I enjoy just going to a location with my camera and seeing what I can make out of it as a cinematography/editing exercise. I also discovered that the people you work with has a tremendous effect on the final product, and I've been thankful not to have any group catastrophes and to have had four happy working experiences with every group in this course.
I was really interested in seeing a lot of the films playing at Cucalorus - particularly ones like Princess Cyd, Mr. Roosevelt, Porcupine Lake , and Life as Zucchini . Unfortunately I found the process of attending them very difficult. While being significantly outside of the price range I have to spare every month, when I did indeed hand over the amount required to buy tickets on the first floor of Thalian - as soon as I made it to the second floor I was told that the theater was filled to its fire safety capacity and I wouldn’t be allowed in. I understand that fire codes must be respected and they’re doing their job to ensure the safety of everyone in the theater, but I have to admit it was disappointing to have to walk back downstairs and drive all the way home, having lost the gas to get there and back, and having to miss out on the plans I refused in order to go to the festival without actually getting to see the film. The first time this happened I just resolved to go the next d...
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