Post three: Skills

Skills Table:

In this part of the task we worked as a small group of four or so people we created a table that identifies skills that we posess in terms of exam topics;  and different types of skills; Cognitive skills, Technical skills, Interpersonal skills. After discussing what needed to be put into the table and sucessfully entering all of the needed information as a group we proceeded to explain in further detail and expanded on the points written on the table in a video that we created using a flip video.







Add any further comments you think necessary that explains your current skills level to the examiner.

5 'SMART' Targets

Within the next academic year there are several processes in all areas involved in the course that I need to improve on;



1) The first and possibly the most prominent target for me this year will be to improve the quality of my camera work and continuity, last year both I and the group in which I worked struggled to effectively recognise when we had broken the 180 º rule, otherwise known as ‘crossing the line’ in our filming. This affected the continuity of our production and therefore obviously had a knock on effect on the grade in which we received for our final product last year. This year I will spend a great deal more time making certain there are no faults in our filming and do further research into vital rules such as the 180 º rule to ensure we do not have the same problem this year.


2) The second target I have set for myself will be based around the area of editing, next year I wish to not only improve on the areas I can already do on adobe premier plus but to try and successfully carry out new and original editing styles. As we now know the basics due to the editing of our products last year, this year I plan on spending a significant amount more time extending my skills on the editing suites as to boost the grades I could possibly achieve in our final product.

3) Due to the fact that in the approaching academic year our task is to create a short film in its entirety the process of creating a treatment becomes more relevant and there is now a need for character synopsises. Another one of my targets is to improve the detail in which our narrative and characters are developed. I will achieve this by holding more group discussions therefore deciding as a group a lot more detail about both the narrative and the characters.
 4) In this years main task we will be not only creating the film product we will also be creating a ‘postcard’ for our film in terms of marketing. To create the previously mentioned ‘postcard’ we will need to use Photoshop or a programme similar in function to edit the image. In the editing we will need to interpret the conventions so that it is possible to create a unique style for our marketing ‘postcard’ to match our film.

5) My final ‘SMART’ target for next year is to work on the improvement of my interpersonal skills, group dynamics are very important when working in close proximity with other people although never having had any real issues when previously working in these groups I believe that if the group dynamics had been better then as a group we generally would have worked momentously more successfully and the work would have been more equally split. So therefore in improving my interpersonal skills the group meetings that are held will be more productive and the group dynamics will be pleasant and easy to work with.