1. As expected, the Deliberate Film studio has already provided me with some very valuable set of skills and knowledge. As I stated in my initial post, I have the goal of becoming a more efficient filmmaker. Simple class and homework tasks have allowed me to brush up on previously learnt skills and also learn some new ones. Many of these activities have shown me ways to work in Premiere with more control over footage. The Lenny exercise was a great way to engage and play around with footage that was of a theatrical nature. This was my first time being able to work with fictional dialogue, with multiple takes. When I assembled all of scene 1 footage together, I was really happy with my work and thought that I couldn’t have done a better job. However, come the next class, we had a chance to analyse and view the work of other students. It was only then that I realised there were many more ways I could have approached my edit. This experience allowed critical thinking to assist my evaluation of my work. A scene as simple as Scene 1, saw me approach the footage with the goal of doing “smart edits”, however, after seeing the work of others, I realised that a simpler approach would have looked more slick. Embedded in this post is my 3 edited version of Scene 1 in the Lenny story where I did 3 cuts, which I later realised would have looked better in just 2. Following my cut from a wide-shot to mid-shot, I shouldn’t have made any unnecessary cuts back. It would have looked much better if i had let Lenny walk out of frame following the first cut to the mid-shot

2. Efficiency is something that I’m slowly gaining. With the music and edit exercise, I learnt that I could duplicate sequences and edit the same bits of footage differently WITHOUT HAVING TO DUPLICATE THE WHOLE PROJECT! I was extremely happy. From now on I will be utalising bins and sequences when compiling edits. Though this is only basic knowledge I should have had long ago, I am grateful that I now know. Embedded is my rough-cut version 3. Reflecting on this, I realise that I made a few strange decisions in this rough cut which I’ll be sure to avoid next time.

As someone with a strong interest in filmmaking and surrounding topics, the Deliberate Film studio seems a very suitable fit myself. As I have progressed, since starting this degree, I have seen an increase in my knowledge and critical thinking qualities in various areas of this degree. My desire to learn and to build my technical competencies, has seen me move towards the creation of content and visual work. Gravitating towards more hands on learning and visual creation, I have really enjoyed previous studio’s and classes that placed heavy emphasis on the art of filmmaking. Starting in Making Media, then making my way to Reel to Reel, I have managed to develop many of the basic editing skills required to navigate programs such as premiere pro. Following the completion of these classes, I have been reassured that filmmaking is something I have a strong interest in. As someone who is not the most tech-savvy, I find myself being an inefficient worker when creating with editing software. Though many of my previously completed works have been at an adequate level, the ways in which I navigated these projects were inefficient and could have been executed with much wiser approaches. So with this in mind, I chose to be a part of Deliberate Film to gain more knowledge and experience, by learning from class curriculum and fellow students. Surrounding myself with relevant sources allows me to absorb the creative tools and knowledge to become a better filmmaker and visual creator. This studio will assist me in being a better critique of my own work and the work of others. It will also teach me how to assess film through specific lenses, that allow me to unpack and dissect minor details. With basic and more advanced activities, I’ll find that my increased editing efficiency will reflect in later works and assignments. This studio provides motive which in turn provides an opportunity for filmmaking and it’s basic techniques to become second nature.