ONW Procedures
Concept
Our original concept was based around how to behave in the hallways and what rules to abide by; this swiftly changed as it was being utilized by a separate team. We then settled on a broad idea: Raven 50. We kept our statement vague to begin with so we would have more options to choose from. Our final topic resulted in being limitations of eating spaces. Specifically, the eating restrictions for carpeted areas.
Process
Storyboarding was a hectic process, as we were all rather unorganized. A certain chaotic energy fell over us as we scrambled to share our ideas. One idea transformed into another, and then another. Occasionally, the most inane, impossible idea would eat up our time as we actually considered said concept. Storyboarding bled into all of our other tasks; deciding roles, setting up shots, location scouting, and cast list. Once we finalized our storyboard-- a melodramatic explanation including beloved classmate Alex Pauli tumbling onto his butt along with handfuls of greasy popcorn-- we were ready to begin filming.
Half of the crew was absent our first day of filming. It was disastrous. The footage was a wreck, the content couldn't fill up the time frame, and there were actors in the film we never concretely cast. The decision was made to re-film everything. Time was decidedly not on our side, as we had to rush to film everything in a mere 25 minutes. Editing went smoothly and presentation day swiftly arrived.
Role
I worked alongside Layne Renfrow, practically sharing the role as director. I ended up storyboarding, directing, and editing. Throughout the whole process I finally learned how to crop ( albeit was after I presented ), I also got to educate myself on color-correcting. I like to believe I embodied the leadership role rather well, as did Layne, and I'm proud to say my team worked wonderfully together. Though, if I could change anything I'd be more time efficient. The time crunch taught us how to effectively film in a short span, but the final product would have improved had we not wasted time. At the end of it all, I'm excited to utilize what I learned the next time I edit.
Conclusions
Layne was a wonderful director, Alex was full of creative insight, and Ava was insanely cooperative. I adore my team and I hope to work with them again on larger projects.
