Evaluation Q3 - Skills development

For the first time I ever done something with camera, editing, and movies, so I think I have improved a lot in those area.

Before the coursework, I never know that Premiere or after effect exist. But media studies class taught me the basics of them before letting me explore each function in the program. Therefore, now, I can edit the whole opening and use the effect given in the program to adjust the colour scheme, lights, and audio.

This is what I've put together for my opening:

I know how to adjust the volume of the sound effect and sound track using keys and dragging it round

I learned how to fix the lighting in the film, by using the Brightness and Contrast from the video effects tab and adjust the brightness and/or the constrast

This is what I did on after affect:

I searched for an animation for my text and dragged it into the text I wanted to animate

Cinematography is also a new thing for me. Even before the coursework, we’ve done a one minute film, I didn’t have a chance to hold the camera. So, on the coursework, it was my first time holding the camera and directing it. Some of the angles are from what I remember from seeing from the film I have seen.

Codes and conventions weren’t the thing I understood the first time I heard them. However, throughout the Coursework, I managed to develop my understanding about it and be able to use some in the film opening.