Evaluation of last years work

Last years foundation production has helped me to develop many skills which I will be able to draw upon this year and help avoid past mistakes. The research and planning section of the project took up the vast majority of our time as it took us quite a long time to initially settle on an idea which we were all happy with, and then more time to actually storyboard and plan filming. Looking back I feel that we may have ignored a few important elements in the planning stages due to lack of time, such as having a sufficient storyboard as ours was quite rushed. In out up coming project I hope that we are able to efficiently and effectively plan as I feel that this would have helped to make our past project run more smoothly and so would help greatly in this years work.

I feel that my personal organisation skills during the foundation project could have been better as although I was quite good with arranging group situations, my independent study was a little stunted as I found it difficult to keep up to date with deadlines. This year I know now to not allow my work to slide as I will fall behind and it will seriously effect the project.

Personal I felt quite at ease during the filming and editing process as that is what I enjoy doing. However, I did find that I have a tendency to take over, but I have learnt from this to respect that other people need to be able to learn and have a go themselves. Generally to work better in a team, without becoming a control freak. There were a few issues with the editing software being changed half way through the project due to the robbery, however I quickly learned to use the new software and I actually preferred it to the old software. To improve on this stage next year I would suggest getting everything filmed more or less around the same time as missing footage can lead to problems in the editing room. Also to film earlier on in the project to allow for the possibility of reshoots.      

The blog work and evaluation tasks from last year have helped me a lot with showing how dedicated I need to be, helping me be precise and to the point, and helping me to use many different media forms to present my ideas in a creative way. The main thing I have drawn on from my experience with the blog work from last year is how important it is to keep up to date with posting, which is definitely something I really aim on improving during the upcoming project.