Going into the MEDP Prequisites felt like a waste of time, to be honest. With more elective credits than I can shake a stick at, I was goal oriented on every credit going towards something useful. However, upon completion of the year I found the work well spent. While I had some experience in the technologies utilized, it is always beneficial to have a solid grounding, a holistic experience in creating media. In the end Ive put out material I was proud of, and some not so much, but the peer-experience in making media together is not something to be overlooked. 


I would have preferred a more portfolio oriented assignment distribution, where we receive all the project handouts at the beginning of the year. Periodic dates throughout the semester are when students must show their lab instructor that they've done SOME work towards the project, but in general everything is due and reviewed at the end of the year. While this takes more self-discipline, I felt myself sort of stunted in some aspects waiting to see what the next assignment would be. I realize the grading timeframe is still somewhat similar 


My other request is that the F&M dept. remove all references to the old media production classes(151 & 161) that MEDP150 & 160 have replaced. It was confusing at first because different sources said different things about requirements and prereqs.

Production Report

Shooting a film is no simple task. A collaborative process is nothing without true collaboration. Luckily, for my partners and I, collaboration floweth like water. The token actor of the group, I was tasked with answering real questions about my character's backstory, motivations, inspirations, and how he achieved the stamina to run without pause!

Francisco was our groups dedicated cameraman and general director of photography. He did an excellent job scouting out locations and keeping a steady hand. Steven posed as the director of our little troupe, reviewing my performance and giving notes and direction. In the editing room, Steven was also the most proficient. While we together made artistic choices in post-production, it wad Steven who took all our work and pooled it into the final magnificent product. The film simply was not possible without the swift teamwork we put together and for that we are indebted to eachother.

Of the lessons I'd learned throughout this processes, the most important is the difficult coming to terms with the fact that imagery in the mind's eye is not as easy to transfer to the screen. Unfortunately there is that real world barrier, that emulsion that will indefinately block the finest details from the silkscreen of the theatre.

Additionally...a practical lesson I realized is that lighting truly IS everything! Without the proper lighting equipment, the lens does not capture sufficient light as the naked iris does. Unless the magnificent Sun is illuminating a subject, you may as well not bother; for images will become grainy and overtextured for proper use in presenting them to audiences. Of course, you work with what you can and I believe we did so to the best of our abilitues.