On Tuesday, we didn’t have our regular workshop, so I worked on the project all day. Kya, one of the interns, was in the office and helped me with some color grading. She gave me another perspective on parts of the project I was struggling with. It’s so much easier to work with someone by your side, as you can always get a third-person perspective. I’m not great at sound design and mixing, so Kya offered to work on that or suggested we ask an Adrenaline sound designer for help once all the shots and their order were settled. Kya left to do her work, and I continued on the project. However, at some point, I got stuck and couldn’t see anything else to change or how to move forward. Joann, our production coordinator and internship assistant, told me I could submit the first draft early if I felt stuck. That way, she could leave comments and suggestions for me. After uploading the project on Frame.io, I decided to go home early since there was nothing else to do.

First thing on Thursday, Joann asked me to run some errands: pick up something from Walmart and drop off catering supplies to a nearby catering company. After doing that, I reviewed Joann’s comments and got more inspiration and ideas. I started right away on improving the project. Dave was in the office, and he helped me a lot! He gave suggestions about transitions and how to blend them better. Joann had a comment about a fast-paced sequence in the video, suggesting it could be even faster like a memory recap before a dramatic drop in the song. I tried to make it faster but still couldn’t figure it out. Dave suggested making the sequence start slow and gradually shorten the shots as it gets faster before the drop. The problem was that we didn’t have enough footage for a memory recap because we hadn’t planned for it initially. To fill the gap, I used some footage taken before the director said action, which gave me different angle shots that looked slightly different from each other. It worked perfectly, and we both liked the result. Dave also helped with longer scenes to make them less slow and boring by adding different angle shots from other takes of the same scene. We agreed to keep the last scene as one shot without many cuts since it was the final scene and everything was slowing down. I fixed that, and it definitely looked better. I spent the whole day reviewing comments and adjusting the project with Dave’s help. By the end of the day, I saw significant progress, both stylistically and technically.