1.1 Develop your current knowledge, understanding and skills

I’ve always loved watching films in my spare time and I feel I have a relatively strong understanding of film. I find it interesting how directors can use different techniques to tell and story and manipulate the audience in a certain way and how different directors have different styles of film making. I love watching all types of films especially thrillers and dramas. I have made a couple of films as part of my studies, One which was part of my media studies A level coursework which was a mockumentary report about fake news and drugs. Another film I made was part of my art foundation portfolio which is a short film bout my journeys skateboarding. I’ve had some work experience working as a runner on a set at the university of Gloucester.

My main areas of interest in film making are directing or working behind a camera as I’ve had some experience in these areas. I would also like to try out some new skills and areas I haven’t tried before. I can see myself taking a role as a director as I’ve had experience writing scripts and directing before.

I hope to gain insight into the film industry and experience in making a short documentary as I’ve always had an interest in the media and how films are made. I hope to gain film making skills so I can go away and improve and make more films.

I would like to improve my skills by learning more camera and filming techniques so i can improve my filming and be more confident in film making. I would also like to learn new skills that go into making a film and also learn how documentaries are made.

I plan on either next year or the year after on going to study at university, I’m looking at doing a media based course so I feel this course will really help me in my future and help me decide exactly what I want to study.

1.2 Take a role in the production of a short film

1.3 Gain feedback on how you performed your role

1.4 Review your technical skills and use of equipment

I do agree with the feedback my peers gave me, I feel it was all very accurate as we all worked well taking our roles as a team. I think I carried out my role well as I learnt a lot of new skills and worked well as part of the camera team. I feel like my strengths were that I had good communication with my team through the shooting days, and my challenges was some of the camera framing and filming as I haven’t done much before. I feel a lot of my skills have developed for example learning what goes into making a film and the roles that need to be carried out. As well as learning specific camera skills and using camera equipment. I have learnt about framing as some of the footage that we could’ve used was framed badly and couldn’t be used so I learnt about that. My knowledge has developed from not knowing much at all about film production to feeling comfortable on a set and with the certain roles that need to be carried out. I have also learnt a lot about the specific equipment such as how different camera lens’ can be used for different shots and how the sound equipment works. I would like to develop my skills further in film production by trying to get more work in the industry and studying a film related degree at university.