One thing I regret about coming straight into this degree is that I thought I would learn more hands on things before I got thrown into the deep end. In most classes you are kind of just expected to know how to work the equipment or figure it out as you go along. I enjoyed the class we had with Paul a few weeks ago because it gave me confidence to work with that equipment within my group. I’ve never known much about audio and I really love learning through demonstration when I have the opportunity.

For my 21st birthday my parents bought me a Canon 77D DSLR camera and wow has it changed my life. Having that camera on hand all the time instead of having to hire it and being able t play around with it has really upped my confidence and skill with using a camera. In thursdays editing class Kim came in to see our rough cut. She was shocked to learn that we didn’t have one (and rightly so, we messed up bad). However she asked us to show her a little of the footage we had taken and when shown a video I took she exclaimed that it was a ‘wonderful shot’. I was so chuffed with the compliment. Previously I’ve been nervous to take any sort of lead in a group project because I don’t know how to use the equipment and have always thought that I’d be the worst filmer/editor or whatever in the group. I thought I’d always be the dead weight, the weak link. When we went out to film I had so much fun just messing around and trying to be as creative as I could with my camera. After our first shoot (done at night) I looked at my footage and thought ‘oh, I’m still crap’, but the second and third shoots that were done in the day time (oh and with a tripod) were my proudest shots ever. I’ve been enjoying watching all our b-roll footage because I filmed most of it and I’m so surprised at how well some of it turned out.