Abbie Smith completed a personal skills audit to assess their skills related to creating a film production. The audit identified skills with digital technology like using cameras, tripods, and dolly tracks which helped capture footage for the production. Post-production software like Final Cut Express HD, Garage Band, and Live Type were used to edit footage, add music, and create titles. Research into films like "Saw 4" helped with planning camera angles and conventions of the horror genre. While conventions were followed, the production strived to be creative within those constraints. Going forward, Abbie aims to develop these skills further for their A2 project.

1. Personal Skills Audit Name: Abbie Smith
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 Setting up equipment such as: The video camera is what I will know how to use the
- What Dolly track captured our film and using the equipment so it will be easier to
equipment/software Tripod dolly track, jib, and tripod we film than previously and I can
packages did you use to Jib created our scenes using use these previous camera
produce your Video Camera camera angles to add to the angles before into my A2
production? realism of the product we were project and with the camera I
trying to create. could use a professional
camera instead just a hand-
camera.
Post production Final Cut Express HD Final Cut HD was the program, I will be able to use them more
- What software did you Garage Band which brought our rough cuts frequently now that I am familiar
use to create your Live Type together to create the film, with the software and it will help
production? using the effects in Video filters during post-production of my A2
- Discuss specific features to darken our film and enhance project as I will be able to use
of the software. our project. Garage band more effects from the software
created our music, using a to enhance my projects more
variety of different instruments effectively.
from the list. Live type was
used to create our studio and
production name through
effects.

2. Research and Planning Cinematography and sound of Researching the conventions of I will be able to effectively plan
- What tasks did you ‘Saw 4’ horror made me aware of the my A2 project appropriately on
complete when Conventions of Horror cinematography, sound, mise my blog and if I got unsure of
preparing to film your en scene and editing that what to do next, I could use my
sequence? associate with the conventions previous project research to
- How did your planning so planned with this information help me.
help the smooth in mind. The microanalysis of
progression of your film? ‘Saw 4’ showed me some of the
common camera angles used in
a horror film, which I took in
consideration when planning
our storyboard.
Using conventions of real Title placement of ‘Last house I researched the title placement Researching the length and
media texts on the left’ of the film ‘Last house on the frequency of titles when they
- Which texts did you left’ and observed the sequence start on the film which showed
analyse? and timing of which the titles me the pattern of positions, in
- Did you take any occurred, I used this when which titles appear regularly
inspiration from the planning the title sequence onto films.
conventions found from within our own film project.
your research?
Creativity Conventions of horror We followed the conventions for I will use conventions and try
- were our ideas for your our film, such as the places and be more creative with them
portfolio imaginative and unique typically common for a horror and go into more detail on how
or did you adhere to genre and kept a simple plot I can creatively adjust them.
conventions? with conventions in mind.