For my final production I created a music video, where throughout it was narrative and was about a young couple (between the ages of 16-17) in love. It wasn't a music video that was meant to deliver a message or have much a performance. I wanted it to be natural, sweet and simple but also quite engaging and aesthetically pleasing. The genre I chose was Pop, from my past surveys Pop was very popular and personally is a genre I listen to often so deciding on what sort of song I wanted wasn't difficult at all. Even though now I come to the end of the unit, I do realise that you could also class the song as Indie Rock, as it's an independent record but I felt it was leaning towards Pop more so it was best that I research Pop as much as I could. I looked into this genre by using research sources that I've used before and finding completely different but useful sources that I didn't, which also included looking at books (old or new) to find codes and conventions of any sort of production, as everything seems quite similar and I honestly don't think the standards for music videos have changed and if so I looked at websites that are recently updated.
I am still planning on entering the Barnes Film Festival, as I've tried to stick to their guidelines, I found that the College guidelines were more detailed, as there is NO swearing, drug references or nudity allowed, I think unless the music video is about drugs than it'll be okay (as it's a message).
My target audience at first was from the ages of 16-20, when planning I felt that my idea wasn't for ages younger or older because I have before gotten the target audience's ages wrong when creating a production and realised that it's not actually for those ages. For example my radio drama was originally meant to be for young adults and then turned out to be for a much younger audience.My target audience for this unit changed to 16-25, I realised that people a little older would still be interested in watching a video about young love, as they can relate it as they were of that age.
I am still planning on entering the Barnes Film Festival, as I've tried to stick to their guidelines, I found that the College guidelines were more detailed, as there is NO swearing, drug references or nudity allowed, I think unless the music video is about drugs than it'll be okay (as it's a message).
My target audience at first was from the ages of 16-20, when planning I felt that my idea wasn't for ages younger or older because I have before gotten the target audience's ages wrong when creating a production and realised that it's not actually for those ages. For example my radio drama was originally meant to be for young adults and then turned out to be for a much younger audience.My target audience for this unit changed to 16-25, I realised that people a little older would still be interested in watching a video about young love, as they can relate it as they were of that age.
My work was done independently, as it was meant to be a individual or in groups of two. I did though have a lot of help from peers and my tutors, who overall encouraged my idea. I asked questions about my work in multiple surveys and focus groups, asking people's opinion of my idea, if they have any ideas they'd like to recommend and throughout get their understanding of each part, in Medium I asked a lot about what a music video is and what they would prefer, these people became my target audience and their opinion really mattered to me.
Even though I want to enter myself into the Barnes Film Festival, I created the music video because I personally liked the idea and it was my choice in which production I wanted to create. Before this unit even started, I had a few ideas of what I wanted to create and once we started the unit I knew exactly what I wanted to do as I adamant to make it.
Even though I want to enter myself into the Barnes Film Festival, I created the music video because I personally liked the idea and it was my choice in which production I wanted to create. Before this unit even started, I had a few ideas of what I wanted to create and once we started the unit I knew exactly what I wanted to do as I adamant to make it.
Even though I did work independently, I still had lots of help from my actors, who throughout gave me their opinion on how a scene should work. Tia Manka (on the left) was extremely helpful throughout, we spoke a lot about the scenes I was going to film and she even offered to contact some of the actors to keep them posted on what happened. I chose to work with actors outside of college because I felt I knew them well enough for it to be easier to manage, and working with students within my class would be hectic as we all have the same deadlines, we all have lots of the same work to complete and it would be hard to find the time to film as they need to film their own production. Tia and Elizabeth (wearing dark red in slideshow) were especially helpful when deciding what sort of scenes I should film with the couple, this is when the idea of filming on a boat and in a skate park came, as the ideas were sweet and simple.
Tia Manka was very helpful when I needed to know everyone's dates that they were free and when they weren't. She did this by talking to my others via text or in person when I wasn't able too. She also let me know straight away what days she wouldn't be around and what days she was more than happy to film on, she also didn't mind how early we had to get up for travel and how late we would film for. She was very encouraging, she was also my main actress in my first proper independent work (short film about Beauty) where once again she was extremely helpful so I knew from that, that she'd be the perfect person to play the main character. She was very mature about the situations the couple had to be in, especially on the beach when Ben Danilewicz and Tia had to be very cuddly in public.
They both knew exactly what they had to do. Before every shoot, I gave a small brief of everything I want to do in the day. I had to make sure that I gave a detailed brief when filming at the skate park because of the amount of people were with me, and let them know if there were any changes. Even when there were problems, Tia was always there to help me out as she understood how much I had to do (from the Short Film) because there were a lot more people to work with than before. I'm really glad that when creating a music video, we create shooting script instead of a normal script (used for films for example) as it really helps show at which points certain actors need to be, I think my actors also found it easy to understand because of how everything was set, so all of the skate park scenes were all at the beginning and that's all they had to worry about.
Tia Manka was very helpful when I needed to know everyone's dates that they were free and when they weren't. She did this by talking to my others via text or in person when I wasn't able too. She also let me know straight away what days she wouldn't be around and what days she was more than happy to film on, she also didn't mind how early we had to get up for travel and how late we would film for. She was very encouraging, she was also my main actress in my first proper independent work (short film about Beauty) where once again she was extremely helpful so I knew from that, that she'd be the perfect person to play the main character. She was very mature about the situations the couple had to be in, especially on the beach when Ben Danilewicz and Tia had to be very cuddly in public.
They both knew exactly what they had to do. Before every shoot, I gave a small brief of everything I want to do in the day. I had to make sure that I gave a detailed brief when filming at the skate park because of the amount of people were with me, and let them know if there were any changes. Even when there were problems, Tia was always there to help me out as she understood how much I had to do (from the Short Film) because there were a lot more people to work with than before. I'm really glad that when creating a music video, we create shooting script instead of a normal script (used for films for example) as it really helps show at which points certain actors need to be, I think my actors also found it easy to understand because of how everything was set, so all of the skate park scenes were all at the beginning and that's all they had to worry about.
Within my production I had multiple roles, this included creating the idea, camera operating, directing, gather researching and many more things. I have done past productions by myself but this one was very different as there was a lot more work to do then I've ever had to do but I was able to manage everything well. I honestly find it fun working alone because then I have the confidence to produce something that I feel will be good. I do love to work in a group, as we can do a lot more and everyone I've worked with have really good ideas. But working alone was something I've always been worried to do as I didn't think I was capable to create a production by myself and now I feel like I can do a lot more, that also includes trying new editing techniques.
When bringing my story together into a script and storyboard, I struggled a lot as I knew exactly what I wanted to do but I found it hard to put it in words. But asking others opinion really does help as it lets me know if I should do something differently or keep it, I didn't just get feedback by doing surveys or focus groups but I would discuss it with people in my class in person or talk on group chats to see if anyone has anything to share. Getting peer feedback gives me the confidence that my idea is actually good and makes me think I'm not really alone when making the production because I know I loads of people to help me out.
When bringing my story together into a script and storyboard, I struggled a lot as I knew exactly what I wanted to do but I found it hard to put it in words. But asking others opinion really does help as it lets me know if I should do something differently or keep it, I didn't just get feedback by doing surveys or focus groups but I would discuss it with people in my class in person or talk on group chats to see if anyone has anything to share. Getting peer feedback gives me the confidence that my idea is actually good and makes me think I'm not really alone when making the production because I know I loads of people to help me out.
Survey
From past surveys I got a lot of females filling out my survey, the same thing happened again in this survey. Which makes me think that my target audience is more females between the ages of 16-25 than males. I do think males would like my music video but I personally think it attractions females more and it's a typical romance.
I also made sure to ask how old everyone to see if they fit the target audience age bracket. Overall this time people of the ages 18-19 answered my survey, as usually I get 16-17 or 24-25 year old answering but I guess my music video was more of an interest to people 18-19, still in my target audience age bracket though. I sent my survey to around 40 students but only got 3 replies. |
Pop music most of the time is meant to be upbeat, when you hear the word 'Pop' you think of an energetic and exciting song. That's exactly what I was hoping people felt about my music video. Looking at the Pop codes and conventions is a extremely helpful way to research a genre, as it not only tells me about camera angles (close-ups, wide shots, etc) but gives you an idea of what type of clothes people wear, are props important, is the location important. All these things which people don't tend to think about but is very important. The use of colour, I personally felt that my production had a lot of colour because of the nice weather and the clothes I got my actors to wear, in my survey it was mentioned that my characters costumes were good and that it was 'very fun and upbeat', which is how I wanted my video to be like, something that is engaging. No one mentioned about my locations, which I think I picked really good locations that would fit into the codes and conventions of Pop, somewhere that is eye-catching and relates to the lyrics of the song, just like 'Love like waves' they had filmed a lot of scenes that relate to the lyrics, as I did with the beach and it being summery, and the Coke Cola Cherry bottle which relates to the lyrics of the song.
When doing my contents research I only romance to look at, which really helped me figure out scenes I could do between my actors. Overall I realised that young love is very awkward and can be uncomfortable as everything is new to them but can also be really sweet and romantic as they act as if they could be together forever or that they know they won't last. This type of research made me think about what kind of mood I wanted to set, I didn't want something that was sad like a couple knew their relationship would come to an end one day but I wanted something was happy and extremely sweet, I hoping that people understood the story by how much 'love' the characters showed, that it's the 'honeymoon' stage of their love and nothing else matters to them. When I asked about my content in the survey, I don't think I worded it very well because the answers weren't very detailed but overall everyone understood it and someone said they find it relatable, probably because it was about a couple of that age (16-17).
I think my narrative was easy to understand, it goes from a two teenagers noticing each other to then going out on many different dates and getting closer to each other. I do think my narrative was structured properly as it had a beginning, middle and end, goes from the couple not really knowing each other to them going on dates and finally with them being very close with each other and obviously happy, as the audience don't know if their love will last or not, that's the real mystery of it all. I think people prefer when they know what's going on as not many people enjoy having to watch something multiple times because they don't understand the narrative, it also doesn't get people talking about it as they can't explain to someone else to why they should watch the video.
Someone mentioned that the video relates to the lyrics, in a sense that the song is about a guy who is talking about hoe much he likes a girl that's why my main focus was always on the girlfriend because it's about her. Someone also said that they understood the narrative immediately, which makes me very happy as I'm glad it's not a difficult story to follow and enables anyone to be able to watch it.
Someone mentioned that the video relates to the lyrics, in a sense that the song is about a guy who is talking about hoe much he likes a girl that's why my main focus was always on the girlfriend because it's about her. Someone also said that they understood the narrative immediately, which makes me very happy as I'm glad it's not a difficult story to follow and enables anyone to be able to watch it.
I also asked a question about both my filming and editing, as I felt that I have improved a lot since the start and also taken the research I did for genre as I looked at camera angles and the practical task I did so I could see what I would really want to be in my FMP. I think it's the best edit I've ever done because I've never been confident enough to try any new techniques so when I did my VHS technique, even though it was simple and the video was very easy to follow it just made my video a bit more exciting and showed that I actually put a lot of effort into it. I was also stuck on if I wanted to use the VHS effect or Super 8 but I'm happy with using VHS because it didn't make my production look dark like what the Super 8 did and also was perfect for present clips, while I think Super 8 would be a good effect if it was used to a production that was set a long time ago. I did also use cutting to the beat, I didn't really start following my shooting script in detail and used the beat behind when editing to add some scenes, it just makes it a little more interesting and honestly I think it looks nice. I do think I didn't really have many scenes to use of the skate park, as I used some of the same scenes again in the chorus, but I made sure to film a lot when going to London, on the boat and Brighton.
From my survey, someone thought my 'video attractive', meaning the VHS effect worked well enough that it made my production look very good and not boring. Someone liked my camerawork, I made sure to use lots of close-ups, wide shots and mid close-ups which I got from the codes and conventions of Pop genre.
From my survey, someone thought my 'video attractive', meaning the VHS effect worked well enough that it made my production look very good and not boring. Someone liked my camerawork, I made sure to use lots of close-ups, wide shots and mid close-ups which I got from the codes and conventions of Pop genre.
I wanted to know if anyone had improvements they wanted to recommend and what they overall enjoyed about my production. Two people liked my production so much that they didn't really have anything to improve, as much as I like the fact that people really liked my production, I was hoping that someone would tell a improvement so for future productions I could learn from that. One person did say I could add effects, which I agree with, I think that now I've built up more of a confidence with my editing that in future productions I will try new things.
Focus Group
First question I asked in my focus group was 'Do you think the techniques I used, which are VHS and colour grading, are shown throughout the video?' Hafsah said that it does because it's shown frequently throughout my video, while Tom says about the VHS effect being the 'flashbacks', it's not meant to be the 'flashbacks' because everything is meant to be in the present but it does show that it isn't filmed by me but the characters themselves on their 'own' camera. Jermaine said the VHS was more obvious because you can see a difference between it from other footage but with colour grading there's not much of a difference as it was only a simple correction to make it brighter and look like it was filmed in the summer.
The second question I asked was ‘Do you think the characters are portrayed well as a couple in the video?’ Hafsah made a point of saying you see them together and they do things that couple usually do, this would include holding hands, hugging and not leaving each other. I wanted to make the couple act realistic, as it adds to whole natural vibe I’m trying to use throughout my production. I personally think the actors I used made the characters very realistic as they listen to my instruction and really pulled it off, acting awkward but romantic.
My last question was ‘What are your opinions on the visuals (for example the locations)?’ Miya said that she liked the beach locations because they were very fun but also it's a different place to film as no one really would travel out to film on the beach, I also agree that going to the beach and showing people that you've made the effort to go shows how willing you are and how you want to make your production special. Tom said that it shows they've been together for a long time by going to multiple places and going on a vary of dates and shows their journey as a couple.
The second question I asked was ‘Do you think the characters are portrayed well as a couple in the video?’ Hafsah made a point of saying you see them together and they do things that couple usually do, this would include holding hands, hugging and not leaving each other. I wanted to make the couple act realistic, as it adds to whole natural vibe I’m trying to use throughout my production. I personally think the actors I used made the characters very realistic as they listen to my instruction and really pulled it off, acting awkward but romantic.
My last question was ‘What are your opinions on the visuals (for example the locations)?’ Miya said that she liked the beach locations because they were very fun but also it's a different place to film as no one really would travel out to film on the beach, I also agree that going to the beach and showing people that you've made the effort to go shows how willing you are and how you want to make your production special. Tom said that it shows they've been together for a long time by going to multiple places and going on a vary of dates and shows their journey as a couple.
What went well?
I think my camerawork was so much better than previous productions, I felt I had taken a lot of information from my research (especially the codes and conventions of the genre) and really thought about how I want my camera angles to look. I used a lot of close-ups, I do a lot of 'shaky' zooms to make it look very natural, for example the close-up of the main character on the beach, I did no sort of editing to her face and kept her natural smile/laugh in, I then used the VHS effect to show that it was filmed by the boyfriend. |
I also personally think my editing transitions were seamless, as I used the VHS effect to transition to one location to another so my audience knew that it was a change in the narrative and location. I really liked my VHS effect, it's not something I've done before but I really enjoyed adding it to my production and I think it looked more interesting, it was something that I had wanted to add throughout my planning stage and felt it really added to the mood of the really chilled out song.
Of course there were disagreements, I was working with a lot of people who had never been in a production or just needed a bit more explaining as they fully didn't understand the point I was trying to explain. I just made sure I stayed calm, if I freak out then everyone freaks out. I took everything slowly as we had the whole day, I made sure to talk to individuals when I wanted to film them so they knew exactly what to do and could film straight away. Some people didn't feel comfortable filming in certain areas (when at the stake park) because of how crowded it was, to prevent arguments or disagreements, I made sure to find places within the park to settle the nerves but still make sure the locations were good for the production, basically 'killing two birds with one stone'.
Overall I really am proud of my production, it lets me know that I can create something that not only do I like but others too. I have really tried hard to build up my confidence and I feel like by the end of my second year on this course, I'll be a completely different person.
Of course there were disagreements, I was working with a lot of people who had never been in a production or just needed a bit more explaining as they fully didn't understand the point I was trying to explain. I just made sure I stayed calm, if I freak out then everyone freaks out. I took everything slowly as we had the whole day, I made sure to talk to individuals when I wanted to film them so they knew exactly what to do and could film straight away. Some people didn't feel comfortable filming in certain areas (when at the stake park) because of how crowded it was, to prevent arguments or disagreements, I made sure to find places within the park to settle the nerves but still make sure the locations were good for the production, basically 'killing two birds with one stone'.
Overall I really am proud of my production, it lets me know that I can create something that not only do I like but others too. I have really tried hard to build up my confidence and I feel like by the end of my second year on this course, I'll be a completely different person.
How could it have been improved?
I think I need to add more editing effects, even though this is the first production where my effects are more visible. I need to add more effects that could make my production more exciting, I'm still unsure what I could of used, maybe effects that bring out more colour or that will involve more transition but I feel that could be for future productions because the effects fitted the relaxed mood of the song. Just need to build up that confidence to try new and harder editing effects.
I also think I took a very long time to do my research, longer than it should. I think it was because I took too long to figure what to write about and where I should look, I need to stick to my production schedule and make sure that I complete everything in the time I wrote down so I am not having last minute panics when getting towards a deadline.
I felt my shooting script wasn't descriptive enough either, I didn't follow everything on the script and did move around scenes when editing because it didn't fit when looking at the script. I felt that maybe it was too rushed and needs a few changes to bring it to a high standard.
I think I need to add more editing effects, even though this is the first production where my effects are more visible. I need to add more effects that could make my production more exciting, I'm still unsure what I could of used, maybe effects that bring out more colour or that will involve more transition but I feel that could be for future productions because the effects fitted the relaxed mood of the song. Just need to build up that confidence to try new and harder editing effects.
I also think I took a very long time to do my research, longer than it should. I think it was because I took too long to figure what to write about and where I should look, I need to stick to my production schedule and make sure that I complete everything in the time I wrote down so I am not having last minute panics when getting towards a deadline.
I felt my shooting script wasn't descriptive enough either, I didn't follow everything on the script and did move around scenes when editing because it didn't fit when looking at the script. I felt that maybe it was too rushed and needs a few changes to bring it to a high standard.
I noticed when editing that there were small mistakes I did when filming and that I couldn't think of ways to get rid or avoid those scenes because I needed them in my production.
Like this scene at the skate park, where Ben is helping Tia ride on the skateboard, they hold hands and he pulls her along. What I didn't think about was my shadow and that I was in front of the sun meaning I would appear, I only noticed this on my final day of editing and felt that I couldn't find a way of changing it and I really liked that scene. Another scene where there is an obvious mistake, is the boat scene and I needed four people on the boat to balance it out so it didn't tip over. But you can see part of the other girls hair and I didn't realise until I had uploaded the video and now every time I see the video I can see it clearly, but I still don't know how to get rid of it without cropping the actual footage. |
What would you do differently next time?
I would like to film in a warmer place, maybe in another country. I find that sometimes the English is a bit hit or miss, as the weather can change from really sunny to raining. I know that in adverts or music videos, they tend to film in places like Africa (for example) because of the hot weather, but also how clear the skies are making it look very aesthetically pleasing. Even though it's more costly to go to another country to film, I think it would really make the production even better and adds a change of scenery. |
I also think I should have gotten my actors to wear more colourful costumes, so it just makes the scene look more exciting and colour always grabs people's attention. I would want lots of yellow, reds and pinks as I feel those colours are very summery and stand out a lot (to me personally).
I really liked the clothes Billie Eilish wore in her music video 'Bellyache', I felt the all yellow outfit really made her stand out and I just think yellow is such a good colour. I would want my actors to stand out like she did. |
I would like to have a higher budget next time because I feel I could do a lot more if I had more money (my budget was £100) but then I could spend my money on better costumes, more props and a vary of locations. As a lot of money goes on travel, props, food, costumes, equipment, etc. So having more money lets the possibilities endless.
I also want to change my script, I would make sure to describe the camera angles I'd use and what time within the song I want a scene to start. It just makes people know exactly my thoughts and could potentially be easier when filming and editing.
I also want to change my script, I would make sure to describe the camera angles I'd use and what time within the song I want a scene to start. It just makes people know exactly my thoughts and could potentially be easier when filming and editing.
In my research, I looked at two music videos and thought about ideas I could take from theirs and create it into something for my production. Now I have finished my production, I am going to look back and compare my music video from professional music videos. I analysed the two music videos and spoke about the scenes that really stood out and what codes and conventions were within both. 'Love like waves' by Friendly Fires and 'Starlight' by Kuwada were the music videos I chose. Now I am going back and comparing them to my video.
1 is the beginning of 'Love like waves' where the introduction is of the waves show the location but is also a nice effect to show the mood of the song. I decided to film the waves in my music video (2) , I thought it was a nice b-roll to use as it shows that it's filmed in the summer and that the mood will hopefully be uplifting. I do think I should have used a lighter colour grading, as the scene looks a bit more gloomy, maybe instead of using an orange tint, I should have used a lighter blue tint to make it more colourful. I also used the b-roll of the locations as a transition, it sets the scene of where it'll be and helps the audience know that it's somewhere else. I also used the same sort of effect of having blacks sides, as it's only used partly in the music video (Love like waves) like mine.
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There were lots of close-ups and wide shots in 'Love like waves' but my favourite was always the part where it slowly zooms on the main character (the male) he looks straight at the camera, even though throughout the video they don't look at the camera (as if it isn't there) as that's the narrative but this breaks the wall. I sort of did the same with the scene where my main character looks straight at the camera. My reason was that whenever the VHS appeared it was either to transition to another scene (if it was B-roll of the location) or to show that it's not meant to be me filming but the boyfriend brings his own camera with him and films their time together. It just adds to the narrative of them being in the 'honeymoon' stage and remembering the times they were together when they were young.
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They also included a lot of the narrative about the friends of the main characters, as a few scenes were just of them. I liked this idea, so the video wasn't always about the main characters love (which developed throughout, like mine) but included their friends and shows them having a good time. I wanted to use this idea as well, having parts where it wasn't about romance but also about friendship, showing the audience that the others are having good time as well.
The friends weren't included as much as the main characters, which is the same as mine, they only appeared at the beginning in my production. Just to show that the couple weren't always together from the start and that their journey started with the group of friends. I wanted to show the friends having a good time too, just like 'Love like waves' as it jus adds to the mood and shows that they can have fun as well, making the video still very positive. |
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In 'Starlight' the music doesn't actually start until the camera moves to the radio inside of the girl's broken down car. I loved this idea of having this radio as a transition to start the song than it randomly playing within the narrative. At the beginning of my song 'Cherry Cola' there's a part where the girl is talking on the phone to a man, I want to use a retro phone as the prop to show that it's a call on a phone but also it's quite different than having her sit and talk on an iPhone. I also wanted to set the scene that she was on the beach by having her call him on the phone siting on the beach. The same way the location was set before it showed the radio, to explain a bit about the narrative.
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There's a scene in 'Starlight' where it's dark and they're sining in front these neon red lights. It's just a nice idea as it really stands out and makes the scene look very aesthetic. I wasn't actually planning to use this idea as I didn't know any locations that had neon lights that would look good at the time we were filming but when leaving Neil's Yard in London, I can across a small tunnel that was just full of lights of changing neon colours and thought it would be a very good location as it fits that Pop vibe. I am so glad I decided to film there as it's very aesthetically pleasing.
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I used a lot of wide shots, just like they did in 'Starlight' it just set the scene and includes everything (like the actors, props and location). I really like filming wide shots as it just adds to the narrative to show the actors and the locations they're in.
It's a very popular angle used in Pop music videos so I felt as if I had to add a lot of them in, I really like the scene where the boyfriend picks up his girlfriend and spins her around because you get to see the sea, the beach and the old pier in the background also showing the clear skies and how sunny it is. |
How suited to the media industry am I?
I think I am gradually getting to a point where I feel I could work within the media industry, I am gaining the confidence I need, I think I need to do more team projects to see how my confidence is within a group, as I am more than capable to work alone as I know exactly what I’m thinking about and I know if I need to make any changes.
I think with a bit more time, I could really do something different with editing, from the first unit until now I am a very different person, I never thought I could create a whole production by myself when I first started as we worked in teams first but overtime I have practiced and realised the areas that I’m good at and the others I need to improve. But I think that’s what the media industry is about, it’s about experimenting to find new things that people will love and it’s about learning from mistakes, that is why we evaluate and analyse a lot, so we can see what others have done and what sort of mistakes we should avoid for next time. I think I will forever be learning about new things and always have this passion to create something great for my audience, making sure that I always get their opinion in any sort of form (surveys, focus groups, in person or via email/text) even though I’m working alone, I am still working within a team as I am always having help from my peers.
I think I am gradually getting to a point where I feel I could work within the media industry, I am gaining the confidence I need, I think I need to do more team projects to see how my confidence is within a group, as I am more than capable to work alone as I know exactly what I’m thinking about and I know if I need to make any changes.
I think with a bit more time, I could really do something different with editing, from the first unit until now I am a very different person, I never thought I could create a whole production by myself when I first started as we worked in teams first but overtime I have practiced and realised the areas that I’m good at and the others I need to improve. But I think that’s what the media industry is about, it’s about experimenting to find new things that people will love and it’s about learning from mistakes, that is why we evaluate and analyse a lot, so we can see what others have done and what sort of mistakes we should avoid for next time. I think I will forever be learning about new things and always have this passion to create something great for my audience, making sure that I always get their opinion in any sort of form (surveys, focus groups, in person or via email/text) even though I’m working alone, I am still working within a team as I am always having help from my peers.