Senior project

Today we finished our poster work and went to blick to get paper for wrapping our poster since we need to bring it all the way back to school. After that, we started working on our final essay.  working hour: 3 hours

  Our project came to an endpoint at the end of this weekend. We basically finished both our document and poster by Saturday. Our poster-making process went surprisingly well because we had everything designed and mostly planned out at the beginning of our project. So during this week, Grace and I first wrote the scripts for our interviews. We went over the interview clips again and took notes to better understand their perspective and draw deeper connections to their love stories.  One obstacle to our poster was that the original color paper that we glued on the canvas board was so wrinkled that Grace realized that anything we put on the board surface afterward won't stay. Therefore, we had to go to that art store to start the poster again. Honestly, I didn't think it was going to turn out much differently, but I was surprised by how smoothly and flat the poster came out the second time. That’s when I realized that we have to make our project perfect without  I think thr...

 Getting close to the end of our project, we have got a lot done along our way. Because Grace and I are almost done with our poster, we sat with Jack to work on our documentary together in the morning. I wrote down different categories of the interview answers so it's easier for Jack to put them in order for editing. After that, since there was still empty space on the poster, Grace and I continued to work on adding more details, such as gluing stickers on and drawing more decorations to make it stand out more.   today's hour: 8.5 hrs total hour: 84 hrs    

 Because we had a few arguments in the past few days, this morning we discussed the documentary's common vision. It is sometimes hard to have all three of us agree on one point, so we took a long time comparing and deciding. Finally, we came up with one solution: whenever someone has an idea, one has to say it before actually working on it to avoid wasting time. After that, Jack edited the documentary, while Grace and I started working on the poster. Yesterday, we realized that we need one more figure to be on the poster because there's still space. So today we went over the interview clips to choose another girl that fits our theme, draw her out, and write the scripts. And we also redid some sketches and narratives for our poster.  today's work hours: 8.5 hrs total work hours: 75.5 hrs 

 Today is probably the most productive day so far. We started off today by finishing writing scripts for the seven interviewees. Even though it's much easier to just type and print it out, we still decided to do hand writing since it's more creative and we can enjoy the process more. Then we put the stories, name tags, and the paintings on the poster to arrange the layout. Later after lunch, Jack realizes that we might need more interview clips for more options, so we went to Brooklyn bridge to interview more people. After that, we went back to the art store for more glue so we can finish gluing the color paper on the canvas board. Then we fixed some blemishes on the poster, such as redoing the letters that got smudged.  today's hours: 8.5 hrs total work hours: 67 hrs

 Starting off today, we went to an art store in Brooklyn to get the color paper that we need for our poster. Because the old ones that we glued on are wrinkled and got stained, we decided to get brain new papers but of the same type because we like that texture. However, we didn't find the same type of paper in that art store, so we had to go back to the one on Bond Street we went on the first day. After getting the right materials, we headed home to restart our poster. We ripped off the old ones and tried very carefully to glue the new ones on, which came out so nicely done and smooth. After that, Grace and I went back to the interview clips again to hear their stories more thoroughly and comprehend their more deeply. And then we started writing stories for the seven interviewees that we chose and painted, while Jack continued editing the documentary. However, we had an argument about the vision of the documentary but we worked it out by further discussions and comparing.  ...