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Blog #7

Our group had a bit of trouble with the previsualization assignment because it was difficult to get our Director on the same page as everyone else. Overall, this has been the most stressful assignment because I feel like it was a bit rushed. Trying to find time and work with each others schedules is a big issue. I also feel like the Director has not been very forthcoming with his vision. I think he has a lot of great ideas as far as the cinematography, but struggles to explain details that we needed for our previsualization materials. I think, if we had all been able to get on the same page with our director, the previsualization materials would have been a big help, but we were not able to do that. I feel like the previsualization process could have been a lot more productive if we had been able to understand what the director is going for. Hopefully, I will have better experiences with this previsualization process in the future.

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