I've got REALLY exciting news about my project, and without my mom it literally never would have happened. To make a very long story short, I had a narrator for my project, and then COVID-19 happened. I was planning to narrate, but it was very strange to have me narrate a scene and then have the documentary cut to an interview of myself (two Mackenzies? The world isn't ready for that). My amazing mom volunteered to narrate, and we just decided to roll with it. After 3.5 hours of shooting and many laughs, I finally have narration to drop in my film (all the other interviews from earlier have been edited)! Because I don't have enough historical media to fill the entire doc, my mom will be on camera, but it will work out.
Now, let's get down into how my project's been affected by the pandemic.... How has COVID-19 effected my project regarding my schedule, resources, and outcomes? Well, as discussed earlier, I had to change my narrator, but that ended up working out really well. Because my project only involves a computer, hard drive, and working Internet, the public closures have not affected my project at all. It would have been cool to get some "fluff" footage of historic Annapolis or even Washington, DC, but that's out of the picture. With what's going on right now with the pandemic I've found that my work ethic has changed; rather than steadily working on the project, I'm either doing nothing or working on my doc for hours. There is absolutely no in-between, but I've been working on a hard, evened-out schedule to wrap everything up and ensure that I'm not overworking myself during my productive periods. What have I learned in light of the circumstances brought about by COVID-19? What have I learned? That's a great question. I've learned that it pays off to do a lot of work early on in the Fellows program. I'm grateful to have completed all of my interviews and to have a solid understanding of Adobe Premiere Pro. Before COVID-19, I was hoping to meet with my out of school mentor around this period to just "straighten out the edges" of my doc and have a more smooth editing process. Obviously, that is not possible now, but I have a strong enough understanding that I've been doing well. Specifically what am I doing to reshape my project in light of COVID-19 and quarantine? Honestly, nothing too much. I have a cool project that I'm collaborating on with the Severn music department, and because school is virtual, I've left the project entirely up to them!! I'm sure it will be great and I'm really excited to show it off in my documentary -- but, don't want to reveal too much at the moment. And that's basically it. I'm going to keep editing and finish the doc soon. I'm hoping to either upload it to Youtube or Vimeo.
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