Skill wish list:

Dunning Kruger effect: The less you know about a thing the less you know how bad you are at the thing.

I now know how bad I am at the thing.

The skill set I would like to have at the end of this studio was highlighted most poignantly during Friday’s class exercise with the Sony EX-3.
It became quite obvious I didn’t know a whole lot. Not just about this specific camera, but cameras in general. I mean, sure, I can find the ‘on’ button and hit record, but as Robin addressed; nothing in the shot should be an accident. If my shot is lop-sided it should be because I wanted it to be, and not because I forgot to level it. Robin also mentioned we shouldn’t be learning the ins and outs of this camera but the general principals of all cameras.

So beginning my wish list…

1) I would like to be at least competent with cameras, and all practical gear for that matter by the end of this semester (ambitious).

2) I also hope to become more observant, become less of a passive passenger and become more engaged in my surroundings. It’s easy to complete my 30 minute commute to and from uni in a mindless march, that often ends with me sitting down to my first lecture of the day genuinely not being able to recall the specifics to how I got here. However, when I juxtaposed those days against the days I set out with the intention of observing something to write about, it became obvious how much I was missing! I would like to have more days like that.

3) I also hope by the end to have produced a quality, well thought out, short film/s and for it not to have been an accident. I hope to be then able to repeat the process again and again, well after this semester has finished.

4) I hope to make friends and to collaborate with like-minded and wonderfully different people; I hope our creative minds clash spectacularly and we challenge each other.

Overall I’m excited to learn and hopefully check some of these things off my list.

Wish list over…for now.