My commentary on this graph: The only thing standing out from this graph is the pink colour which is the CONCEPTUAL part of learning. It’s obviously not on par with the corresponding colours and here is the reason: entering this course, I had no experience with learning the concept of media, thus the conceptual process of  my learning was quite low. As you can see, in goes down in week 3 as the course starts to dive deeper in that part. Otherwise, my technical skills, my way or working/learning and my practice have developed throughout the duration of this course. I have also had ‘lightbulb’ moments in the middle of this course. That is when I’ve finally come to terms with the several requirements of the course and obviously had to work around those. This all comes in with my experience with Premiere Pro and my passion for media (practice).

What and how did you learn that you think was really valuable?

One of the most valuable aspects I learnt in this course was the technical skills we were taught: this came in with the technology we were introduced with such as downloading and purchasing Adobe Creative Cloud, getting to know the Sony MC50 camera and of course, working with little bits and piece of equipment such as the h2N zoom. Getting to know the technical components of media has definitely helped me express my creative outlet and producing something beautiful. Of course, I had a few setbacks with this part but all in all, the yellow bit in my graph has progressed very well!

Also, this course has strengthened the aspect of ‘practice’ for me. Like all the students in this course, we are all passionate (well, I hope we all are) and looking for a platform to express our ideas, thoughts and notions of the world. Learning different theories and practices within this course only further emphasised my reflections, craft, skill and finally, my desire to contribute to society and the world. In my first ever post, I mentioned a similar thought about Media 1.

What did you find the most challenging about the course?

I’ll be brutally honest here but there were some parts during this course where I struggled to express myself mainly due to the type of learning style – yes, it was a typical teacher to class environment and therefore, your opinions and work were out in the open which is why I mostly kept to myself during class discussion. Ever since high school, I’ve never really been an outspoken individual which is why this type of learning style only made it more to difficult for my ideas to be heard. Of course, this is on me as a person too and I must improve my confidence.

Finally, I found it very difficult to show my work around my peers because again, it was the type of environment where you were vulnerable to people you didn’t really know well, mainly because I had to show them a side of me that I barely show to my close friends and family. I would tend to sweat, blush and get nervous whenever I were showing them a video. This however, has obviously improved throughout the 12 weeks of the course and I’d say, despite my uneasiness with this type of learning process, it has helped become open and critical to my own work, making sure it is the best of quality.

What have you discovered about your own creative practice as a media maker?

Basically, what I’ve said for the other two questions – my technical skills and receiving criticism. The only thing I haven’t mentioned so far from my graph is the blue part which is ‘way of working/learning’. The two skills that I have mentioned before go into this process of working/learning because once I got to know these skills, my way of working and learning significantly changed. I’m not going too into it, because this progress has already been apparent in my work and my blog posts. I hope it’s noticeable!

thank you for reading as always,

lyreca 🌙