Culminating Self Reflection

This entire project required me to use communication, creativity, and collaboration. From the beginning, while working with Ed, there was a lot of collaboration involved in making the physical aspect of the project possible. Without collaborating I don't think we would've gotten anything done, or been as efficient as we were when doing things like editing and filming. When working on projects involving things like film it's always good to mind meld and get different ideas and share thoughts, so the final result is as good as you can possibly make it. Creativity was also a huge aspect in the project. Working in film in itself requires and immense amount of creativity and creative thinking. Without any of that, everything we produced and worked on would be bland and tasteless and not worth the effort. Communication also played a huge role. While filming the big event we filmed we depended on communication for everything to run smoothly. If we hadn't communicated the entire event would've been a complete disaster.
I think I gained a lot of skills from this experience. I think I've gotten much better at communicating and voicing my ideas and criticisms without being afraid. I've also gotten better at putting in my own ideas and not being scared to speak up and say what's on my mind, which is extremely important to me personally. I also learned how exhausting filming a simple event can be. I worked an almost twenty hour day with very little breaks in between at one point, and it was hard, but the experience was completely worth it. I learned a lot of organization skills as well, and I learned the importance of planning ahead, and how winging it will definitely not cut it when it comes to big projects such as the one we had worked on.
With this project I think I really overcame my lack of motivation and laziness. Working with Ed taught me how fast paced things can be and how being lazy certainly will not cut it. That motivated me immensely and made me want to work harder in order to keep up and do the best I possibly could do. I think I also overcame my inability to focus. As fast paced as things were, there was no way I couldn't not pay attention and still be able to perform my tasks efficiently. Focus was really a key part in all of this, and I'm glad I was able to keep up in the end, mostly for myself. I've always had trouble keeping up with what people have wanted me to do, and I've had trouble giving people my full attention when I'm given directions, so I'm happy I was able to do so when it came to working.