When Lesley offered me the chance to work on a set of video interviews to be displayed on the art Departments website, I approached the idea the thinking the same way I do whenever I am about to get employed: “I will enter this shivering and scared, but I will come out much wiser and richer.”
However, after my recent conversation with Ms. Cornelia Swann, the webmaster (webmistress?), I feel a little more intimidated that I am used to. You see, with employment, I am guided quite closely through the process which, in a way, is not that vivid enough to loose focus in. This situation, however, is much more of a “make-this-professionally-and-we'll-see-you-at-the-end-of-the-semester”; a position I don't believe I ever have been in.
*takes deep breaths*
As you can see, fear is my knee-jerk reaction to the proposition but once I take a clear look at it, I shouldn't be afraid of anything. What this basically does is give me freedom to do what I wanted to do anyway. It would have been a tremendous missed opportunity had I turned this down from fear. After all, I will have all the equipment I will need to make this, I'll have the entire campus (or at least the art building) to use as a backdrop and the advice of lots of students and Professors whenever I get confused, overwhelmed or break down in the fetal position. Furthermore, it's not as if interviews are ridiculously hard; one, maybe two cameras recording an individual talk, a light on the person, a light on the background, maybe have them start over when they make mistakes, some cuts to the things they're talking about, it sounds reachable to me.
The one and only problem, and I believe this is what I truly fear, is Procrastination.
I am a notorious procrastinator and this could be my major downfall on this quite glorious opportunity. It has plagued me in the past and is still rearing it's ugly head on this the first week of this semester. But there is some good news on the horizon; lately I have adopted using my friends and family as living alarm clocks for things I have to do and when I cannot do that, I go to Starbucks. Yep. Definitely Starbucks. That's because if I am in a Starbucks, I absolutely have to be studying or working on something. It's probably because of the coffee smell.
And with that I raise a Vente Chai Latte to this Semesters Project.
Hip hip hooray.
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Lol.Who do you have to interview? Maybe you could et up appointments with them or set up deadlines for yourself! You can do this! I'm curious, do the school's video cameras have fancy filters? So they look "professional"
Neemo: Where there fear, there is courage! I think you know this already.
As for procrastination, you have the power to be your own boss. You will be able to find much freedom by connecting with that "internal boss" and using it to your advantage.
I agree with Lucia about setting up appointments with your interview subjects. This will help you stick to some deadlines-- like preparing your interview questions ahead of time & getting your gear reserved for the day of the shoot.
Use your organizational abilities to sketch out the production schedule. You already have 3 deadlines-- the critiques!!! Now it's just a matter of working backwards & filling in all of the other details-- how long will you need to edit? Based on that, when is the window of time for the interview? Make sure to pad your time to have a cushion for the unexpected... ie, your interview tape somehow falls in the street & gets run over before you got to digitize it!
now get to work ; )
This may sound strange but sometimes I feel fear when I am on the verge of achieving something great. I'm sure this is what you are experiencing. The only thing you really need to fear is all those pats on the back you'll get when you're done. You might need an ice pack or something. Go Neemo!
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