College projects are almost always detested; and in a course like BMM, one is always seen engrossed in one or the other assignment. Thus, in about a year and something, we've developed a Love-Hate Relationship with our projects.
How much ever we students make believe that college projects are painful and painstaking, at some level of depth we do relish the experience. I can’t say if we enjoy the satisfaction of handling delayed projects or the adrenaline rush we get by involving ourselves in such serious risks, but we’re determined to procrastinate until the last hour.
Recently, I was working on a cinema project with two of my classmates. A wonderful project indeed; but we had very little time in hand. All the OMGs and What the Hell (Ahem*) were abuzz after the project was announced. But with only a weekend to brainstorm and execute the task, everyone donned their thinking caps and got down to serious business.
One aspect which is completely adorable in BMM is the fact that one works for all and all work for one. My group got many of my classmates running (literally running) on campus with a paper heart clenched in their hands.
It was a pleasure shooting, tracking, running, doing all sorts of crazy things for our (and others’) videos. But we did feel time crunch; and it increased with every hour that passed by!
Day 2 was a Sunday; a droopy, drowsy holiday for all except this poor bunch of BMM’ites. (PS: we love self-empathy. It just puts us in a safe Haven of pity and helplessness). My group met again to complete the arrear work of shooting, editing and publishing.
It was comparatively a lighter day, as most of the project work was already completed. We were so excited about the project; we couldn’t stop fantasizing about it. The whole day we were humming the tune of the soundtrack that we put in the video.
Our excitement and anticipation was building. As expected, the other groups were undergoing a similar sense of anxiousness as well! By late evening, many of the videos were uploaded on youtube and facebook. They received many likes and comments.
Though this is quite an encouragement, you still can’t say if the professor will echo the same sentiment.
Well, all said and done, the experience of this project was quite memorable. Unlike certain projects which I really wish to erase from my memory, this is one project which I’ll love to remember and cherish for always.
PS: this project made me realise that a storyteller can also be a director; and a good one at that ;)
