First year – Reflection

My first year on the BA (hons) film production course is nearly at an end so I have decided to write a post about how I think I have improved over the year and what I want to focus on next.

I took the film knowledge I gained from my two year course at college and applied those skills in my university course. I only had basic editing and camera skills that I really wanted to improve on. Thankfully I’m good at learning how to use technology as it’s something I’m very interested in so I found it quite easy to get used to the camera, the sound kit was a bit of a challenge. I struggled a little with avid as it was a lot more advanced than what I was used to, and for two years been learning and growing on premiere pro, and still now there are a lot of things I’m still not sure about. But the more I have practiced using the editor the more I have got used to it and it gets easier to use every time.

The group projects I have had to work on were all a challenge. The first project went a lot smoother and the outcome was a lot better than I was expecting. We worked well together as a group and made sure everyone did their part. Our second project was a mess as there was a lot of immaturity/dictatorship and people not getting an equal say in the whole video concept which left us with very unprofessional work. The second group project I worked on was a lot more of a struggle as that group didn’t really work out very well. The work wasn’t divided equally and the outcome was quite frustrating, but thankfully managed to have just passed when I wish we produced better work and got a better grade. The third film project went very well and I felt my best work out of the other projects I produced, I had the role of the director which was very challenging, I tried to do my best and made sure everyone in my team was happy and satisfied with the work. I’m hoping for next year we will be allowed to choose our own group members so I can make sure to be with people I can work well with.
I’m also looking forward to the new units next year as they are all something I am very interested in. I have chosen Cinematography, creative music and sound, fiction film making and scriptwriting. As I would like to become a director/creative/ camera-man in the future and I think these units will help me a lot, especially as I am mostly interested in the pre and production side of making films.

Overall I have really enjoyed my first year at uni as my skills have already greatly improved and hope that in the next year I will get to work on more exciting projects that represent my style of work.