Our
documentary topic is Europa, one of the moons of Jupiter, and how it has the
potential to harbor life. I think our
film turned out pretty well, but I would’ve rather done a documentary about the
furry fandom because it would’ve been a lot more fun (who wouldn’t want to
interview a person in an animal costume?) and it would’ve been more
informative. Many people know that there
are places out there besides Earth that could potentially harbor life, but not
many people know about the furry fandom.
While
making the documentary, I learned that there’s an artist on the Internet named
Michael Aranda who has created great Creative Commons audio tracks. We used one entitled “Jerkface and Jujube” in
our film. It matched the tempo of the
film just perfectly! I plan to use some
more of his music in my future independent films.
The
biggest challenge we faced was making sure that the film didn’t go too quickly,
and bombard viewers with information.
Honestly, I think that it still has too much information for its short
length. I don’t really think that the
fast paced style we were trying to emulate was completely appropriate for a
documentary about outer space. If we
were to make the documentary over again then I’d suggest making it in a
different style.
If
I could make another documentary, I’d probably choose another topic. If I remember correctly, the idea was
proposed as a joke, but we decided to go through with it after thinking about
it. I would’ve chosen the furry fandom
because then I could take charge of the project, since I have so many contacts
within the fandom and because, of course, I know the most about it. I really want to get the people in CAP 10 to
know me better since I’m new, and I think that giving them an in-depth look at
one of my interests would’ve been a great way to do that.
I
think that you should’ve had a bigger role in helping us to choose a topic,
i.e. we brainstorm a list of ideas that we like and you select one that you
think will make the best documentary.
Also, I think that you should’ve enforced deadlines a bit more strictly.
Finally,
I really liked of idea of us making our own documentaries. It gave us a chance to make a film that was a
little bit longer than the films we usually make, and to make a film about
something that we’re passionate about.
