Group Blog

    For my 5-minute short film project this year, I am going to be working with three other people. Beckett Brand, Sean Nehme, Camille Keith and I will be partners for this project. We are all working together mainly because we figured it would make things easier if we didn't make the film by ourselves. I'm pretty confident that I can rely on them to do their part and get the work done. They all seem to have good work ethic, and are good friends of mine so I know we'll work well together. We haven't really had much of a chance to discuss what our film would be about, but we hope to come up with a couple ideas soon. We all agreed we definitely want to do some sort of mystery. Hopefully, next time we talk we can talk more about it and make a final decision. When it comes to who will be doing what (acting, filming, directing, etc.), we haven't had the chance to even touch on the subject, so hopefully we can talk more on that next time we talk. I'm somewhat excited to start on the project with them. After doing a few like these last year, I'm excited to start a new project. I'm going to try spending these coming days coming up with better ideas so that we can solidify any final decisions about our project before we need to start filming. Fortunately we all have each others number so we have the means to discuss our project outside of class. It does seem a bit overwhelming, with all the work that needs to be done in such little time. It's why I'm so glad I have partners. I've always felt I'm better motivated during group projects. The fact that someone else's grade relies on my ability to do my work sort of prevents me from slacking off. Its both a good thing and a bad thing, seeing as to how I shouldn't allow myself to slack off whether I have partners or not. But, at least its almost a bit of a good insurance policy. I'm sure they'll appreciate my need to do my work for their sake over my own.