Final Blog Post

With this school year coming to a close I would like to look back on my filmmaking class. I am a bit disappointed that CoronaVirus cut our in school class time short. I was looking forward to filming my own work and editing it to make my very own film. Unfortunately, due to CoronaVirus, it was more difficult to learn and therefore we were not prepared enough to make our own film. My filmmaking class was always the class I could look forward to having fun in. I sat next to two of my very close friends and we had fun in class everyday. Projects were never difficult when we worked together. We were able to complete projects quickly and have fun doing them. We started off the year by learning the basics of filmmaking and we watched lessons given by famous filmmakers. We then began learning how to shoot. We did two six shot films based on six word stories. We then began learning how to edit using adobe premier. I was able to complete our first editing project the very first day we started and I learned how to use the software relatively quickly. I then helped my classmates that were struggling with their project. We then shifted over to online learning and I thought learning filmmaking remotely was going to be extremely difficult. While I did struggle a little bit on quizzes, the editing part of online school was very fun and didn’t feel like work because it was something I wanted to learn. The last couple weeks of this class were very enjoyable due to the long periods of time we had to complete our projects. I was able to take my time on projects and make sure they showed the skills I learned in class. I will recommend this class to friends at Saint X because I believe this class was the perfect way to escape the stressfulness of school while still learning a very important skill, and having fun doing it. I am very thankful I took this class because I know it will be beneficial to my future. Thank you Mr. Mitchell for a great school year.