1. Personal Skills Audit Name:_Michael Rowell______________
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 to use photoshop and My main focus in the group, This year, I hope I will be able
- What final cut last year at AS. I also was to supervise the sounds of to spend a lot more time with
equipment/software learned how to work a camera the product. I was in charge of the resources available at
packages did you use to and use a Dolly-track. I also making a soundtrack for the college. These include using
produce your used Cubase to create a film, and finding the sound the macs to further develop my
production? soundtrack to use for my AS. I effects used. I also did most of editing and graphic production
also used a flash-based the graphic work, such as a skills using Photoshop and
presentation software on the company logo, and a film Final Cut.
internet called Prezi. This was poster.
used as an alternative to
powerpoint.
Post production With Cubase, I used its built in These skills helped me to I will develop my editing/ sound
- What software did you functions to build the different achieve my major group role, editing skills this year, in the
use to create your instruments digitally that I which was sound hope that I can achieve an A
production? wanted to use in my producer/engineer. I think my grade. This year I want to be
- Discuss specific features soundtrack. I wanted sound work was to a high able to do all the
of the software. instruments that would stick standard using the resources I editing/graphic work/sound
with the noir genre that our film had at the time. Ultimately I work myself.
fell into. These instruments achieved a B grade for my
include, saxophones, piano, coursework.
violins, muted trumpet.

2. Research and Planning Last year, the research and These skills that I acquired These skills will develop in A2
- What tasks did you planning stage gave me the contributed to my work because I am in a smaller
complete when opportunity to develop my skills significantly. I used my group this year, meaning I will
preparing to film your and understanding of the research and planning skills to not be able to rely on other
sequence? subject.Last year, I use when it came to planning people to do some research
- How did your planning deconstructed different media my own opening sequence. tasks. This year I will have to
help the smooth texts such as opening use and develop these skills to
progression of your film? sequences from films of the ensure I get the B grade I
same genre. want.
Using conventions of real In AS, I had to analyse various Analysing these media texts This year in A2 Media, I want
media texts media texts, and by doing this I last year, allowed me to learn to select a wider range of
- Which texts did you think I have acquired a fairly how to break down a media text different media texts from
analyse? extensive understanding of the and study the individual things different genres. This is
- Did you take any conventions used in various that I could later incorporate because I think it will give me
inspiration from the media texts. For my group, I into my own work. the chance to learn more about
conventions found from had to analyse the opening for how a music video is
your research? Memento. structured. I also want to
analyse more media texts than
last year, as I thought that in
AS I could have done more
work for my research.
Creativity At AS, I think I learnt how to These skills that I acquired, This year I aim to push my
- were your ideas for your think creatively thanks to the allowed me to use imaginative creative ideas as far as I am
portfolio imaginative and unique many media texts to study and and unconventional ideas in my allowed. I think that, by
or did you adhere to worksheets that were made work. studying more outlandish
conventions? available. media texts, I can learn how to
use different and unique ideas
without over doing my video.