1. Personal Skills Audit Name: Graham Wain
Skills acquired How did these skills How will you develop these
contribute to the creation of skills during the A2 project?
your product?
Digital technology I learned how to operate a My main focus in the group was This year, I will work on crafting
- What camera and use a dolly track. I to edit the sound and create a sounds rather than creating a
equipment/software also used Cubase to create a soundtrack, by doing this I had soundtrack. I will also work on
packages did you use to soundtrack for my AS. to organise certain shots were my editing skills, due to them
produce your my track would fit in such as the not being a main role in my last
production? opening and ending of my media production.
media film. I also had to set the
tone for the movie by creating a
quite melancholic track.
Post production I learned how to use Final cut These skills helped me to I will develop my editing and
- What software did you Express HD, garage band and achieve my major group, which sound skills by taking control of
use to create your Cubase to build and create was the sound engineer. the sound duties and by being
production? instruments, edit certain sound Certain pieces of software such the assistant editor.
- Discuss specific features effects and to mute certain as Final Cut Express HD
of the software. background noises in order to helped me craft some unique
make the movie have a crisp sounds. I also used software
sound. such as Cubase and garage
band to re-master these sounds
and make them more suitable
for the scenes.

2. Research and Planning Last year, the research gave The skills helped contribute to I will develop these skills in A2
- What tasks did you me the opportunity to develop my work greatly. I used most of because I’m in a much smaller
complete when my skills and understanding of my research to develop a group this year, meaning that I’ll
preparing to film your the subject. Last year I character for my role in the be able to get a lot more work
sequence? researched different film movie. To develop this done on my own, due to there
- How did your planning openings in order to get an idea character I watched plenty of only being me and someone
help the smooth for how I’m going to film and different crime and noir movies. else working on the project,
progression of your film? edit the opening of my short meaning that I’ll get involved
film. with more media techniques.
Using conventions of real In AS Media Studies I had to These skills helped contribute I will develop my Media Text
media texts analyse text from an opening to my work greatly. I used most skills in A2 because I'm in a
- Which texts did you sequence of one movie. The of this research in order to much smaller group meaning
analyse? movie I decided to analyse was assist my group with creating that I'll be able to work on a lot
- Did you take any Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. We took our opening sequence. more things such as editing and
inspiration from the a lot of inspiration from this production.
conventions found from movie when creating our title
your research? sequence. The sequence we
took from the opening text is
the gun shot animation.
Creativity In AS Media Studies I had to be These skills helped contribute I will further develop my
- were our ideas for your very open minded with my to my work greatly. Most my creativity skills in A2 because I'll
portfolio imaginative and unique groups Ideas, I also had to ideas were used in the final be taking control of costumes
or did you adhere to come up with my own creative product such as specific and props as well as ideas for
conventions? ideas. camera angles and a small part the main video.
of the story.