In all the excitement on actual turn in day, I forgot to wrap up my project. My video ended up being 6.30 minutes long. While this is a good bit over the criteria, I believe it was necessary and keeps the experience fluid and cohesive. I tried to keep it under 5 minutes and was finding the narrative to be awkwardly short with too quick of an ended. I was told that a couple minutes over the limit was acceptable as long as the reason was justified, and I believe that in this case it made the most sense.
As always, my website was possibly the most difficult aspect for me. It was especially tough in this case because of the abstract nature of the concept. How do you graphically display the effects of divorce? But after some serious feedback and critique from the professor, I ended on a visual representation that effectively translated the mood of the video. I still have a lot of work to do learning web design, but I've come a long way since the beginning of the semester. Most of my learning has been based on HTML and CSS tutorials online, but a few studio friends have helped me out as well.
I set out to make a documentary examining the effects of divorce on children and ended up with something way more personal than I could have expected. Originally I had intended a section devoted to facts and statistics, but the interview material was so engaging and enlightening in and of itself that I didn't want to break that connection with the viewer by switching focus. I was extremely satisfied with the final product.
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