Upon completion of this studio I would like to have more refined technical skills; both in the hands on shooting aspect (including the strenuous pre-production aspects, especially relating to time management) and editing aspect (I have a couple of years experience with Premiere Pro but even then I find myself only utilising its basic features – improvements in organisation is definitely a key area). I usually find myself operating cameras on their most basic functions so I hope to learn how to control the manual functions of the equipment to maximise my creative potential. The creation (or explosion!) of a short genre film is the thing I look forward to but dread the most, because it will be by far the most ambitious project given to me so far, but I hope that in the end I at least learn something from my achievements (or mistakes).

Film is something I hold very dear and is something which continually draws my excitement – there isn’t much I find better than watching the credits roll after watching great movie for the first (or second, or third, etc.) time. I am extremely interested in the potential of film and I hope this studio strengthens my understanding of both film and genre theory. I am keen on possessing a broader knowledge on the histories of certain genres and being able to properly identify and analyse their key features and tropes by the conclusion of the studio. Class discussions on thoughts about the weekly films is another thing I am looking forward to and the various opinions and discussions that come out of them will surely act to enrich my interpretations.