DO OR NOT - THERE IS NO TRY

Friday evening, I was part of a group project for the Seattle version of 48hr. film project. After less than 12 hours together shooting footage... after a very long night - a couple of key people in an eight man team decided they no longer wanted to participate, and abruptly abandoned the group project. Needless to say, the incomplete status of the group portion of the project was a sincere disappointment. There were no winners here - lousy result of the small group - short deadline dynamic. Our group leader gave up a decent entry fee, the rest of us gave up a twelve hour day. That shiny ~expensive~ Adobe CS5 software prize potential sure looked mighty fine to me... The following images were before everything imploded. I edited the video to reflect the lack of completion - the one thing that prevented group success - one second at a time - I still took photos, I still completed my portion - solo - because that's what I do... so here's what I have to offer. The lesson here - as in life - no film is completed alone - without the complete input from the group - there will always be something missing. Thanks 10 Doors Creative, the very professional unnamed participants. And last, the two anonymous non-finishers - for inspiring me to quote Yoda regarding an aborted independent sci-fi film project. For giving the rest of us another important lesson in lame creative group dynamics. Good luck to the real lovers of film making - the 48 hr. Seattle film project finishers.