Reflection #2

I have recently started the editing process for my short film, which currently is about 7 minutes long (very very rough I might add). I am trying to figure out how I want to organize it because there is so much information I have gathered both through research as well as interviews, and currently I have settled on separating the film into sections that are titled, like "facebook", "cell phones", "unplugging" etc. However, the one issue I am having with this is what happens when the people I have interviewed say interesting things that don't cleanly fall into one of those categories, then what do I do? For example, two people talk about how the internet in general is really time consuming, which is actually related to something that Professor MacGregor talks about during her unplugged experiment. So where do these comments fall?

Another thing that I want to reflect on is that today I had a girl in my digital media class take a look at my very rough work. I just wanted a fresh pair of eyes and the opinion of an outsider. I wanted to see what she got out of what I had done so far. Her response was very interesting, she said she liked how I had separated it but overall she felt it was currently one sided and was showing the negative portrayal of technology. Personally, I'm not sure if it does or does not, it's hard for me to tell because I have become so involved in the project and have started to develop my own opinions. Therefore, I really appreciated her honesty, and will now have to look for ways to balance the video out. I want the video to be true to what people say but I don't want it to be too one sided especially if people say good things about the use of technology. It's just interesting to really see how manipulative and subjective my editing decisions really can be, because I am choosing which clips to put in and the ones I choose can be based on how I see technology. Meaning if someone says something I agree with I might be more willing to add that clip. I guess it's just important to remain aware that these are subjective decisions and to try and stay as truthful as possible, so in this case I thank you Sarah (outsider) for giving me your almost unbiased opinion (she is more unbiased because she isn't directly connected to the project).