Week one is finally over! There is always a build up of anticipation when returning to University; who am I going to meet? What am I going to learn over the next 12 weeks? The only expectations that I had for ‘The Scene in Cinema’ were that we would be analyzing scenes within cinema. It was beneficial familiarizing myself with cameras and equipment again. This is a part of my brain, which has been switched off over the summer period.

I chose this course, as I am always eager to extend my knowledge in all areas of cinema. I like to open up to new ways of thinking and to new perspectives. After our lecture, I am confident that I am going to gain a lot more knowledge involving camera coverage within scenes. I was a little concerned at the beginning of Friday’s session, as it has always been embedded into me that story, plot and pre production is key to a successful sequence. I couldn’t comprehend that we would be dismissing those elements in order to experiment with new ways of covering scenes. I had an epiphany!

‘Instead of being stuck with my learned behaviour, I am going to challenge myself to focus on advanced technical ways of capturing footage.’

This area of filmmaking has always been done FOR me. Someone else is always the ‘guru’ and as a group we turn to them for guidance. I am challenging myself this semester to learn more in depth knowledge on capturing aesthetically beautiful shots. Not only learn – I am going to capture a moving sequence that is aesthetically beautiful and appeals as a professional standard.