I have no prior knowledge about filming going to the subject, and this is my very first time exposed to editing softwares and using a camera, so there were many clumsiness here and there, and now looking back I figured there are many things that I could’ve done better.
This is my very first time experiencing with such a professional and heavy software like Adobe Premiere, and through out the process, I got to learnt how to correct the color of my sequences to look like night time (since I filmed the shots during daytime), how to add white fading transitions, and how to adjust the colors.
I’ve also had the chance to work with a camera for the very first time, and learnt how to pull focus to an object using touchable screen. This is a big step for me in getting in touch with modern technology in filming, which is essential for nowadays film making.
I also had the chance to apply the camera shots I’ve learnt into practice, getting me used to working with camera angles and camera setting to deliver the message, the chills to my audience.
Editing sounds is also a challenging part as I had to overlap many sound tracks onto each other and whenever I make a small change in cuts or splittings, the overlaps became a mess. Now looking back, for my personal experience, I figure that music should be the last thing to be added or edited, after all of the cuts and editings. For the editing sound part, as I was not very familiar with adobe premiere, I sometimes switch between Adobe and other basic tool such as InShot on my Iphone. I would also want to put this as my goal to learn more about sound editing in Adobe Premiere, so that I could be more professional in my later projects.
Through out my filming process, I’ve also developed my “preparation” skill. From planning up filming schedules, to risks that could happen on set, and talking to my teachers at school beforehand about late filming session after school, and preparing for props (fake blood, bloody t-shirt) - though there were just some simple equipments.
Most importantly, I’ve learnt to build my own blog, which includes all of my coursework and case studies, as well as my research on audience and genres. It was a bit of a challenge at first, because Blogger has many utilities that I’ve never used before. But now I’ve learnt how to create each blog, setting a theme for it, and putting in listing links for audience to easily follow.
Following with my blogs, I’ve developed my research skills. I’ve got to know about many amazing resources for film researching, such as IMBD, RottenTomato, American Film Institute, etc. Through out this year, I’ve learnt more about conglomerate companies, cross-media convergence and synergy, and other media marketing strategies of films of big companies such as Disney, for famous movies such as Toy Story, Enphanto etc. I also had more knowledge on my chosen genre, which is thriller. I got to know more about audience’s psychological reasons behind why they like watching thrillers, therefore can apply these into my opening scene to gain attention from my targeted viewers.
One other skill I’ve established through out the course is my ability to lead and cooperate everyone together under the role of a director. I supervised how each actor should act and express their emotions. There were sometimes we got distracted during filming, but I’ve learnt to collect everyone together and stay motivated during long shootings (which could be very tiring leading to low-quality acting), there fore I managed to push everyone through the whole filming session. This is beneficial for my directing skills, in working with actors and supervise and giving them details to meet the goal and bringing a high-quality product to audience. I’ve built my communication and explaining skills through the process, which is gonna be beneficial if I’m taking part in a filming crew or working in a media project with others later in the future.
All of the skills I’ve learnt through out my course and film production process:
- Working with bloggers (embedding links, link listing).
- Using templates and layouts for my blogger.
- Editing using Adobe Premiere (working with color correcting, splitting and cut clips, transitions).
- Using DSLR cameras
- Using pulling focus on camera’s touch screen
- Using day-to-night mode and adjusting contrast and shadow
- Do film research (case studies, statistics, audience/genre research)
- Writing a screenplay, storyboard
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