Why did I choose Film Production?

I am about halfway through the semester now so I wanted to talk about myself and explain why I chose Film Production as my course and what I plan to do with it in future.

I’m Nayan Sharma, a 19 year old University film production student. I’m a highly motivated, reliable, organised and a confident hardworking individual. Seeking a job in the film industry I’m very passionate about. I am a conscientious person who works hard and pays attention to detail. I’m flexible, quick to pick up new skills and eager to learn from others and develop personal skills in a practical Environment. 

Though my experience may be limited being a student, I have been able to gain wide-ranging knowledge of film and video projects from inception to completion. Effective at organizing and coordinating shoots; experience using production equipment. Conduct script analysis and contribute to script changes. Ability to write and edit scenes, treatments, and scripts; competent in film and sound editing as well as being confident with use of camera, lighting and sound equipment.

I have edited projects and assigned scenes using Adobe Premiere and AVID. Performed sound editing. I’ve written scenes, treatments, and portions of scripts. I’m enthusiastic and creative; demonstrated ability to meet deadlines and objectives. I have excellent organizational and communication talents; solid skills in improving productivity and efficiency while reducing costs.

I have always been a creative person, I see possibilities everywhere and I am constantly taking in information which feeds into my creative expression. I love to express my creativity in artistic traits such as painting, fashion, photography but Film is the medium that inspired me most, film to me is a form of expressive art and culture and I have grasped many opportunities to gain more practical experience on all forms of production.

As I had always loved editing I saw myself as working as an editor before I started uni. I was looking forward to trying out a better editor and editing things to music and adding effects. But once I actually started I realised that Avid was a lot more complicated than I had expected. After one of our film projects I then realised that I actually very much enjoy directing and cinematography, especially if the film is about an idea I had envisioned. So now I could see myself more as a director and cinematographer than an editor. So hopefully now I can actually be able to work on set and direct my own movies. I still plan on getting better at editing though as I want to keep my future options open.

As I mentioned before I love working with equipment and I found it very exciting to start working with the Canon 7D as it was a lot bigger and better than what I had previously used but I’m more excited for my second and third year as our equipment will be upgraded and I can become more hands on to produce more film content of a higher quality.