By Michael Sicoli / Aidan Elgrably
This project was the first “film” I have ever worked on or created. As a result, this was a bit of a challenge. The assignment was to create a story out of three scenes with a minimum of three shots per scene. We decided to make a few funny scenes about potentially trying out for the Quinnipiac Football team, only to find out that there is no Quinnipiac Football team. We thought it would be a fun few scenes to shoot. We involved Riley Millette in our third scene who was a huge help. Having a third character shut us down at the end of the story helped tie it all together. I also considered a documentary about trash cans, but we mutually decided that this would be a risky endeavor. Trash cans in shots are trash shots after all.
There were several challenges we had to overcome given the lack of experience both Aidan and I had with cameras. We had to remember to white balance our shots, which mostly worked out. But the biggest challenge was reshooting. Finding time to work on it took a little bit of time but we were able to reshoot in a way that ultimately made our film better. We had to redo two wide shots that involved trash cans, and we also improved our first scene by adding a close-up of Aidan on his phone. We had to put our old clothes back on, but it was well worth the time.
I enjoyed making the story that we chose but I am not sure if it specifically fits the criteria in hindsight as it is not very abstract. Of course, I am still very happy with the topic we chose. We added extra shots to fit the rubric, and we gave it all we got.
As for post-production after the reshoots, Aidan was very good with the editing while I helped decide where to cut and where to move certain shots around to make scenes better. We worked well together to put the end product out there.
Link to the project:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4gurTYz6qQ (Scene 1)
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