This document contains the results of an initial skills audit for a student in their term 1 practical skills class. It evaluates the student's skills in areas such as camera operation, editing, sound, lighting, and web-based skills. For each skill, it indicates their level of experience as red, amber, or green and provides evidence and a target for further development. Overall, it finds the student has more advanced skills in camera operation and editing but needs to improve their skills in areas like sound recording and lighting techniques.

1. Unit 2: Initial Skills Audits Term 1: Practical Skills

2. Camera Skills: RED (no experience) AMBER (some experience) GREEN (confident/advanced) Skill area R/A/G Evidence Target for development Basic operation, recording, playback Green Look at videos on blog Shot composition framing shots effectively Amber Look at videos on blog Use more transitions on more sophisticated software Using an appropriate range of shot types Green Look at videos on blog Use a wider range of shot types Using a range of camera Movements and angles Amber See ‘Chocolate Rocks’ advert

3. Camera Skills: RED (no experience) AMBER (some experience) GREEN (confident/advanced) Skill area R/A/G Evidence Target for development Using a tripod to hold a shot steady Amber Look at ‘Lock Stock Re-Make’. Using a dolly to create steady camera movement Red Haven’t used yet. In next project, use a dolly. Using i-stop Filming to shot frame by frame Red Haven’t used yet. Learn how to use this in final cut.

4. Editing Skills: RED (no experience) AMBER (some experience) GREEN (confident/advanced) Skill area R/A/G Evidence Target for development Transferring footage Green On the blog Creating a timeline Green See all video based work Cutting images Amber Look at videos on blog

5. Editing Skills: RED (no experience) AMBER (some experience) GREEN (confident/advanced) Skill area R/A/G Evidence Target for development Importing footage Amber See all video based work

6. Editing Skills: RED (no experience) AMBER (some experience) GREEN (confident/advanced) Skill area R/A/G Evidence Target for development Creating titles Green Look at videos on blog Using transitions Amber Look at videos on blog Extracting Audio Amber Look at Lock Stock video

7. Editing Skills: RED (no experience) AMBER (some experience) GREEN (confident/advanced) Skill area R/A/G Evidence Target for development Layering Audio Red Using special effects Red Slowing down/speeding up images Red

8. Sound Skills: RED (no experience) AMBER (some experience) GREEN (confident/advanced) Skill area R/A/G Evidence Target for development Editing sound Amber Look at lock stock movie Increasing and lowering volume level Red Layers sound tracks Red

9. Sound Skills: RED (no experience) AMBER (some experience) GREEN (confident/advanced) Skill area R/A/G Evidence Target for development Creating sound effects Red Using a microphone to record on location/exterior Amber Look at Green Screen footage Need to upload Monitoring sound levels Red

10. Sound Skills: RED (no experience) AMBER (some experience) GREEN (confident/advanced) Skill area R/A/G Evidence Target for development Recording a voice over commentary Red Recording/editing music with images Red Creating original music Amber Previous pieces of work (GCSE level) Use more sophisticated software

11. Lighting Skills: RED (no experience) AMBER (some experience) GREEN (confident/advanced) Skill area R/A/G Evidence Target for development Externally lighting a scene Amber Look at ‘3 Shots’ video Using Diffusers and Gels Red Never used Using a three point light system Red Look at Lock Stock movie

12. Web based Skills: RED (no experience) AMBER (some experience) GREEN (confident/advanced) Skill area R/A/G Evidence Target for development Using a blog to record work Green See ‘Blogger.com’ to see all of my work Using web based software to store present work Amber See blog – Unit 2 Skills for Production. Using Slideshare and Vimeo/Youtube Red