The most successful aspects on my submitted work would include the cohesiveness of my editing. I have some experience with putting videos together as it used to be a hobby of mine after watching a lot of vlogs and other Youtube videos at a young age, as well as watching a lot of documentaries. My subject for my interview is a close friend of mine, which assisted with the interview process. I feel like despite it being a more interesting experience to interview a stranger, my nerves would not allow it. Interviewing a friend, despite the risks, was the better option. The more problematic aspects of my submitted work was the lack of ‘found footage’ I could gather. It was difficult due to the fact that my subject’s career is in animation, so the found footage that I found that was of decent quality was almost always under some sort of copyright. I did find a recording of one of Glen Keane’s lectures from the 90’s, but it was questionable how much I could use. It stated it was public domain, but I’m skeptical. I have cited the work, and will heavily address where I had acquired the footage, and how it it’s under question about it’s copyright.
As obvious and contradicting as it may sound, a better camera could improve the the quality of the pice by improving the overall quality of the picture. Fancy tech can always attract a wider audience, and the progression of my technical skills (mostly working with cameras) could definitely improve the creative possibilities that you can’t do with lesser quality cameras. Not being able to do manual focus for one thing would take away the possibility of isolating certain areas in the shot that could be important or you want the audience to notice.
I had never filmed someone while interviewing them, let alone have any experience with interviewing someone face-to-face. In other instances, I had used email or had interviewed a teacher/lecturer. My interviewing skills have progressed my skills in Adobe Premiere are improving. Interviewing skills are definitely important outside of a journalism context. Not only could it improve my social skills, but if I wish to proceed with creative portrayals of people, it might be useful to think about how to portray that. Being a media practitioner, it’s useful to have these skills under your wing. I would definitely like to improve my capability with a camera, aside from my phone. I do have a DSLR of my own, but doesn’t have a filming function. This camera (Canon 5D, Mark |||) was incredibly fancy. Filming on it was almost a privilege. I restricted my self to manual focus and let everything else come to me as the interview and other footage progressed. I’m a bit proud of myself. It will absolutely be constructive skills if I do wish to be a media practitioner