So far, I’m very glad I’ve chosen this studio. The practical component and activities have been the more useful than anything I’ve learnt in uni so far. The broad outline of filmmaking as a practice seems to be the general overview of this particular class and I’m excited to get a good grasp on how to conduct myself as a professional filmmaker. I’ve never learnt a lot about how to use cameras and it professional practices within a film set. What I’d really be interested in learning about is colour grading and post production techniques that adjust the aesthetics of the shot. As well as that, I’m really intrigued by a few different camera techniques; the zoom/reverse tracking shot is one that I’ve seen multiple times and even though it can come across in a sometimes sloppy or amateur way, I’d be very interested in learning how to make the shot work in different contexts. I think in terms of considering the briefs of this particular studio I want to learn how to better myself in the technical side of filmmaking. I don’t mind if we don’t learn to develop story or script but I’d like to know how to convert something from a page and interpret it to the screen. In order to do this a certain amount of creativity is needed to envision a shot but also the technical abilities to master and actually produce the shot, e.g. lighting, blocking, camera movements (I’d really like to learn how to do a tracking shot with a dolly). By the end of the semester, I would like to have a reel of shots or clips that show my ability to capture an aesthetically creative shot, and show my ability to take words from a page and make them into images on a screen.