I didn't realize beforehand that the people who participated were allowed to use their cellphone so when I did find out, moments before the screening, I didn't expect the videos to be all that great. Once they started playing though, the creativity of some of them took me by surprise. I loved the different techniques of covering over the lens to create "takes" and the imagination that went into such a time-constrained project.
Seeing these videos, surprisingly, inspired me as they showed me just how easy it was to not only make a video but to create a piece of art, despite the limited equipment you may have. They went by so quickly but the ones I remember the most, and remember enjoying the most was the one where the narration was all in French, the one where Spiderman had a cameo, and the one that had something to do with fireballs (the candy) being dumped onto a table. All of the videos were so humorously and uniquely put together that it was hard to vote for just one at the end.
Film Block 1:
I knew I was in for some really inspiring films after watching what my peers could create with just their phones. I was most struck by the documentaries that played, most especially, "Win or Lose." It was interesting to see a student documentary that went through so much effort to record every event along the way, especially when the outcome was unknown before he began recording. The animation (that I have forgotten the title of) of the bird and old woman was extremely impressive since I know how much work goes into just a single facial expression of a character when working with 3D computer animation.
All of the films in general inspired me in different ways to begin thinking of my own ideas that I could potentially turn into short films of my own. The Q&A afterwards asked the director of the Alice animation about the difficulties that went into his claymation - from him I learned the problems I could face if I ever was to make my own claymation (which I really, really want to), but after seeing his film, I know that it would be a lot more work than I initially anticipated.
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