Noun Project Wrap Up:

**NEWS FLASH**  Technical difficulties?  Nope, just user difficulities… I logged into my Blog this morning and noticed this post hadn’t posted.  Why do you think that happened?  I’ll tell you why – because instead of publishing it, I accidentally saved it instead.  So I guess it keeps with the trend of the rest of this project, as it too can officially be labelled as ‘late’.  Oh well, sometimes technology fails me, and sometimes I fail technology.  Live and learn, c’est la vie.  So without further ado, here is my wrap up discussion of my noun project.

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Well, as you may have noticed, I got a little delayed with my project. At any rate, I’m just glad it got done! Although there was some setbacks I am really proud of the work I produced. As this is the first videos I have ever created, I think this is a promising and encouraging start. It makes me think I’m on the right path. Yet, with any path there are obstacles, and this project had a few. First off, I’ve been sick for like a month. Mono really kicks your butt, know what I mean? So I had to sleep more than film or edit. And even though everything turned out great with all the people that helped me, I realize that working around other people’s schedules can be a struggle. Actually, for these projects it was more that my schedule didn’t mesh well with their availability.

As for my ideas and how they changed or evolved throughout the production process, they really were quite fluid in the way I shaped the ideas into a visual output. Since I haven’t been working with Final Cut Pro very long (to which there were computer kinks that were otherwise overcome with some sage guidance), so I didn’t have a clear idea of how to edit my work. Basically, it came through trial and error, just seeing what felt right. I think finding music (which through much searching is completely usable as they hold Creative Commons Licenses of Attribution only from Archive.org) was the key for editting, as it allowed for a framework to be established that I could construct my video around. Overall, this project has been a great learningexerience from which despite it’s rocky start has finished well indeed.