Week 1 Response:

“For this semester of Film and TV 1, I would simply like to gain experience undertaking and attempting multiple roles of the many that are required to produce a (short) film.  It may sound like a basic and uninspired goal to some, however for me, filmmaking is a very new prospect and one I never thought I would be trialling even after enrolling in RMIT’s media course.  I very much feel as though this subject could be a highly influential deciding factor on my future career, and will not hold back when given the responsibility to accomplish set tasks.  I would gladly accept any job given to me, but would particularly relish any opportunity to either write our short film’s screenplay, or even to be handed the seemingly high pressure task of directing; both roles of which I feel I would be capable of tackling.”

Film and TV 1 definitely lived up to the hype that precedes it and my expectations for the subject were constantly lived up to and exceeded.  Though at the beginning of the semester, while I was secretly looking forward to the possibility of the role as director of a short film, I didn’t necessarily feel like I would be the best candidate for the job at all, group members pertaining, as I had zero previous experience as to what the task particularly encompassed, though it was a challenge I would be willing to accept.  As the cards fell, I did end up directing, and is an experience I have no regrets over, even from the mistakes I made and learned from.  It is a role I would definitely like to take on again in the near future, whether for a Film/TV 2 project, or beyond.

While guidance for both pre- and production was excellent, in both the lectures and tutorials, I felt a little like a fish-out-of-water during post-production, being relativelyunfamiliar with most types of editing software, even after attending the extra editing tutorials, which at times still seemed too advanced for myself – I felt like I was missing the in-between steps.  Here, I do feel like I could have tried to help myself further throughout this process, via instruction manuals and YouTube tutorials etc., but skimmed over a lot of it, due to our group having one particularly competent editor, and I feel like I could have put in some more time and physical help in accomplishing our final product.  When she left to go overseas however, I do feel like I sufficiently stepped up to fill her role to put the finishing touches on the film.  Tutors Robin and Paul were always on hand to offer helpful advice, and easy to contact via email outside of class times.

I thoroughly enjoyed this semester of Film and TV 1, and hope to learn as much as I have over the past six months in Film and TV 2.