Analyze Paper Creative Project

Kevin Nguyen
Marshal/Marilyn
ICA 24
10/31/09
Assess the Physical
In the beginning I had a lot of ideas and questions for this project. What could it be? What should it be? What can I do? Would it be like this? And so on. I wanted to do something with comedy—something like Stephen Colbert, or maybe something philosophical and impactful. But in fact I really haven’t thought about anything much since I had too many ideas.
I started writing down storyboards, scripts, back up plans, and ideas just to un-clutter my head. That helped slightly, except, that it led to several failed brain childs. I tried to include what we’ve been learning in class like the rule of thirds, good audio, and flash clips. At first, I initially partnered up with Uyen and attempted to make a stop motion film, but, alas, the lack of resources held me back (not to mention that Uyen was too busy herself). The story was supposed to be about minorities, but it failed.
Then I started to go solo, thinking up of a better content and a way to film. I was thinking of making a philosophical statement about the Farce of Life and how we don’t realize the broader picture. But then, I realize I had not enough time and so I dropped this to make a manga instead. It is far much easier and less time consuming since I can have full control of everything that is going to be shown. The story is a short one that pertains to my recent experiences at a government physical exam.
The difficulties I bumped into during the project were mostly the editing, the content, the story, the acting, and time. In order to do the video, everything must be placed correctly at the right place and so must be the audio. I didn’t really know how to portray it because I don’t have expert film cinematography—not to mention a staff or the resources. And then there’s the script, I wasn’t able to finish that along with any of the films because of time and lack of ideas. I was busy with midterms and had no idea how to implement my creativity. But the solution was the manga which I can control and envision it better than it would be film since it is much like storyboards.
After all this was over, I felt relieved. I don’t have to worry about the final for ICS 24 anymore but just the remaining work and my midterms and projects for the other classes. The project has taught me a great deal. I am too vast on ideas that I need a focus and not to mention a good use of time. And also I need to plan better at directing story arcs, plot, and script.