Initial Skills Analysis

1. Lydia Marley –Lawson
Initial Skills Analysis
Below are a list of skills required and software used throughout your Media course. In each box rate
how confident you are about that skill or software. Then offer some comments about why you feel
this way. Finally, looking through your initial skills analysis, list 4 skills you hope to have developed
by the end of the course.
1. Mac Computers
Not confident 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Extremely confident
2. Internet browsers (Firefox/Safari/Chrome)
Not confident 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Extremely confident
3. Photoshop
Not confident 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Extremely confident
4. iMovie/Final Cut
Not confident 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Extremely confident
5. Garage Band
Not confident 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Extremely confident
6. Written analysis of the moving image and applying case study material
Not confident 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Extremely confident
7. Using a digital camera and tripod
Not confident 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Extremely confident
8. Team work
Not confident 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Extremely confident
List 4 skills, which you hope to develop by the end of the course.
Improved cinematography
Editing skills on final cut
Know broader range of media terminology
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