Reflection

The unit that we worked on this term I found challenging, to some extent. I enjoyed taking photos and watching movies from different film genres but I thought the continual work on analysing film repetitive and at times quite boring. I know the amount of work we did is compulsory and I'm glad that I did it because now i have a better understanding of film. Grasping my head around the concepts of different media terminology was quite difficult and I'm still going over and starting to gather a clearer understanding. I need to remember in the future to back up all the work that I do because I had a few experiences this term where I have lost work. Analysing one element of the film at a time made most of the work a lot easier to understand, in my opinion.
In writing my essay, watching the film over and over, each time focusing on a different element helped a lot. I didn't begin writing my essay until i had a complete and accurate base full of notes and information. This made it a lot easier to focus more on what I was writing and linking it together in one piece of work. The most difficult part of this term was definitely the understanding of technical terms to use in creative media. Also, the process of putting these words to clever use in my essay. I'm exciting to be moving forward to more film practical work next term.
I am happy with the overall result of my essay. If I could do it again, i would read over it and make sure everything I had in it was necessary. I also would have summarized my points more clearly and more thoroughly in my conclusion. I know I put in the work and I have achieved an acceptable result. I hope I can keep up the good work I am doing in Creative Media this year.