Monday 21st July- This is Serial hopes, expectations, and goals
Serial is my second studio, and I am really looking forward to exploring something completely different to what I have already done. My previous studio, Room with a View, was about radio production and hence completely audio, and non-fiction based. Creating a web series, regardless of the final tangible outcome, entails learning and using film and visual mediums and fiction content- all of which I am very excited about.
Apart from a refreshing change, I am hoping that through Serial I will gain more hands on technical skills. I am not sure what specific skills I would like to hone- there are many skills needed for film (based) production that I still need to lay the foundations for, or at least solidify the foundations to be able to then enhance them. For example, camera operation and lighting are some skills that I would really like to build upon. I feel more confident in editing/post production, but even still my skills there are very basic, and I would love to learn more and enhance them through this studio.
On top of these (and many more) technical skills, I look forward to working in a group and collaborating, and hence learning about roles and responsibilities within a media/film/series production, as I have not had such a chance previously. Additionally, I love the idea of working with screen writing students as it mimics a “real-world” setting in terms of having separate departments for writing/production. It is also great because I don’t think I’m great at thinking of ideas or stories, and so having someone else to do that will be awesome.
Finally, I love how the class has had an opportunity to help shape the plan for the semester and share what we want to get out of it. I think it will be a great semester.