The document outlines the personal skills and processes used to create a previous media production project. It discusses the digital technologies, software, research, planning, and conventions analyzed to develop the project. For the next project, the creator intends to further develop skills in areas like post-production techniques, primary research, genre analysis, and pushing creative boundaries rather than strictly adhering to conventions.

1. Personal Skills AuditSkills acquiredHow did these skills contribute to the creation of your product?How will you develop these skills during the A2 project? Digital technology -What equipment/software packages did you use to produce your production?-Final Cut-Garage Band-Photo Shop -Prezi (the presentation tool)-BloggerVideo camerasUsing these software’s I was able to developed skills to help improve my video. I was able to cut all of my video takes into one final take smoothly.More creative with digital technology, and also we have cs5 instead of just the elements of Photoshop.Post production- What software did you use to create your production?-Discuss specific features of the software.Final CutPhotoshopGarage bandI movieLive TypeFinal cut was used as we made the jail scene black and white to go with the era of the time e.g. 60s. Also I used an overlay to make it look like a original recording.More elaborate techniques I will use from final cut in A2 and Photoshop as well. Research and Planning –What tasks did you complete when preparing to film your sequence?-How did your planning help smooth progression of your film?StoryboardCall SheetResearch into similar productsTitles TimelineIt made the task of recording a lot easier as we already had the main bulk of the planning done before we even started so it made the filming run more smoothly.More primary research in the start of A2 and more research into the genre/ style of music we are doing e.g. videos, digipaks and adverts.Using conventions of real media texts –which texts did you analyse?-Did you take any inspiration from the conventions found from your research?L.A ConfidentialSevenTaxiWe took some inspiration of L.A confidential with the good cop, bad cop scene (binary oppositions). Also the title sequence of Seven influenced our style of writing.Using the similar genre of music video I will be looking more in-depth analysis of the genre and getting relevant ideas for our own.Creativity-Were our ideas for your portfolio imaginative and unique or did you adhere to conventions? I can say it was imaginative and conventional but it wasn’t pushing the boundaries in anyway. Just stuck to the criteria of Film Noir.We did adhere to conventions as we wanted the video not to go of track with the boundaries, but it worked well with our creativity.In A2 I will be pushing the boundaries a lot more and not just sticking to the genre of indie and there criteria.<br />