“Dearest gentle reader,” - Bridgerton
The journey of the CCRs is almost at the end. Here, I present one of the most interesting questions (in my opinion)—question 3. In this question, we are to discuss how our production skills developed throughout this project. Before I even entered the AICE Media course, I had some knowledge about certain production techniques because I took classes in film and TV production. However, just being in these classes was not enough compared to the new knowledge I have gained in the course of media studies. Media studies taught me a range of materials that I wouldn't have thought of learning so soon, but within the production techniques, it allowed me to understand why certain techniques might have been done in a certain way.
Moving into the time frame of my film opening, my skills have grown during this time as I get to work more often and learn from the other members in my group. For instance, before starting the film opening, I hadn't done anything film related as I am more of a news person. But, oh well, I had to break out of that shell. So, I did it by working with people that have a better knowledge on film and doing the extensive research that truly helped me in succeeding in the course of the project. There is a visible change in the process from the One Word Film (one of the first things this year) up to our film opening. For example, in the One Word Film, we made an error of me not being in frame:
But thanks to making that error during production early in the start, it taught me to be more careful. And especially as the Director of the film opening, I should be paying attention to the small details during the shooting time, so that there are no issues of having to reshoot a scene.
Another skill that I have developed throughout this project is color grading. Even thought I am not the one color grading our whole film opening, I took the initiative to try it out and learn more about it, seeing videos and asking other people that may know it better how to do it. This all has help to improve my skills and know more on the steps to take for future projects.
Overall, I feel like having this "big" project allowed me to learn more about the things I am capable of doing and experimenting on new things I wouldn't have thought of before.