The Longest Flight

When it was assigned and throughout the remainder of the project, I was excited to create another silent movie! I think that this experience helped me learn more about my fellow students in my class and what was the best way to direct them in a group. While at first it was hard to think of a plot, my group immediately starting to brain-storm great ideas. Our group worked well together and everyone’s ideas were heard in the process. While at times it would have been nice to have help with editing the film, I think our group did a great job creating a this film. I also think our final version came wonderful thanks to the great acting and fun music it contained.

I think that when people enter their first acting class/ acting experience it can hard to step out of your comfort zone. With a silent film, this is key, and can be especially hard. My group excelled at this. Josh and Robert were more than willing to have food or water thrown on to them and they were even excited about it! This let the group really have fun with the film and even develop more of a funny story. This being said, it was very hard to capture the food spilling and it was challenging learning the right way to stage it. I wish that we could have had more of a set too, because I think as an audience it might be confusing at first that the set was supposed to be an airplane. We ran through it many times (and then even had to redo the actual take of the food spilling) and no one gave up or got frustrated. We all maintained patience and helped each other to get the perfect shot.

I think the other group did an amazing job putting together their movie as well. I loved their final version; it was funny and captivating. Like our group, I could see that everyone was willing to go above and beyond their comfort zone. I thought that the storyline was well planned and it was captivating at the same time. I especially loved seeing the boys in training making fun of what they were supposed to do, it added a lot of comedy with only a few motions. Also, I loved that both of our films had something in common: a boy in drag. In both films, it added tons of humor to the plot! Overall, they did a fantastic job!  

I think I did a good job on keeping my group organized and on track. I want to work on my filming skills, though. I think the takes looked a little shaky, probably due to me laughing! In addition, I want to work on making sure that everyone is comfortable with what we are doing. I loved being able to create another silent film and I loved being able to participate in it by doing a different role (directing). I look forward to the next projects.