I suppose I should begin my reflection with a critical look at my work.
With no backstory or written explanation of my work, I think it’s somewhat of an average, run of the mill interview. My music choice was definitely cliche. Royalty free music sites should have a search bar exclusively for acoustic guitar meddling.
I’m only saying that my project was standard because I know I don’t have an eye for photography. I was given a beautiful setting to work within but it didn’t show through in my video as planned. This is something I would like to work on.
My subject wasn’t particularly talkative as a person. This is just in his nature.
This proved difficult and in some cases he didn’t want to answer the questions.

I think (and here’s a huge learning curve) that I had an unrealistic perception of my subject. That I would be able to ask questions and be able to solicit a response that would bring the room to tears. I had a perception that my interviewee was “deeper” than he was, and the backstory I knew he had was totally off limits. To give you some context, here is the material I was going to work with.

Another issue was that I didn’t have enough found footage. This is pretty apparent, as I only have 3 clips throughout my video. I guess I can blame this on not throughly reading the brief, seeing it was supposed to be 30/70.

Yet, this is a work i’m really proud of. I am starting to understand the editing software and the process is becoming easy and flexible. I managed well with a devastating blindside by my previous subject, which I detail here. (TL;DR, I was cancelled on a week before due date).
I contradict myself here, but some of the shots weren’t half bad. sure I hold a camera with the stillness of a shake-weight, but I am holding more cameras in this course than I have in a long time.
I’m not totally unhappy with this work. I think my work ethic was exceptional. I put a lot of effort into this project. Even after my setback, I managed my time well; booking in a date with Peter straight after I was knocked back, then completing all of my assignments for other classes in the coming days before the interview. I filmed Friday/Saturday, edited Sunday and Monday, uploaded today, and now i’m completing this post.

Escapism to The Country: The togetherness in isolation from rosie pavlovic on Vimeo.