Today we presented our Project Brief #2’s in the workshop and were given the opportunity to give and receive some really great feedback, while we got a chance to check out what everyone else had produced. There was some seriously great, creative and inspiring stuff from the whole class.

Showing up to class and realising that my work would be on display for everyone to see was a really nerve-racking experience though, and as the presentations moved from table to table, slowly edging towards my table  ~ the nerves were palpable.

Some of the feedback I received on my PB2 was that the movement elements I used to infer transience worked well, and that my voiceover at the end of the footage tied everything together well. The feedback I received was much better than I expected of my work so that was a nice feeling.

There were some seriously great works presented from the rest of the class, from the technically elite to the ones that really carried a sense of self, the PB2’s covered a wide range of styles and expertise but they were all there – so they were all great. Some of the highlights for me, of others work was Jarrod‘s ~ whose use of voiceover was flawless and conveyed great emotion about his move to the big city, and how far he feels from his roots in country NSW; Sally’s use of original music was incredible! Her love for all things sound really shone through her work; Alex’s use of editing in that mirror shot; Julia‘s piece felt really homely and made me definitely hungry; and I felt that Justin‘s work had a real essence of himself within it which is noticeable throughout his Instagram presence too ~ a skill every media producer needs to have and one he does.

Some of the things I noticed about my own work when it was shown on the big screen, and heard through proper speakers was that I should have endeavoured to film all of my shots in the same frame ~ something I didn’t even think about until the presentation! I also need to work on my audio levels, because the element in which I used my voice over at the end was much louder than the other ambient sounds I used throughout the piece.