During this course I learnt how to use a variety of editing software that I think was really valuable. I learnt the ideas and the best ways to edit both video and audio during class and lectures, which was really helpful when both filming/recording and putting together final products. I also learnt outside the classroom, for example learning how to use Audition and Premier Pro myself that I found really handy. I think these two learning techniques go hand in hand. You learn the more complicated stuff while you’re at uni and then outside of the classroom you teach yourself how to put the complicated things you’ve just learnt together. I found this worked quite well for myself this semester. It allowed me to put my own spin on my learning.

The thing I found most challenging was the blogs. I found it hard to consistently sit down and reflect properly on each and everything that I had covered throughout the week. I found myself having to play catch-up with my blogs every now and then as I had let it slip away. I especially found it hard to motivate myself to write just one blog at a time. Because it doesn’t take long, it was hard to find the time to fit such an easy task in – because it would take no time at all so I was always ‘doing it later’.

Throughout this semester I have discovered that I only enjoy editing bits of material that I actually find interesting. I know that seems like an obvious point, but I know people that just love editing. Whatever they get, they love putting it together like a puzzle. However, if I don’t find the material interesting to enjoyable to watch, editing it seems like the biggest drag. For example, I have done a bit of freelance editing for an Agricultural Specialist (some interviews he took and what not) and I found it very difficult to sit myself down and actually go through and edit it all together because the material was so dry and boring. However, editing small pieces that we hve filmed at uni during class (like ‘The Pursuit’ themes film) were so much easier to edit and put together because I enjoyed the actual footage itself.