Sunday, December 7, 2008
Project Reflection
This final project was unique in several different ways. It really took a team effort to find all the necessary components in our music video. Our toughest obstacle was selecting a story. In the beginning, we struggled over several different choices, but finally made a decision with “A Rose for Emily.” We decided that “A Rose for Emily” was full of literary merit and a conveyed a message different from the rest of the texts we read: a message of eternal love and loneliness.
Building upon the ideas of eternal and loneliness (a paradox really) we were able to begin crafting our project. It seemed that throughout our project, we were confronted with the issue of finding meaningful pictures that could accurately represent the story through the ways we interpreted it. Some pictures were easier than others to find, however, there were some that were quite difficult. Nevertheless, we were able to locate pictures we desired quite successfully. The other difficult task in our process was deciding how we were going to create a music video. We were unsure about how we could efficiently present our project to the class, without it being too confusing meanwhile presenting people with our interpretation of what the story meant without directly stating it. Upon much thought, we decided that our best work would be done by gathering pictures, along with a song, that could effectively portray the story of Emily.
Once deciding upon our plan for creating the video by attaining representative pictures, we were faced with the dilemma with finding a song that was appropriate for the story. This is where we unexpectedly encountered the easiest part of our project. We stumbled upon the song “A Rose for Emily” by The Zombies which is a direct tribute to William Faulkner’s story. Once discovering the song “A Rose for Emily”, our dilemma regarding the best song for the music video had been instantly resolved. By quickly resolving this matter we were left with the task of deliberating who would be explaining the different parts of the music video. Thus we decided our respective roles, and were therefore ready to present it, even while worrying if the required time for the presentation would be a burden on us.
However, we were still worried whether our visual representations of the story were adequate for the audience’s full comprehension. Due to this concern, we decided to allot some time for us to further explain our choices to the class, so as to eliminate any confusion regarding any choices of ours. So along with our concern over the class’s interpretation, we worried mainly about the issue of time with the project. Although we were able to find a song that was specifically created for the story, we were troubled with the duration of the song, as it could potentially create a problem for us. The song lasted only for about two minutes and twenty seconds, meaning that we would have to devote much of our time to individual and collective explanation of our ideas through words rather than video. Thankfully though, we crafted several ways in which we could more thoroughly explain our project, meanwhile maintaining a simple and understanding tone throughout.
Apart from the difficulties, and problems we had with the project, we did have many positive aspects as well. Everyone in the group was willing to do their part in a collective manner, which helped keep the mood of the project optimistic. We were all equally prepared during our gatherings, whether it was with opinions, facts, analysis, or picture selection. Having great collective cooperation was vital to our project’s completion, and quality; it is easy to for me to state that this was the highlight of our project. It is not often one gets such cooperative group members; ones who are willing to have fun, but contribute at the same time. As a result, it allowed to me to conclude that this project was very fun to work on because it not only helped us further analyze our selected text, but because it allowed me to build a better friendship with some of my classmates.
Building upon the ideas of eternal and loneliness (a paradox really) we were able to begin crafting our project. It seemed that throughout our project, we were confronted with the issue of finding meaningful pictures that could accurately represent the story through the ways we interpreted it. Some pictures were easier than others to find, however, there were some that were quite difficult. Nevertheless, we were able to locate pictures we desired quite successfully. The other difficult task in our process was deciding how we were going to create a music video. We were unsure about how we could efficiently present our project to the class, without it being too confusing meanwhile presenting people with our interpretation of what the story meant without directly stating it. Upon much thought, we decided that our best work would be done by gathering pictures, along with a song, that could effectively portray the story of Emily.
Once deciding upon our plan for creating the video by attaining representative pictures, we were faced with the dilemma with finding a song that was appropriate for the story. This is where we unexpectedly encountered the easiest part of our project. We stumbled upon the song “A Rose for Emily” by The Zombies which is a direct tribute to William Faulkner’s story. Once discovering the song “A Rose for Emily”, our dilemma regarding the best song for the music video had been instantly resolved. By quickly resolving this matter we were left with the task of deliberating who would be explaining the different parts of the music video. Thus we decided our respective roles, and were therefore ready to present it, even while worrying if the required time for the presentation would be a burden on us.
However, we were still worried whether our visual representations of the story were adequate for the audience’s full comprehension. Due to this concern, we decided to allot some time for us to further explain our choices to the class, so as to eliminate any confusion regarding any choices of ours. So along with our concern over the class’s interpretation, we worried mainly about the issue of time with the project. Although we were able to find a song that was specifically created for the story, we were troubled with the duration of the song, as it could potentially create a problem for us. The song lasted only for about two minutes and twenty seconds, meaning that we would have to devote much of our time to individual and collective explanation of our ideas through words rather than video. Thankfully though, we crafted several ways in which we could more thoroughly explain our project, meanwhile maintaining a simple and understanding tone throughout.
Apart from the difficulties, and problems we had with the project, we did have many positive aspects as well. Everyone in the group was willing to do their part in a collective manner, which helped keep the mood of the project optimistic. We were all equally prepared during our gatherings, whether it was with opinions, facts, analysis, or picture selection. Having great collective cooperation was vital to our project’s completion, and quality; it is easy to for me to state that this was the highlight of our project. It is not often one gets such cooperative group members; ones who are willing to have fun, but contribute at the same time. As a result, it allowed to me to conclude that this project was very fun to work on because it not only helped us further analyze our selected text, but because it allowed me to build a better friendship with some of my classmates.
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