1. Personal Skills Audit Name: Shannon Shepherdson
Skills acquired How did these skills contribute How will you develop these
to the creation of your skills during the A2 project?
product?
Digital technology *Garage Band We were able to edit the film in Now that I’m comfortable with
- What many ways using Photoshop the equipment and have a wider
*Final Cut
equipment/software giving the film a more effective range of the use of the
packages did you use to *Photoshop view. Using Final Cut has helped programs I can possibly use the
produce your to improve piecing the film equipment to a higher standard
*Stream Clip
production? together. Using different and achieve a higher level in A2
*HD Sony Camera’s camera’s has helped improve my compared to what I gained in
variation in hand-held equipment. AS.
*Tripod
Garage Band has given me a
*Dolly wider range of sounds to edit
films with.
*Cannon XL2
Post production *Garage Band Using Final Cut helped to put the The software I used in AS can
- What software did you film in order from beginning to contribute to my product in A2
*Final Cut
use to create your end so it is consecutive. Also the as I am used to the software
production? *Photoshop Stream Clip helped towards that and can use them to a higher
- Discuss specific features as well, due to we used the standard to gain a higher level in
*Stream Clip
of the software. Stream Clip first then moved my A2 coursework.
onto Final Cut. The Photoshop
helped towards editing certain
clips. Garage Band contributed
by adding in different sounds
where they were needed.

2. Research and Planning *History of film noir Prezi Researching the history of the This previous projects’ research
- What tasks did you film genre we chose I created and planning has given me an
*Mind map of film noir
complete when presentations, mind maps and incite on what I need to be able
preparing to film your *Film noir audience slideshare slideshare presentations of to do to gain the information I
sequence? idea’s and examples of the films need for the new product that I
presentation
- How did your planning we chose as an example. Our will be creating in A2.
help the smooth *Storyboards planning consisted of
progression of your film? storyboards, initial ideas and a
*Initial Ideas
treatment sheet to show what we
*Treatment Sheet had panned to do for our film.
Using conventions of real *Se7en (1995) Using the two films as inspiration I will use different videos for
media texts helped us create our initial ideas inspiration for music video’s to
*Taxi Driver (1975)
- Which texts did you for our own film noir. We took be able to construct my own
analyse? *Constructing ideas for a film small contributions of the films, product in A2.
- Did you take any (clothing, body language,
noir of our own
inspiration from the accents, different camera angles
conventions found from that were common and
your research? attitudes/personalities) and used
them in our own films in small but
important parts.
Creativity We chose to go with the typical Using the stereotypical film noir As last year I chose the
- Where your ideas for your film noir style but we tried to put style, it gave our product a more stereotypical route in the
portfolio imaginative and unique our own twist on it with different realistic and believable feel to it. product I will try to choose a
or did you adhere to ideas, such as the female being Yet with our own twists to the film more different and unique way
conventions? the antagonist. noir it gave it a futuristic feel to it. to construct my portfolio, instead
of a common way, for A2.