Dear FST302

Last night when we were all working to build up that giant planet I took a moment to look around at everything going on around me. I looked over to whoever it was that was beside me and said "wow, this is college."
And what an amazing moment that was. The best part?
I can do this for the rest of my life!


I never thought that creating things, making films, performing, and meeting so many wonderful people would be my "homework." While everyone else is cramming for biology or chemistry tests, I was gathering pipes and visiting thrift stores for props. There is nothing more satisfying that seeing all of your efforts manifest, some intentionally, others unintentionally, but all equally important.
FST 302 was my favorite class of my college career! I tried so many new things. Stop motion, directing, constructing a giant "ball," and just working with so many new people. It was great that we constantly worked together with different groups AND as an entire class unit. I felt that we all really made a strong connection.
I learned that things will rarely work out exactly the way you want when it comes to film making, but the beauty of it is in recognizing those happy accidents. Thanks Shannon, you helped us all take a new perspective on making films and it has been a major turning point in my young life.


CAN'T WAIT TO WORK WITH ALL OF YOU AGAIN IN THE FUTURE.
keep in touch
Love,
Megan

Film fest blog

I used to think that film festivals sounded big and scary, but I have built a lot of confidence in this class. All creativity is equal. No matter what "level" the filmmakers skills are on,  there is a film fest out there for them to enter! Learning about all the film fests from my classmates helped me leave the class with loads of valuable information for when I decide to start entering! A life of traveling around to different film festivals sounds amazing to me. I plan on tweaking the music video and sending it to a festival or two, the super 8 footage looks so great and I think our content would stand out. I plan on working on the timing to get the movements to match the music as flawlessly as possible!