At first I had pretty much no clue as to what we would be studying in Film 3. I had no idea what to expect because to be totally honest I didn’t actually choose this class. While I was away apparently RMIT’s elective process has changed and was blissfully unaware of any kind of balloting process to choose my second semester classes. When I found out I had been allocated my own slot I immediately expected the worst, to have been allocated into a class that didn’t have enough numbers and was of no interest to me whatsoever…

I am so glad I was wrong.

What I want to get out of this class I guess is pretty generic but honestly just want to become a better film maker. I want to know how to take a better shot, when to take that shot, and why I’m taking that shot. I want to be able to go into a scene with the best idea of how I think that vision can be implemented, and actually have the capability to do so.

More importantly I want to be a better editor. My film editing skills have never really been amazing and I could always get the basics down for simple scenes or interviews but there is a certain amount of nuance and complexity in some of my peers editing techniques that I have never quite been able to achieve and this is very much something that I think will improve throughout this course.

As I touched on earlier I also want to be able to not only identify why a certain scene or aspect was shot that was, but what the intention behind it, and how can I articulate that appropriate. Can I emulate such ideas, or what would be the most effective method for getting my message across? These are just a few of the questions I have for the coming weeks and all of which and more I’m sure will be answered.