3) I feel as though my technical abilities may let me down in this subject in terms of my performance, therefore to prove my improvement over the course of the semester, I will begin noting down confusion or difficulties I may have with programs or complex terms, and by the end of the semester I will be able to see and prove how I have overcome them.

So after a lazy few weeks, and pretending to nod along in class and in lectures about what korsakow is, I decided to take it upon myself to find out a bit about it as I figured, there is no way around using the software.
“Korsakow Films are films with a twist: They are interactive – the viewer has influence on the K-Film. They are rule-based – the author decides on the rules by which the scenes relate to each other, but s/he does not create fixed paths”. -http://korsakow.org/

This concept is something totally new for me. I am so used to, inadvertently being told and in some ways forced to watch what a director or producer wants me to watch. I have no say. Up until now, I wasn’t fussed, as I didn’t know any different.
But with korsakow, we can also think about it in vice versa. I am essentially co-producing a piece of work. Yes I am creating frames and scenes, but I am losing all control over what the lets call it “narrative flow” is.
Whilst thinking about this, I was taken back to my childhood. I was given a book (and for the life of me can’t remember the title or author), that allowed me to determine the story.
At the end of each chapter it would give you options and make you an almost co-author. Go to chapter 5 if you would continue through the haunted forest, go back to page 34 if you would run back home, turn the page if you are undecided etc…
Basically, a group of 10 people would read the same book yet come out with completely different stories. Hats off to * insert author * for coming up with this genial idea.
So how does this relate to korsakow? To my understanding, it is basically running off the same design. I am putting forward my work and setting “rules” and boundaries, however the “path” of my korsakow film is unknown to my viewer or me. 10 people will have different outcomes, just like that book (Google hasn’t helped me find the title either!)