“In 200 words or less please outline your goals, desires – what you want to get out of this semester. You will review this later in the course. You may rethink this dramatically – this is a good thing.”

You were asked this at the beginning of the semester. Now, could you review constructively what you got from this semester – has the course lived up to your expectations, delivered what you expected, maybe even surpassed it?

I initially wanted to play safe and keep to what i know, holding the boom mic and packing up equipment.
I was fortunate enough to be in an inclusive Group, I was given numerous opportunities to get “a feel” of all the sides of filming, pre production and post production. I had the opportunity to act as executive producer by finding a participant for the documentary and having actual input in group decisions. I even gained a bit of editing knowledge from my Group mate, although I originally wanted to be the cameraman but that did not work out so well, as I had little to no REAL knowledge on how to use the camera and its settings (white balance, exposure, zebra, peaking, internal and external audio),

But through all that, I became a better media student in general. It’s probably because there were only two of us (+ one group mate who was occasionally there) that did the filming and editing. So I had to rise to the occasion. I’m REALLY glad that Robin asked me if I knew Mishell.