Today (a Saturday), we filmed our little projects, which consisted of re-shooting a scene done earlier in the course. Although I had always known I was the dependent type of person, the many setbacks we experienced today got me to register the full extent of that dependency.

It took us 15 minutes to work out how to format the memory disk, and not to mention, we struggled to just turn the camera on. I didn’t know how to operate the sound mixer, and neither did my peers that worked with me on the day, so when we encountered a problem with it – I don’t even know what the core of the problem was – we kind of just gave up on it and used the internal mic instead, and this also took us some time to work out. If these situations occurred in class, another more experienced camera/sound operator would have surely known what to do. I receive so much help from others, I think I have become too accustomed to not dealing with technical issues myself. Additionally, I found that although I was the ‘director’ of my own project, I still relied on the rest of the crew to give me feedback and suggestions as to what I should do.

To sum up, I am highly reliant on others, and will need to hone my technical skills. This is a dire need.