A Reflection on Planning

As the planning phase of our film began and I was assigned the role of director. This was not what I had initially desired as I believed it would've been better for someone else to be in charge. Additionally, beyond just "being in charge," I had no idea what such a role would entail. However, once the roles were explained to me I was optimistic about what my role as the director would be.

As we began to start the planning of our film my outlook began to become more optimistic. Our group worked well together, and we all thankfully had similar ideas for films - eventually settling on the idea of a mob film. We were able to collaborate well in coming up with ideas for the mob film. What made my life a lot more simple is that even though I was the director I was not solely responsible for coming up with everything, and allowed decisions - such as storylines - to be run by the whole group first. This helped promote teamwork and communication, allowing for a smoother workflow. 

Once our plan was done with we felt quite confident in the storyline we had. In retrospect, however, our project proposal and overall plan could've used far more work. Without even mentioning how it factored into our filming, our plan was very lacking in detail. Though I was pleased with the storyboard, it could've used far more detail. We walked away from the planning period with a decent plan which made me happy, but it felt incomplete in parts.

Overall, my role in planning was not major. I do feel as though I adequately fulfilled the roles necessary though. I managed to get the project proposal together on time, do my part in its creation, and make sure everyone in our group was on task and had something to do. The project stayed along the path of my creative vision, and that makes me feel happy generally about the planning. As previously mentioned though a more solid plan should've been created in order to prevent complications down the line.