the end of my digital days :] (INCOMPLETE)

Heya super awesome blog readers! As you all may know, this project is beginning to come to an end! Time has never seriously flown by like it did for me these past few months, it was a little scary just how quick everything was. Now it's suddenly time to reflect! My journey, even if it went by fast, was truly a significant one and I have a lot of things to say :] So sit back, relax, and enjoy probably one of the most special posts I've made for this blog! 

THE END OF MY DIGITAL DAYS

I am definitely NOT the same person I was when I first started this project back in late February. I have grown, I have changed, and I have learned a couple new things that I'll take away for a very long time.

 My experience with media production increased by a LONGSHOT during last year's project but this year was different..way different! This year I was no longer surrounded by only CBTV kids and even though they were amazing people to work with, it meant that I got CARRIED. Like CARRIED CARRIED. I made up a term for this while talking about my project to my bestie westie Isa, and it's called "CBTV buff." It's real! And it's a huge bonus! This time around I no longer had the CBTV buff (although Juaco used to be in tv and has good media production experience but still :D)!Throughout all of our filming days I did some other things that were very productive instead of just acting and I'm really happy I got the opportunity to do so :] It was exactly what I was striving for in the start of this project. I had to take care of revising the script, positioning the camera for some shots, and even doing the line edit! 

It's also very worth mentioning that I wore the pants in my group :D 

I like being honest even if it's hard and since this post is all about reflecting honestly, I am going to be honest now. During spring break, my group procrastinated. And HARD. 

Throughout the week I really wanted to get things going with the social media, the postcard, the script, the storyboard, the costume design, and figuring out what days we wanted to film. By the end of it, I had a couple social media posts out with more in the making, a name for our film, a bit of a postcard, nice costume desgin.....buttt no script. Or film schedule. Orrr storyboard. 

I was very disappointed and worried to say the least (!) Again, and I will say this till the day I die. My group is lovely, they're my friends and I'm happy to have gotten closer with them throughout the making of this long project. However, had they not procrastinated, had we a had a script done and ready to go during spring break, had we made good progress (from all of us) during that week, we would have been in a much better place during week 7. I was INCREDIBLY busy during spring break too. I had not only this project to take care of, but also my C3 presentation to finish up for AICE Global. Not only that, but during the middle of the week, I had to fly up with my mom and brother to NYC and then attend a State MPA performance on Saturday all day back here in Florida. I got some nice breaks here and there, but other than that, spring break was EXHAUSTING.

 It just felt not so nice coming back from the break with a good amount of work done from my end for this project after being SO BUSY with so many things and seeing my group have nothing to present during our group meeting. I was very frustrated, and it was just hard expressing those feelings to my group since I don't like being confrontational and find it hard to be completely utterly honest to people I care about. You guys know me though, and I will also keep saying this until the day I die! I am the physical embodiment of perseverance! Despite everything that happened, I kept on going and kept my faith up for this project.