In week 1 reading ‘Narratives’, I found a point that is interesting Todorov argued that all stories begin with an ‘equilibrium’. That was completely new to me and very interesting that I never thought this such a term in economics would be used in filmmaking. I agree with this point that if a story starts from a equilibrium stage, then there will be room to have ups and downs, the story will be easier to be dramatic. Also, there is a point excites me that is differentiating story and plot. Although I have done cinema studies last year but I was usually confused by using terms ‘story’ and ‘plot’, but now it is clear about these two terms. Story is defined as all events in a narrative, and plot could be understood as everything visibly and audibly present in the film. After reading this point I would know how to differentiate these terms and easier to get better preparation about the story and the plot of the short film.

I really like the point that is about the proactive exercise, to think of some everyday events and add problems. I think this is quite inspiring because I can see myself as a story, to think about what I do everyday, it would be more realistic and easier to think of some details in one event is happening. I think adding problems into events is an interesting exercise to make my daily life to be more dramatic and interesting. Also, I think recording what we experience is a good way to practise brainstorming some story ideas because we might find difficult to create a character or a story from nothing. I think our lives have given us many amazing happens to inspire us to create some insteresting storys.

In this semester I have chosen to study Film and TV because I am interested in filmmaking and screenwriting and hope to start my career in the film industry after graduate. I desire to learn very much in this course, getting more knowledge about filmmaking and practical skills, and also to improve my creativity. Create my story and make it to be a short film (or feature film) is what I like to do in this course. Then, I have set myself some goals to achieve in this semester. I hope to be familiar with Adobe Premiere because I used to be using Final Cut Pro 7 and 10 actually but not much knowledge about Adobe Premiere, I think it would help me to improve my post-production skills. Also, I hope to create a story that I would satisfy with myself and improve scriptwriting skills, I think my scriptwriting is my one of the weaknesses and try to overcome. Lastly, I hope that I would be having an awesome time working with my groupmates to enjoy the teamwork and make an awesome short film in this semester.