KCS Premiere Night

The Kansas City Savior Reflection

My Role in the Feature Film:

My production role in the feature film was second assistant director. Some of the challenges I faced were the power struggle between the directors. Some people did not want to step and and take charge while others took charge but not with good leadership and authority. I think it was just a learning curve for all of us to see what it means to be a leader. I learned that in order to get things done, most of the time you have to do it yourself because there are people who will not want to do there job. I also learned that it is important to be compassionate and help people with their work because that makes them stronger. I wasn't given really any feedback for myself, besides the couple times I said my opinion and they were actually good ideas. My overall opinion was that I could have done more. I wanted to do more, but I felt unappreciated by the other people of the team. My impact was that I was just there to do whatever people needed me to do, but I feel like the directorial roles could've been better situated. 

Time in Class:

During class I helped discuss what we have done well and what we need to do better as well as helping the first AD with whatever she needed. There were times I would help the art director because she was very behind on her work. When we had free time, the directors tried to work ahead to even the next shoot days. I watched a lot of movies outside of class as well as watching director's commentary in order to enhance my skills as second AD. 

Strengths:

My strengths are that I am very creative as well as imaginative. With a script, I can really make it unique and different (I was not given such room with this script) and make it a good script. I also like to think out side of the box and look for unique angles, editing, music and other aspects that would make the film entertaining and powerful. I am also a good leader and I know how to help people through the process of their work. It is something I have worked on and I can also work well and understand people and where they come from. Another skill of mine is that I know when to step back and let other people lead - as I did with this film. I knew that it was too late to try and make this film something it was not so I let others take the lead and I did what they wanted me to do which is just as important as being a good leader.

Improvement:

I need to improve on making sure everyone is included and valued. I need to work with everyones strengths as well as weaknesses. Because when everyone is included and working together, that is when the real magic of creating a project really flourishes.

Summary:

I really enjoyed the premiere. Even if the film wasn't the best it could be, being with friends and dressing up is always fun. I loved most about process was working with everyone and building relationships as well as learning. This was my first feature film and it is very different than a short film because of how many people there are. I would have been more vocal during the beginning of this process because I let people push me around and take credit for my work which I shouldn't have so from the beginning when we picked this script I should've pushed for a rewrite in the story. One take away I have is that team work makes it all happen. One goal I have is that I want to create something I am really, really proud of. Final thoughts are thank you for this learning process and we will be a lot better next year.