There are multiple things that I learned through making these videos. Firstly, I discovered the museum itself and its essence. Secondly, the rich histories uncovered within its walls and boxes. Thirdly, I learned different editing techniques from my amazing groupmates, who were awefully supportive to my limited Premiere Pro experience considering my last two studios didn’t involve editing.

I think our group dynamic worked really well, because of which we were able to come up with the creative ideas that we had. Consequently, the planning that went into the production of the videos helped us use our time as efficiently as possible at the museum. I, particularly, like the general concept of our videos : “Unboxing the West” and how we divided them into three episodes; first episode introduces the museum and the idea, second episode creatively portrays a story, third episode discusses the value of the museum and The Munitions Factory. All our videos had completely different styles, yet we managed to link them somehow.

No matter how much planning went into this assignment, time was still a challenge. We didn’t have time to fully sit and edit together elaboratively, everything was rushed understandbly so. I would have liked to work more on the editing, but I was constrained by time. However, I, personally, feel that no matter how many all-nighters you pull into editing a video, there is always something that is missing or could’ve been improved in some way.

Lastly, I would like to learn more about the production process of documentaries in terms of techniques and practices. I would like more direction too. Considering this is our first assignment, I kind of feel like we were thrown into it and left to figure everything on our own. Granted self-learning is most effective, more tutes about documentary introductory techniques would be helpful.