Creative Media Y1 Unit 3 Review (1).pptx

Creative Media Y1 Unit 3 Review (1).pptx

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  Creative Media Professional Practice Reviewof production experience on Units 1-7 Creative Media Production Y1 2021-22
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  Analysis of projects Eachslide should be 75-100 words long
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  Which specific productiontasks have you enjoyed most this year? • My Favourite production task was definitely the photography during the making of the poster and magazine front cover. During taking photos for my magazine and poster and was struggling to get the focus on the camera so my first few images were blurry and out of focus. Then one of my teachers (Josh) came in and showed me how to get focus and get a better image. Then my next few looked really good, and I was very pleased with how they looked. Then later on I went taking photos with 2 of my friends all day and I took all the photos and it felt amazing. It's also something I think I might like to do in the future because I enjoyed it so much. • I also enjoyed the editing side of the projects including video, audio and animation. I've always been interested in editing, but I've never been able to do it properly as I don’t have the software for it. So, I've enjoyed having access to premiere pro and being able to edit using it. It was fun to use the different transitions and effects on premiere pro as it was something different from what I've done before.
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  What challenges haveyou faced this year in your practical work? • The most challenging project this year was definitely the audio project. This was because my original idea didn’t work the way I wanted it to. I was going to use foley to make lots of different sound effects to try and create a haunted house story. However the foley tricks I used didn’t work and didn’t sound the way I wanted it to. I only discovered this after I put them into premiere which was very inconvenient. I had to respond to this by doing a different idea. In the end I went into the woods with my friend and recorded edited and completed my audio project. Another problem tat I had is I cant hear very well out of my left ear so during editing I struggled to hear all the distant sounds which normally play in the left side of headphones. I didn’t still complete it however but it was just another slight problem that I had t deal with.
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  Which process doyou think you have made the most development in? • I think the process that I've developed in the most is planning. I felt that at some points during the start projects my planning wasn’t as strong as it could have been. This is because when I went filming for my music video I didn’t really plan where I was going to film and plan to get proper equipment. So, I ended up just wondering around college with my friend filming on his iPhone 6 which wasn’t very good. I feel that from the audio project and upwards my planning improved. I think this was most evident in the audio project. I had to record my audio outside of college, so I planned when I was going to meet with 3 of my friends to record and planned exactly where we were going. I also booked an audio recorder so that I was prepared. I was a lot happier with my planning as I knew exactly what I was doing.
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  Which technical skilldo you think is you strongest? • I think at the end of this year my strongest technical skill is using cameras mainly photography. At the start of the course, I didn’t fully know how to use a proper camera besides my phone. But I feel now with all of the projects combined I have learnt and improved well and now is one of my strong skills. An example of my showing this skill was during the adventure project when I took pictures for the front of my magazine and poster. I went into the studio for today and took photos of my friend. During this I had forgotten some things about the camera and was struggling to focus the camera as it was dark in the studio. One of my tutors came in and showed me how to use auto focus so it's easier to focus the camera when its darker. And from this I got some strong photos. I can see the improvement from my camera work at the start of the year compared to now.
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  What do youthink has been your best project and why? • I think that my best project was the games animation. This is because it was the one project that little to nothing went wrong. My music video was bad quality and was poorly planned and my audio project was rushed as I ran out of time due to having to rerecord the audio 3 times. However, my game project all went well, and I also didn’t know how to make the animation in photoshop, so I learnt something new, and I was happy with the outcome.
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  Which project didyou enjoy least and why? • The project that I enjoyed least was definitely the audio project. Although I said the research and planning had improved from the last project during this one, I still didn’t enjoy this project as much. This was because I found the research and planning a boring process. During the music video project, we got to watch and look into existing music videos and was a very fun and visual task. However during the audio project, we had to listen to really long existing audio soundscapes and then write a review on them and I found it very long and boring. The production side of it was also not as fun and interesting as the other projects and took a long time and I didn’t get much out of it and wasn’t very happy with it.
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  How have youmanaged your time effectively this year? • Time management is an area where I need to improve. I misjudged how much time I had for many of my assignments, and as a result, I had to rush during the last week due to a lack of time. • Next time, I'll make sure I have a clear and distinct plan for what I'm doing and when, and that everything is scheduled. • It was strong in terms of resources and equipment. I always had all I needed, and nothing was ever missing. I made a quick recce checklist before going out to film for the music video project, and I didn't leave my house until I had all of it. I did this for whenever I needed to remember to go out with something.
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  Action Plan Each slideshould be a minimum of 100 words in length
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  What roles/specialism doyou see yourself working in on future projects? • I think that the role I see myself doing in the FMP and future projects in year 2 is photography. This is because I feel that It is my strongest skill at the moment as a result of recent projects e.g., adventure project. It is also the role that I enjoy the most as I find it very interesting, and I felt that I had a bit of a hidden talent for it during other projects. It also looks to me like something I would like to do in the future in terms of university and or job. I also do some photography outside of college just for fun when I out with friends.
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  What do yousee yourself doing at the end of the course next year? • I am still not 100% what I want to do at the end of college but I with definitely look into university. I honestly though feel that It depends on what I decide to do because I think that there are things you need to go to uni for and some things you don’t. I also think that I will look into some apprentiship or work experience. My Uncles partner has contacts with the company who do the filming photography and VFX for the new doctor who so I might go there and have a loom around for some work experience with that as I think that would benefit me with deciding what to do.
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  What research doyou need to do in order to explore your future progression options? • I need to look at a variety of university courses to see which ones I like the look of most. This will help me I deciding what I want to do and if I want to go to uni as I cans see what It offers. I should also look into some work experience like where my uncle's partner has contacts with as It will give me a look behind the scenes in the big industries and will give me an idea about what it's like in a job like that. I have already looked a little bit into uni but not sure how I feel about it yet.