Self Evaluation

This assignment has been a bit up and down for me. My idea was there from the instant I heard what the brief consisted of, I’ve just struggled more with the time to fit it in. Although I have finished my piece, and I’m quite pleased with how the end product has turned out, I know for next time that I will have to set aside plenty of hours/day to get stuck into my work from the off and get the best possible result I can. I also need to make more use of the library and the other resources I have to hand, I know this will help me from the off with my research and also help my blog work, which compared to other assignments has been neglected.

I was quite worried about getting into this project, with the technical side seeming quite daunting but after attending a couple of sessions with John showing us what’s what, it didn’t seem too bad. I knew I wanted to keep my idea and shooting it as simple as possible, and I think the end product shows this, yet it still keeps within the whole reasoning behind the project. As I mentioned about the lack of time and next time making sure I make a schedule to work to, I know this is important to me and my work as I could have had major trouble with my video and ran out of time to reshoot/edit/restart my idea, luckily my work wasn’t affected by this but this is definitely a lesson learnt.

Making time for my work is also important for my feedback sessions, my attendance has been pretty bad during this brief but again, I know now that if I give myself the time then I will have an end product to work around in feedback/development sessions.

Overall I’m pleased with how my piece has turned and I’m glad I’ve got to grips with the whole video making/editing process, I’m sure these skills will be required again at some point during my career.