Monday was my first time actually attending documentary story making. I of course had an idea of what the class would be like but didn’t imagine that I would be creating a documentary on the first day of class (for me at least). When I first heard the assignment it made me nervous. I don’t have a background in FAMS but I was comforted by having several other talented people in my group with all ranges of talents.
The nervousness quickly turned to excitement as I would part of creating a documentary for the very first time. Rather than feeling intimidated by the project I felt inspired and ready to share my ideas and visions for the project. I was surprised how quickly our group was able to come together and form a coherent idea for a film in such a short amount of time. Once we had set our base ideas, our project slowly came into focus and with our combined efforts and opinions, I was fairly proud of our final project. Being a biology major, I was unsure how helpful I would be in the creation process, but I found that having open, honest and cooperative team mates made this assignment much easier than it could’ve been.
In the end, I was proud of our documentary, how it was a different take on the theme “pets”. What amazed me at the end of class was how diverse and creative the other projects came to be. Even though several groups took on the idea of pets, the diversity between groups was enormous. Everyone had different themes, perspectives and editing techniques that made each documentary interesting and unique.