On the thread about the what we loved about the film making process, one poster mentioned vaguely how some of its high school project didn't worked.

At the moment, I don't have enough movie making experience to tell a story on my own, but I'm still asking:

What project of yours (or someone you know) failed? Was it funny, sad? What did you invest in this project? What did you learn afterward?

Again, sorry for not having a story on my own.

My uni short film (Blah, I hate thinking about it). I invested a good 6 months and close to $2000AU into it and the story just wasn't there. It didn't help that out of a group of 6 people, only 2 of us did any work (Myself and the Producer). It was difficult because we only became aware of this fact completely during the post production stage. I think the main problem was I (as the director/writer) expected too much from the rest of the group who weren't as involved in the project as I was (their choice not mine). Next time I am forced to work with a similar group, I think I would try a simpler idea and really focus on group motivation.

Yes, that was me...

The first film I ever worked on was initiated the summer before my junior year. At that time I believed I would become a writer, and so decided to write a script that a senior from another school would direct. His school had an excellent media program (I mean, better than most colleges good) - he would direct and co-produce, while I would write, co-produce, and act. So I spent about 6 months writing the script, and then another 3 months producing and organizing pre-production. Then, when we finally got about 4 days into production, the director had to pull out. Now, to be fair, he had a lot on his plate, and indeed it wasn't his fault at all. And the experience also taught me one very important thing - that I wanted to direct my own films.