Project: Final Reflection

 This is my final reflection on the making of my film. 

Honestly not much has changed about me or my film experience, except for the heavy preparation that comes with making a film. The production, making the sets, brainstorming ideas, its all the same for me. 

I've been in film 1-3, and although in those classes I never done as in depth research and preparation as AICE Media, I still watched a plethora of different films, which gave me a good grasp on a variety of genres. 

And as for the production, I've said before that I already had experience with stop motion in my previous film classes. Not just the animation but also the set designs and the lighting. Sure I had to make a few space ships for my film, something I never made before, but it was still very easy: just cardboard, tape, glue, and paint. 

I guess it would have been much different if I was tasked with making a film outside of my usual film genres, like comedy or romance. But even still, making a comedy or romance film would, I think, be easy for me since although I mainly delve into the sci-fi, horror, action, and animation genres; I still have a decent grasp on multiple different genres. 

I think that it would have been much bigger game changer if I was researching a genre I have never seen before. Then I would have had a much different, and maybe more difficult, experience with my project. 

 I had a lot of fun with this project, especially when I was testing and using glitter and water to make the special effects of mimicking stars. One of my favorite things about this project is that the main character, the Astronaut Stikbot, just sits in his cockpit for all of the project. Meaning I never had to make him walk or move other than moving his head and arms. 

Although I think I should have given him a better costume, since his Astronaut helmet looks a bit goofy.