The document summarizes Rachel Harriman's personal skills audit for her A2 project. It outlines the digital technology, post-production, research and planning, and creativity skills she acquired and how they contributed to creating her previous product. It also describes how she will further develop these skills, such as using editing software like Final Cut and Photoshop, during her upcoming A2 project.

1. Personal Skills Audit Name: Rachel Harriman
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 learnt editing skills to use final
These skills contributed to the I will develop these skills during
- What cut and Photoshop. I learnt how creation of my product as I my A2 project as I can apply
equipment/software to set up a camera and tripod to could apply the finer details that them into my work by using
packages did you use to ensuresteady filming. Also I make it look more professional Final cut to produce my music
produce your learnt how to set up ad control by editing the sequence using video along with Photoshop to
production? a Dolly to make a smooth shot. effects and by adding fine produce advertisement side of
I learnt how to compose a details to logos using the package. Now that I am
music track using sound effects Photoshop. Having confident aware of how all the software’s
from you tube and the sound camera skills aloud m to work I can easily transfer these
tunes with in the software produce more successful skill to develop further
Garage band. professional shots. Using throughout my A2 work.
Garage band meant that I was
able to add music to portray the
conventions of a film more as a
contribution.
Post production Final cut: this software aloud All of these skills contributed to I will continue to develop these
- What software did you me to arrange the shots in the creation of the product as it skills during my A2 work so that
use to create your order so that they ran smoothly made it more professional by it is still as mature and makes
production? in order to make the sequence applying the conventions it the sure that it is professional I will
- Discuss specific features professional. It also aloud me to right format to show that I have apply them so that I can show I
of the software. add effects so it created a understood the concept of the understand the meanings to
professional feel. task. each task that is done.
Grange Band: This software

2. had features to create a sound
track that portrayed the
conventions of a film noir.
Photoshop: I could use a
number of layers to create a
logo so it looked more
professional.
Live type: I used this software
to create titles for my sequence
to show a convention of a film
noir this made it more
professional.
Research and Planning We researched into well known It enabled us to get straight on I will uses these skills with my
- What tasks did you film noirs to look at the with the filming so there was no A2 work to make sure there is
complete when conventions that is applied in confusing in what was needed no confusing and everything is
preparing to film your them to use that as inspiration or had to be done my team and clear to understand to help get
sequence? to apply to my own, for example I could just get straight on with tasks completed faster and give
- How did your planning I looked at hair styles make up the tasks. me more time to pay attention
help the smooth costumes. The planning went to detail.
progression of your film? smooth as I constructed a story
board to show which shots I
wanted to use to film and how it
would link to make a clear
sequence this meant I had a
clear guide to what I needed.
Using conventions of real I analysed existing film noirs These skills contributed to my This will help with my A2 project
media texts such as Black daliha, Seven, production as it meant I could as I can analyses existing
- Which texts did you Laura ,Kiss me deadly and apply them in a similar context music videos of the same genre
analyse? others the skill required in this within my own work to introduce and take inspiration from and

3. - Did you take any meant I was identify creativity to show how I have see how they use conventions
inspiration from the conventions of a film noir applied and challenged the to portray a story of the genre
conventions found from though sound, camera and conventions of a film noir. its categorized in.
your research? mise-en-sence to see how they
portray a film noir.
Creativity I used a range of skills to apply These skills contributed as it I will continue to use these skills
- were our ideas for your creativity by applying costumes showed that I was able to to a mature level of creativity to
portfolio imaginative and unique in the same style, a location to portray the conventions and ensure that my music video
or did you adhere to suit that period of time. These challenge them with in the project has a height of creativity
conventions? where to portray the same sequence showing that I to increase the entertainment
conventions but I also applied can use creativity to a mature factor.
creativity by challenging the level.
convention by having a female
criminal and a female wing
women to show the female are
strong enough to portray these
parts it does not have to be
about male dominance.