Media Reflection #2

Media Reflection

Prior to being in this course, I had never really needed to set up or make a scene or use any professional camera skills. I would say I am pretty decent at taking pictures for my friends, but professionally, no. I have done some editing on photos not of people or anything, more like editing for school Instagram pages. My skills have changed a little bit throughout this course. I know more about how angle and lighting affect the overall look and feel of the photo, otherwise known as mise en scène. Obviously my skills will need to develop further to pass this exam or help create my opening sequence for next semester. I need to develop my skills further in identifying  the empty spaces in images I take and the placement, lighting, and angle to make sure it conveys the prompt I may be using. I think my skills have developed pretty well for the short amount of time I have been in this course. Now, filmmaking-wise, I have nothing. I have little to no experience with filming. If TikToks count, then I have filmed some videos, but other than that, not really. Obviously I have watched movies before and seen clips in class, but I have never made my own mini movie or scene. I think this course will help further my knowledge and improve my artistic and media skills with, hopefully, a real camera and not just an iPhone camera. Actually,, I take some of that back. I have used a digital camera and a Polaroid camera, so I guess that's something. Realistically, my technical skills are not half bad, and I don't think editing can be that hard; like, iMovie should be pretty self-explanatory. If it is that basic, then I'll think I will be fine. And since it would be a group project, some of my other peers do know how to edit, so it hopefully will be easier for us to complete/do. But I still would like to gain some of my own experience learning how to edit. Overall, for my group it will be. a win-win situation since some of them will already know how to edit, but they can also help me learn how to edit.

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