Favorite Part

 When reflecting on our film making journey, I definitely note the good and the not-so-good. Luckily, this post is dedicated to my favorite part of it all! Unfortunately, I was not able to be there for filming. Because of this, I don't have the experience of knowing if filming would have been my favorite part. I do love social connection, so I think this probably would have been it. But, what's done is done, so I'd say my favorite part of the process was the aesthetic of it all. 

To put it bluntly, I love pretty things. Whenever I view things as beautiful and exciting, it gets me super motivated and creative. That's exactly what happened here. When I was assigned to make my first moodboard, I ended up loving the process of scrolling through Pinterest to find the loveliest pictures and putting it all together made it even more enjoyable. I felt the same way with the second moodboard I made (the one that actually related to The Hope Of it All). I never thought I would enjoy making something like this, but I did. This process sort of taught me something new that I loved doing. For fun, I ended up editing pictures that had nothing to do with media studies in a collage manner. They turned into playlist covers, so I'm pretty satisfied with how that turned out.

Other aesthetically-pleasing moments came from when Tori sent me the video files. I saw how nice her camera quality was and was in awe. I thought the way everything was recorded was simply lovely. The colors, the angles, everything. It seemed like a genuine film. 

During the editing process, I tried my best to find ways to make the film even more aesthetically-pleasing. This included using a filter (raising the saturation), finding good music with the help of my group, and finding good fonts and transitions. I really love how it turned out!

Although it was hard to pick a favorite thing out of everything, I definitely enjoyed the aesthetics of the process throughout. That being said, I'd say that the aesthetics are my favorite part.