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Update: This will no longer be a news interview, I will only say my part.
CCR 4: How did your production skills develop throughout this project?
Interviewer: That is amazing! And so, how would you say your production skills developed throughout this project?
Me: This project was definitely a wild one. I had already done a few small projects leading up to this one which I feel definitely helped with the specific parts like editing, sound, and filming, but it still didn't compare to this one. I think what I most learned, to be honest, was personal skills. No one talks about how important communication and teamwork is when creating something this big. I was luckily able to work with my friend Arantza for this and, at times, it was difficult, but I learned how to explain in a detailed manner exactly what I wanted when filming a shot, for example and later we sort of had to take both of our ideas into account and combine them so we were both happy with it, even if it wasn't our individual original idea. Speaking of being detailed, details are so important. I didn't realize how much you have to pay attention to the small things when producing these types of products. Since our film takes place in the 2000s, we had to make sure everything was time accurate. Which meant we not only had to worry about costuming, but we also had to reshoot a few scenes because an Alexa or Tesla was seen in the background. We also had a reoccurring flower theme going on, where everything that related to flowers had a deeper meaning, for example Lily's name wasn't just a pretty name it described her life... literally... Lily's name literally described her life. I feel like in general this project taught me to question things and really focus on what they may mean. Also organization. I am like one of the most unorganized people ever, I'm a huge procrastinator, and you just cannot do that when doing these kinds of things. We created a schedule with small deadlines to meet for certain portions of the production process which helped us stay on top of things (something I've never done before) and also the blog I was talking about before, it really helped me organize the ideas inside of my head and put them down in writing so I could look back on them rather than rely on my memory, which is not the best. And lastly, perseverance and patience. Arantza and I encountered, many, many issues. We had to work around our, our actor's and my family's schedules to find days to film. On film days we had max 3 hours of daylight to film after school. I was also travelling one weekend and the next Arantza got like really really sick. And only to add on to the pressure, I was leaving for Argentina a few days before all of this was due, so we were definitely under limited time. And even though we were stressed and were met with all of these challenges, we still tried our best, trusted the process and made the best product we could with whatever we had.
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