To gain feedback on how I performed on my role I asked the producer of my group to answer the following questions: What did I do well? When we were discussing our initial ideas, you contributed a key theme about assassins that later developed into our actual film. Additionally you seemed like you knew your … Continue reading 1.3 Gain feedback on how you performed your role

When working with the crew I always tried to be collaborative. This is because filmmaking is a collaborative process, involving so many people all with their separate roles, meaning good communication between these roles can allow film production to run much smoother. Luckily the Film Academy encourages people to frequently work together, meaning it isn't … Continue reading 3.3 Describe how you worked with others collaboratively on your film production

Working in the film industry can be pretty hectic and crazy. Therefore, it is necessary to have key qualities that allow you to work well as part of a film production team. Some very important qualities are: good timekeeping, being reliable, sharing ideas, good communication and safe working. Good timekeeping Firstly, good timekeeping is one … Continue reading 3.2 Identify the qualities needed to work well with others

What areas/ specialisms in creative media would you like to work in? If I could chose what area of creative media I would like to work in it would obviously be the film industry. This is because, film is one of my biggest passions, and I get so much from it that I would love … Continue reading Personal Progression Plan

At the most recent Film Academy Session with Yen Yau she gave a talk on getting into the film industry. Within this talk someone asked her about apprenticeships in film, and sadly she said there currently weren't really any. This is because while apprenticeships are great as they allow you to get real experience of … Continue reading 2.3 Outline the potential progression routes into the film industry and wider sector

The working culture of the film industry can be very hectic. This is because there are so many roles within the industry who all need to work together to try and create a piece of content, and this can be very messy along the way, however despite the lack of job security, it can also … Continue reading 2.1 Explain the working culture of the film industry

The role I undertook for my group's short film was the editor. This therefore, involved me doing a lot of work on the edit day, including choosing how scenes should play out, what clips to include, overlaying voice-overs, adding background music and correcting lighting. While I thought this role was pretty hard, as it is … Continue reading 1.4 Review own technical skills and use of equipment

1. What did you do? Today was a very important day as it was the edit day. Because my role in the group is the editor I had quite a lot to do, as we needed to complete our film within the time frame. This involved us using Sheffield Hallam's facilities to edit the film … Continue reading Shoot Diary – (11/01/20)

1. What did you do? Today was the first session back since Christmas so as a treat we all got to watch JoJo Rabbit for free! I really enjoyed this as firstly, I was very excited to go see this film and was planning on doing it later that day, so I was very happy … Continue reading Shoot Diary – (4/01/20)

Within our short-film production there are 7 different teams which includes: producer, screenwriter, director, cinematographer, editor, sound and actors. These aren't very big teams as most of the roles only have one person working in them (the biggest is actors with 3 people). I think for a film production to be successful teamwork is necessary, … Continue reading 3.1 – Explain the importance of teamwork when working on a film production