Evaluation Question 5: Skills and Development

Question 5

For this question, I did 2 pokemon/ top trumps cards to show my improvements since the beginning of the course until the end

Conventions Codes (3-->9) : At first, I did not fully understand what a convention was and how it worked. I did not know how to make Thriller movie or what was even in the movie. I never knew that Thrillers could be split into "sub genres" nor I was even interested in Thriller movies because I thought that Thrillers were just basically horror films but less scary. 

Sound and Music (3--->7): Before the project, I did not know how to edit sounds or compose my own score for the movie opening, I was hopeless in computer works. However I knew how to play the piano, so with the help of Ten and Nano (my crew) I was able to understand how the score was made and knew how to make choices when to add background music or to keep the white noise of nature. 

Editing (1--->5) : My all time weakness and still weak at it was editing. In the beginning I had zero clue of how editing worked and how to use a computer to edit footage. In short, I knew nothing. But after the project and trying out softwares such as windows premiere, I now understand the basics of editing and can apply them fully to my project.

Visual Effects (2--->5): Another weakness as weak as my editing skills. In the beginning, I avoided visual effects to the max because I knew I was not good at it and did not know how to use softwares such as After Effects to make videos look eye catching. But after learning the basics to visual effects, I finally got the hang of adding visual effects to videos. But, I still to do more work on visual effects.

Camerawork (5--->9): Probably my strongest area, I knew how to record videos and take pictures even before starting Media Studies. I had my own camera and love photography. But after Media, I was able to use y ability to the fullest and as time progresses, I improved massively and powered up to camerawork being my strongest asset.

Creative Confidence (5--->8): After getting to know my coursework and what a Thriller was, I was drowned with ideas in making a movie opening. I'm a quick thinker and from the many years of also taking Art as a subject, I am able to think of concepts and many ideas easily, so creative confidence was already a strong part of me. When it came to putting ideas on paper, I did not struggle, I let all of my ideas flow and throughout the project, the ability enhanced and while filming, I knew what I wanted and what the team wanted in the movie as well. 

Planning and Research (5--->9): Also a strong point, I was strict with planning and knew what to do every lesson. Making schedules for location hunting, casting and finally filming. Also, me being a person full of ideas, I find researching for inspirational resources easy and a natural thing.