In this week’s tutorial, we gave short pitches of the person sitting next to us on what they intend to do for their final assessment and area of research. Coincidentally, I was grouped with a fellow “True to Form-er” who was thinking of exploring the uses of sound design and foley in a particular sequence as well as the movement of camera going through walls done in Adobe After Effects. I gave some thought, and decided that it would be a good opportunity pairing up together to shoot a sequence of shots that could exhibit and experiment our respective areas of research. Me exploring the uses of colour and the letterbox, and him the uses of sound design, foley and camera movement in After Effects.

2 heads are better than 1? Might be a little too early to say, but I am pretty excited for this collaboration, as I believe we can cover more ground and be exposed to more challenges in our development in becoming filmmakers. However, collaboration comes with a new set of obstacles that should be addressed at the early stages, before the entire process begins. Issues such as, commitment, scheduling, working habits and ethics, should be discussed thru in order to accomodate each other. So far, we’ve discussed several topics and ideas to incorporate both our field of interest, and it’s looking pretty good.

Only time will tell how this partnership would pan out, but I remain optimistic with this approach. Putting myself in a scenario where we have to work with people in the industry where we don’t really have a choice, unlike the present, where we are given the option to fly solo or work as a team, or as pairs of our own preference, that is probably a privilege not everyone has, especially when you’re new to the industry.