# Les Cinq Mois
Producing _Les Cinq Mois_ was a wonderful (and stressful) experience. Chase
and I were living in different cities over the summer, so our creative process
had to live online. Through a combination of Google Docs, FaceTime, and one
in-person weekend of collaboration, we created an authentic short film that
we’re still proud of.

**What I Did**

**SCRIPT WRITING:** Chase and I wrote the script for the short film. We both
agreed early in the process that I had a "competitive advantage" in stringing
words together that sounded good. Chase had the vision for the actual film
part of the film; how the scenes would visually fit together. He'd tell me an
idea for what we wanted to show, and I would translate that idea into words.
Through many iterations, we perfected our script. I learned how to cut out
entire parts of a creative product when they just didn't _feel_ right. This
was painful, but was ultimately it paid off.

**MUSIC PRODUCTION:** I practiced the basics of Logic Pro X to create the
entire soundtrack for the film (except for a
[couple](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXzg_dpgWAI)
[songs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBtlPT23PTM) we included for a montage
and the credits).

**What I Learned**

**CREATIVE PIVOTING:** As the film submission deadline drew closer, Chase and
I evaluated our work. We had both been feeling "out of it" for a couple weeks,
and working on the film was becoming more work than fun. We had some real talk
and determined that the style wasn't what we had set out to create; our
product wasn't a reflection of who we really were. So we revamped the entire
script, nixed entire sections we didn't like, and captured the style we were
aiming for in the first place.