6by1 Ratings

1=most fav. __ 48 hour video race. I really liked this particular project, because it gave me alot of freedom to create whatever sort of film I wanted. Working independently I found that I could really go deeper with my ideas, to find out what I really wanted to make. The limit of having the one weekend to produce it put me under pressure and forced me to work efficiently. I found myself playing with Ideas until I had to do something and then just rolling with it. Also, not knowing what I was going to do, made me work with what I had, which convinced me that I could make a quality film with simple tools available in my home.

2= Film manipulation. I loved this one because I think I learned the most from it. I have always worked digitally, and actually being able to handle the film strip, scratch it, draw on it, bleach it, cut and splice it was liberating. I always thought that film would just be ruined if you sneezed on it. It just encompassed alot of different techniques that I had never known about. The rayograms, the development, the magazine transfers were all very cool to learn how to do, and I think are useful tools for film-making. I would really like to work with it again, but now I know that I would, and I don't know if I would have discovered this on my own.

3= Bolex Long Take. Also I enjoyed this project because I think I learned the most from it. I had never worked with an actual film camera like this before, and using it was another liberating experience. Getting to know regular 8mm was also really great for me because I have an 8mm camera at home and really wanted to understand it better. I now feel confident that with it and will definitely use it in the future.

4= Recycled Footage film. I really liked this one because I have always had an interest in found footage films. I always like playing with these things to bring out new and unexpected meanings from them. Also, not having to deal with the production process allows you to have a lot more fun with the post-production. It also gives alot more freedom.

5- Multi-Plane Animation. I really liked it, and I thought the way that it turned out was very cool. I had final cut on it, and I think it was really fun seeing what I could do with the material we generated. But I think that there was alot of senseless bickering when we tried to actually produce the film which hampered our abilities. I think that groups of two would have been good enough, the whole time. Two members for the first half and two for the second.

6- Rythmic Edit. It was just a really tedious to organize those frame sets which is the only reason I disliked this one and because I had serious technical problems that made me extremely stressed. Other than that it was pretty interesting what came out of this project. Also, I am really good at measuring five frame intervals.