Overall, I am happy to have gained experience with the a Steenback editor and 16mm film as a whole. I understand why a lot of the elder generation, and even the current generation of filmmakers find film a lot more intimate as a whole - you create and edit with something physical. Weirdly, being aware of the inability to recapture, causes more spontaneity.

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I am happy with how the project came out. The project surprisingly nearly aligned with how I it to turn out. I had imagined the pacing to be different and it be less ambiguous as a whole. However, like how i stated, I am like how the project turn out and how the visuals and audios play with each other - there are clear answers to the questions that are being evoked, but there is still a sense of uncertainty. There is also an uncertainty with even the existence of questions. I intentionally wanted to cause uncertainty, therefore i added a random clip of a man playing an instrument (1:14) to break the flow of questions, to cause doubt. Other than that, all the other clips and audio has a purpose, however I still question the choice i made of using Danny Browns vocals (1:59) because the audio is a bit redundant. I kept it on because I liked the vocals, however i am not sure if it was a good choice to. 

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So far, I got all positive feedback. This did feel nice. The first years and two teachers were the first ones to watch the screening. I was surprised with the positive responses i got from the first years, and how much enthusiasm they displayed. Two even answered the question in the board. However, during this time, I had realised I had tunnel visioned into the video aspect too much. I lost the bigger picture of the installation. At the start, I did decide i will not get too creative with the video installation aspect, but this does not mean i should have not prepared for the interaction with the audience. A video installation is one of the few times were the audience can interact with "Art, and where the artist takes advantage of this by noting all 5 senses of a person. I should have took this opportunity to create interaction with the audience, and make the questions i wanted to ask at the end more clear - ""What is your first memory". I really like this question because it's a funny question to ask when a considered the questions evoked from my video. It's a bitt of a trick question.

 

The technician made the most interesting comments about the video after watching it a few times. He made remarks such as "That was very intense", however I had cut him off, which cut of his feedback. I cut him off by saying "can you give me feedback?" while he was giving me feedback because I had thought it automatically translated to "can i record this?", since this was the general saying in class, with peers, when you wanted to record feedback. Obviously the technician did not know this and responded with "I thought i was giving you feedback" with a confused face while the enthusiasm he had previously being sucked. Again, i was reminded with "think before you speak", and i am not being critical enough with how articulate myself verbally. This is something i had learnt with this more sociable project.