Overall working alone on this project I thought I did a good job. Areas in particular include making a well thought out set of questions to ask my subject Fauntine “Fontz” Laribra where I had flexibility in changing the order of her answers to create an engaging structure of Fauntine’s narrative. Working by myself was very convenient and easy in planning the days I met up with Fontz and I thought I did well in organising all of that to meet her schedule. Technical wise I was successful in using and setting up the equipment I borrowed properly. A major concern and worry I had for myself was getting the lapel mics to work as I am not too confident and strong when it comes to the audio aspect so I was proud of getting them to work and have clear audio after using it. For the interview shot I am satisfied with the composition and overall exposure of it. Since there were not too many bright areas at Fauntine’s place, I used the tip told in class to shoot in front of a window which helped. Throughout the days of filming Fauntine I was happy that I got most of the footage that I intended to get. 

This being the very first short documentary I have made by myself , there are areas where I thought I could have improved. One of which being to film more of what I found relevant and taking what I saw as opportunities to film outside of the shot list and ideas I had in my mind and go ahead and video it. For example I noticed at Fontz’s place her living room was arranged in a way she had space to practice which was an opportunity where I could have simply just used the camera to pan around it or even capture Fontz training in her living room. Around the house Fauntine had  notes stuck to the walls and fridge where it had a list of drills she would work on for certain movements as a reminder for herself. Even though these opportunities I missed out on did not greatly affect my documentary, I felt like it would have enhanced it a bit in the narrative of Fauntine being very enthusiastic about breaking and taking it seriously. Another area that I could have improved on was looking at the interview footage a lot earlier and from it adjusting my shot list based on the response of my interview subject. This is because there were some shots I did not get and had to ask Faunitne to recreate herself. 

I think a key aspect required working as a solo media practitioner would be knowing the equipment that you are using well since help and support is very limited as compared to working with a team. And also having a clear vision of the final work and being organised in creating goals and being disciplined to meet them as again you do not have help with the editing working by yourself.