Projects, rated.

1 = favorite
6 = least favorite

1.  Stop Motion Animation
2.  Cameraless
3.  Rhythmic Edit
4.  Bolex
5.  Crowdsourcing
6.  Freestyle

So let me start off by saying there wasn't any project that I really hated.  I found all of these projects valuable, because they either required that I learn a new technique or use a technique I already knew in a different way.  I appreciate that required experimentation, and I enjoyed each one in some capacity.

Stop Motion: was definitely my favorite!  I really enjoyed my group mates (Chris and Tommy), and I think we made a good team, even if it did take us a really long time to finish.  The final product turned out way better than I expected, and I'm kinda proud of it.  That was my first stop motion animation I've ever done, and it was super fun to learn something new.

Cameraless: I also liked the cameraless a lot for similar reasons - it was a fun way to learn a new technique.  We learned how to physically manipulate film, and I embraced the randomness of it.  Plus we did the photograms and learned to develop film at this point, which I'd only done once before, probably like ten years ago in some photography summer camp.

Rhythmic: I was a little wary of the rhythmic edit, but I turned out to be really pleased with how my portrait of Kyle came out.  The fast cutting, which I would normally consider too jarring and not okay to do, turned out to capture the subject well.  And I just love editing in general.

Bolex:  I think our group was a bit too big (four people) and I just didn't get the same sense of "satisfaction of creation" from this project.  But I do love shooting on Bolex, and I thought our extra sensory element (the Miracle Berry pills) was a hit.  The screening in class of all the projects was pretty fun.

Crowdsourcing: This isn't a project that stands out in my mind when I remember the class, perhaps just because the actual process was just coloring.  But I think it's a great first project, and it's awesome that I got to contribute to Cybergenisis again before it wrapped up.  And once I got into it, the coloring was really rhythmic and relaxing.  It was nice to be able to consider something "productive" that would normally be just me wasting my time while I should be doing homework.

Freestyle: I list this one last just because it was really annoying and frustrating for me to come up with my own idea and then have to stick with it when creating the film three weeks later.  I chose to create a film using masks, similar to a cinemagraph GIF kind of feel.  I'm happy with how my project turned out, though, and I'm glad I chose something that forced me to learn another new technique.  I feel like masking is something that I could explore more just using a free afternoon to create another 30 second or 1 minute film.