The Legacy of LEGAC-E

Making this video was a long and difficult process, but I am very thankful for the experience.  I was challenged in many ways, but I learned I can accomplish a surprising amount when I push myself. I had to spend several hours outside of practice learning the dance, and attend practices even when I was sick or exhausted. One instance during training, I was sick and coughing enough to lose my voice, and I still did not skip practice.  I was motivated to work hard because of the other members in my group, and the knowledge of my class grade. I feel in this way I had insight as to what it must be like for real idols in S. Korea, as I know they feel genuine motivation to work for their group and career, but still have the control and standards of the industry to adhere to. There were a plethora of challenges in the making of this video, but those do not compare to the fun parts. 

The feelings of pride and success were overwhelming once we had finally mastered the dance and shot the video. The night our editor finally uploaded our video’s final version to youtube, we were all too eager to see the finished product. It reminded me of a video clip I had seen of TWICE as the members all excitedly watched on their phones and laptops when their new music video debuted. I understood their excitement only when I was impatiently waiting for the video to load the first time. It would be the first look at the results of all our hard work, and nothing compares to the feelings of pride and relief of seeing the finished product, even if we did not have whole teams of editors to mask our every imperfection. This experience is something I would never have had were I not in this class so I am very glad to have gone through it.