One thing I've discovered that I think everyone should have pounded into their skull- never, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, EVER disregard, delete, dismiss any footage you may think is totally useless, no matter how unsalvagable it may seem. Save it all in a 'Blah' folder (that's what I call it, anyway). I'm so glad on of my teachers drilled this into me early on. I thought about deleting that 'Blah' folder so often, but as I've progressed it's actually become very useful multiple times. Namely, my experiments with AfterEffects. There's nothing so frustrating as wanting to try something and not having any footage to work with, and no time to go and shoot something random.
Thus, the Blah folder is my savior- I've almost always found SOMETHING that'll work with what I want to try, to practice on. If I like the results, I can always make time to go and shoot actual quality footage. Sometimes, the nature of the experiment doesn't require any reshooting at all, but fixes the original problem (bad lighting, bluescreen hiccups, etc).
Anyways, just thought I'd throw that out there. I'll post the particular project that inspired this little rant later on.
-Catherine
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