Kelly Morris completed a personal skills audit to assess her skills in digital technology, post-production, research and planning, and creativity acquired from her Advanced Subsidiary (AS) media production. She used various equipment like cameras, tripods, and editing software to produce her opening sequence and develop skills in camerawork and editing. For her A2 project, Kelly plans to improve her camera and editing skills by experimenting with different angles and fitting footage to the meaning of songs. She will also apply research and planning skills like creating storyboards and spider diagrams to help smoothly produce her music video. Kelly's creativity in using conventions like dark colors and smoky effects for her noir-style AS portfolio will also be useful when designing packaging

1. Personal Skills Audit Name: Kelly Morris
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 used a HD camera to record The camera helped record our At A2, I will try to improve my
- What my opening sequence. footage in high definition to camera skills. To do this, I will
equipment/software A tripod was also used to help ensure the footage was up to try more varied angles and fit
packages did you use to steady the camera. Software high standards. The use of a them within meaning of the
produce your such as Final Cut HD was used tripod ensured that all the song. I thought my editing skills
production? to edit my footage and create captured footage was steady. of the footage were of a good
an opening sequence, with Final Cut allowed us to create a standard and this was reflected
effects. smooth opening sequence with in my AS grade of a B. I will
the use of appropriate effects to apply these editing skills at A2
fit with the genre. to hopefully achieve another
high grade.
Post production I used Final Cut to edit the The use of Final Cut allowed The software I used at AS will
- What software did you footage and arrange it into a me to expand my skills in also be used at A2. From this, I
use to create your sequence to create a movie. editing. This was my main role can apply my skills I acquired at
production? Quebase was used to create throughout the task. Live Type AS to my product that I’ll create
- Discuss specific features our noir style soundtrack to allowed me to create varied at A2.
of the software. accompany the opening texts and to experiment with
sequence. Live type was also them.
used to create animated texts,
which I used on my blog. The
blog was created using Blogger
and consisted of a Prezi, which
explained the conventions of

2. the genre
Research and Planning We created a storyboard of The creation of a storyboard I will be able to use these skills
- What tasks did you each shot used in the helped us see which shots at A2 and apply them similarly
complete when sequence. needed to be taken, at what to my music video. It will help
preparing to film your We also created a spider angle and where. The use of a the planning of the video run
sequence? diagram to plan the conventions spider diagram allowed us to smoothly and allow everyone in
- How did your planning associated with the genre. see what we needed to put in the group to be aware of their
help the smooth our footage. roles and what they need to do.
progression of your film?
Using conventions of real I did a lot of background This research allowed me to I will apply my research skills
media texts research into the noir genre see what needed to be in my from AS to A2. I will also do
- Which texts did you before planning my movie. I movie to associate it with the more in-depth research into my
analyse? looked at famous noir movies noir genre. Using famous genre and try to interlink
- Did you take any such as Scarface and The quotes from popular noir films references associated with the
inspiration from the Godfather in order to get some allowed us to generate and genre so the audience can
conventions found from ideas for my own movie. I took establish a noir feeling grasp what the message of the
your research? famous quotes from The throughout the film. video is.
Godfather and put my own spin
on them, which they were then
used in the movie.
Creativity For my portfolio, I based the These skills helped me to These skills and techniques I
- were our ideas for your creative aspects mainly around develop my creative have acquired will be very
portfolio imaginative and unique that of noir conventions. I used techniques. It also helped me to useful at A2 when it comes to
or did you adhere to deep colours, smokey effects advance in my creative skills, creating the digipak. I will use
conventions? and an overall dark theme to enabling me to produce a my creative techniques to fit the
help my portfolio fit in with the higher standard overall. design around the genre of my
noir genre. music video.