Personal Skills Audit

Creativity - Researching for new ideas , problem solving, being able to realize and fulfill ideas.
Organisation - meeting deadlines, punctuality , instructing others, creating the necessary paper trial.
Technical-  what software skills do you have - what are you confident using? How skilled are you with camera, lighting etc. Also any music video specific skills (dancing, guitar playing etc).
Persistance - do you get things done?

Creativity- I think creativity is one of my strongest point, as I love art. Art forces you to think outside the box, and create a unique piece of work that represents you. I think it is a similar case for media, once you are inspired, you are able to work with passion, to create an incredible piece of work. Adding to this, being creative while planning truly helps, as you are able to imagine the main shots of scenes. Which makes filming easier, as you know which kind of shot you are aiming for. 

To be creative, you need inspiration. Therefore before filming I have tried to look for inspiration in places I have visit and dark tone of painting. I think through the course of studying media, I have been more observant of things around me, as I am always trying to look for inspiration. My observing and noticing skills have definitely improved. 

Organisation- I think my organisation skill has developed intensively, as last year it was pressuring to hand in our coursework on time. This is because, I left a huge number of work to be done to the very last minute. Lesson learnt!! This year, I am trying to blog more often,  keep up with planning and the assigned work. Even though everything was done  under pressure, we were still able to meet most deadline. 

Technical- This year for our coursework, we have decided to use premier instead of final cut as in premier more complex editing can be done. I have found that this change is very hard to cope with, as premier has more tools and are in unfamiliar place. Also I have forgotten many editing skills, due to the lack of practice over the holiday. 

Persistence- I think we are all trying to get things done on time, as we plan what we are going to do each week. We also try to do it before hand, as we want to spare some time in case there are changes. This is challenging due to the work load we have with other subjects and university applications.