My experience while making the 16
mm film was at times mind numbing but overall, rewarding. Definitely the
hardest part for me was the one hundred frames of animation. I chose to draw an
eye opening and closing, which seemed easy when I thought of it but proved to
be a tedious process, which took me nearly two hours to finish. I think the
time I spent on it, though, paid off because it ended up being my favorite part
of the one-minute film, even though it only lasts for about two seconds.
The section of film that I was
least proud of was the magazine transfers. I purposefully picked vibrant
oranges and blues for the segment, but noticed that everything looked brown. I
am not sure what caused this, but I suspect that it was due to maybe not
pealing off all of the pulp of the magazine. The most visually interesting part
of the film was the segment that my partner and I combined canola oil and ink
together. The combination gave the film a Jackson Pollock quality that looked
great projected.
I think the most applicable thing
that I learned for this project was how to cut and splice film together. Before
this assignment, I had never worked with film before and felt that it was
something that I needed to experience as an aspiring filmmaker. Though I will probably use digital cameras
for the majority of my projects, I am glad to have this skill set under my belt
if I should one day need it.
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