Reports on My Demise have been Greatly Exaggerated...

Perhaps I was over-reacting a bit with my last blog post. It is known to happen from me. I have a mild depression problem that tends to take over from time to time. That is not to say nothing in it is factual or informative; the attention it has been paid is proof of its importance. I am just saying not everything in it was necessarily true in hindsight or even needed to be said, which I'm sure many of you who have read it already know.
The short of it is that my film is not dead just yet. After a good solid week of editing I have finally managed to mold my raw material into the heavily saturated, digital world I wanted it to initially be. I am actually proud of the results I have on my hands at the moment, and have received a couple notes of encouragement from students outside of the class that actually enjoyed the project I have at this moment. It still may not be the best film of the class, but this is not a competition. Sometimes it is easy to forget that when there is a Film Festival in town. It may never be my best work, but it has turned out to be something reminiscent of what I originally set out to make, and that is enough for me.
It will be test-screened at Natura in about an hour or so, and it may still be a part of our Screener. If we have time I would like to screen the new cut in class on Wednesday, considering my fellow classmates are brave enough to dive into my work again.
So what went wrong with my post about everything going wrong? Overreactions mostly. The feedback was so jarringly negative that I promptly forgot my rough cut was just that: A rough cut. You guys can not see through my eyes the way the footage IS GOING to look or where cuts are going to be made. Obviously I know that is the case, but it is a fact that is more easily forgotten than one may think or hope. What I showed you was a sketch on a painter's canvas, of sorts. I have since filled in the colors and details, while at the same time covering up some of the rougher edges. I am not sure if any of you will be able to appreciate it in full now knowing what it came out of (I'm not sure I can either), but am confident that others removed from what was shown prior can, at least to some degree, appreciate what is shown now.
Good luck over the next two weeks you guys! We will all need it...
~Weem