Will Matthews reflects on how his media skills have improved from his preliminary task to his final film opening. He gained a better understanding of equipment and learned more advanced editing techniques like using After Effects. While his preliminary task focused on simple shots, his film opening allowed him to experiment more with camera angles. Going forward, he wants to further develop his camera and After Effects skills to make his next film feel more professional. Overall, Will believes his skills have grown as he was able to apply different media programs and will continue improving in the future.

1. Will Matthews
Question7. Lookingback at your preliminarytask,whatdoyou feel youhave learntinthe
progressionfromittothe full product?
Overall Ithinkthatmy mediaskillshave improvedoverthe course of the yearstartingwithmy
prelimtaskandfinishingwithmyfinal filmopening.Duringthe filmingandeditingof myprelimtask
I had a good understandingof the equipmenti wasusing,howeverafterfinishingmyfilmopeningi
fell i hada muchbetterunderstandingof the equipmenti wasusingandhelpedtodevelopmyskills
further.Wheni was makingmyprelimtaski was aware of basictoolslike cuttingandfadingclipsin
and out.Howeverwheni came to makingmyfilmopeningi felti neededto impresswithmyediting
skillsmore.Afterfindingahelpful stepbysteptutorial onYouTube i triedtouse aftereffectsto
create a movingtitle forthe endof myfilmtoshow my skills inaftereffects andshowinghow i could
of usingdifferentequipmentwithinmedia tohelpimprovemyfilmopening.Wheni nextmake a
mediafilmi will use myexperience of usingaftereffectsanduse itina more advancedway to help
improve mynextfilms.
I feel thatitis hard to compare myprelimtask to my filmopeningasmyprelimisa verysimple idea
of a ‘hostage’situationinone roomwithsimple shotreverseshotsandtryingtoinclude amatch on
actionshot.Overall i feel thati have had a large improvementfrommyfirstfilmtomysecond,asi
was tryingto meetdifferentobjectives.Ithinkthati was able to improve asi triedto use and
experimentwithdifferentcameraanglesasi felti coulduse themmore freelyduringmyfilm
opening.
In mynextfilmi wouldlike todevelopmyskillsinusingthe cameraandtryalot more ‘interesting’
anglesandshots.I wouldalsolike tofurtherdevelopmyskillsof aftereffectstomake myfilmhave a
more professional feeltoit.
Overall,inconclusioni believe thatmymediaskillshave improvedbetweenmyprelimtaskandmy
final openingscene. Ibelieve thati amable to use more differenttypesof mediaprogramsandhelp
me to use themin future mediafilmandimprove theminthe future.