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Thoughts on peers' posts

    A few days ago in class, each of us spent some time looking through and commenting on our peers' blogs. Despite originally being confident that my blog was OK, after looking through the others, I realized that firstly, my five shots could have been done far better, especially compared to the high-quality work some of the others were doing and also that my blog's customization was lacking

    The primary thing that stands out when you take a look at the others blogs is the effort they put into making their five short films, which many people went all the way with, truly taking a moment to let their skills shine. The ideas people had were awesome and all I can say is that if this is what people were able to make with barely an hour, I'd love to see what their final projects that they'll have months to think about will look like.

    Secondly I realized that my blog itself could've been done a lot better! Especially on two fronts, the contents and the customization. When you look at the stuff that some of my classmates wrote, it's clear that they really poured their heart out into their posts. What I did in comparison really pales to that, so it's very obvious to me that I should start putting some more effort and thought into what I post. And then the other aspect of the blog was customization, which has been in the back of my mind for some time but overall I'd stored away until being blown away by some of the stuff other people did. Since my blog currently has no customization I definitely should get to work on that and choose something that I like.

    Some blogs which really stood out that I liked were Alexa Naranja's blog, "The Orange Film Archives", which was customized very nicely, showed real passion and had a creative name, Tyler Bedasse's "Film Tingz", which  I thought had some of the best shots I'd seen as well as also having a nice layout, and Arturo Fonseca's shots, which were quite good. These definitely weren't the only people with excellent blogs, though, a ton of people showed their creativity both in their blog design and in their shots themselves, making use of the surrounding environment and making sure to evoke various emotions in the viewer.

    So overall I definitely have some work to do on this blog...

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