Alex Torrens completed a personal skills audit to assess their skills related to creating a digital media production. They used camcorders, iMovie, Final Cut HD, GarageBand, and other software to film and edit a video sequence for their previous project. For the upcoming A2 project, Alex plans to further develop these skills by using more advanced editing techniques and filming with unique camera shots. They will also improve their research, planning, and creativity skills to make their new production stand out from conventions in unique ways.

1. Personal Skills Audit Name:__Alex Torrens_____________________________________
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 We used camcorders to film our The camcorders were used to We will be using the same
- What sequence, with the support of a film our footage for our video, equipment and software in A2
equipment/software tripod. which was later edited into Final therefore because we already
packages did you use to We also used software such as Cut HD software allowing us to know how to work these it will
produce your GarageBand , iMovie and Final cut, split and crop bits from our be easier this time round. We
production? Cut HD to edit our footage. footage that we didn’t want. will also develop our skills by
using more advanced options in
the software and maybe filming
with the camcorders using more
creative and unique camera
shots/angles.
Post production In terms of software, we used The software made our final In A2 we will develop these
- What software did you iMovie, Final Cut HD, product look more professional skills by using more advanced
use to create your GarageBand, Prezi, Wix, and and varied, as the effects used options in the software, such as
production? PowerPoint to edit our opening and cutting/splitting tools trying out different effects rather
- Discuss specific features sequence and present our avoided the product looking like than ‘fade in fade out’ and
of the software. evaluation. one long, boring continuity edit. different fonts to make the titles
GarageBand also contributed and headings look more
by sophisticated.

2. Research and Planning For our research and planning The research and planning In A2, if I continue with my
- What tasks did you we started off by researching helped to make us overall more research and planning it will
complete when the background of horror films- organized. It also allowed us to give me more ideas for my final
preparing to film your when, where and how they look at the iconography of product, as well as helping me
sequence? originated. We then went on to typical horror films. Our stay organized with my work. I
- How did your planning analyse well known horror storyboard with stage directions will also use a storyboard for
help the smooth scenes such as the shower and actions that we made also my music video as it made
progression of your film? scene from Psycho, as well as made the process a lot things a lot easier last year,
set chapters taken from the smoother and easier. despite a few of the scenes
college’s D2L, including ‘Saw’ changed on the storyboard.
and ‘The Ward’.
Using conventions of real In terms of conventions, we Our research went through with In A2, I hope to think outside
media texts analysed a set of exemplar the idea of ‘Slenderman’ which, the box; choose conventions
- Which texts did you films on the D2L such as the list despite the popularity in films that are recognizable yet
analyse? above. This involved picking out around its theme, we decided to unique, such as certain camera
- Did you take any the key mise-en-scene and choose as it was still a well- shots and mise-en-scene.
inspiration from the iconography from the scenes. known myth and admittedly
conventions found from ‘scary’.
your research?
Creativity We tried to be as creative as It made our sequence a bit In A2 I will also try and be as
- were your ideas for your possible with our coursework. different from the other horrors. creative as I can. I will get ideas
portfolio imaginative and unique With ‘Slenderman’ as our It also meant we had to focus from other music videos but get
or did you adhere to theme, we knew not a lot of specifically on our mise-en- my own ideas too along with it,
conventions? people would think of that as scene: Quiet house, late at as I know if I have my own
the usual conventions and night, and the white mask and ideas I will be more likely to get

3. iconography consisted of black suit the character wears. a higher mark.
‘blood’ and ‘ghosts’.