My process on this project was a bit lack luster. My procrastinating and perfectionist mind got the best of me! I talked a lot of smack before starting this project and had a completely different scene of events in mind. I had ideas of putting myself into a chaotic dream with lots of anxieties like the apocalypse, being naked in school, and other odd situations. When I first thought of my theme, I wanted my main message to show a crazy look into a subconscious dream state and surprise the audience. Unfortunately, I waited too long to start my work, so I wasn't able to produce what I originally wanted. I am not sure why I was so nervous to just even start my process, I felt overwhelmed by the different software we needed to use, so I put it off. I think it was a mix of intimidation, personal expectations, and anxieties from my out-of-school life that hindered me in this process.
I realized that my expectations of my video were too high for the time I had left to make it, so I majorly simplified my plotline. I chose the character Tree Trunks because she feels like a comfort symbol for me. I still wanted to keep some kind of chaotic effect in the animation portion of the video, so I had Tree Trunks travel in space into a blackhole, jumping through snow on a balcony, and flying around on a merry-go-round.
After finally starting my process of making this video my nerves slipped away. I realized that like Corinna kept telling me - I just needed to start and have fun with it. I wish I had given myself more time to work on it, but in the end I think it was entertaining and silly. I wanted to do more with the colors or the animation portion and add something to the Scott Pilgrim clip, but once again time was not on my side with my poor time management skills.
After all of this I do feel like I could try to mess around more with the different adobe software's and I think I can make something really cool. I just need to keep on trying and not let my perfectionist mind get in the way of testing out different artforms.
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