Progress So Far

I'm aware that I've not really reviewed my own progress in classes yet, and so I've decided to do just that.

I was happy with the premises I had come up with for today's screenwriting class, and people seemed to respond well. I guess people like superstition, divorce and incest. All is right with the world! But seriously, I was very impressed by the levels of creativity and originality amongst the class. It was also good to get some feedback from Richard on our short-stories. I agreed with his main point for my own development, which was about the lack of character. Richard's theory that perhaps I knew about the character and just didn't describe him enough is quite true in hindsight, and I'll look at how I can avoid this in the future.

I'm enjoying the technical classes. I'm very happy with the pace at which we are learning - there's no point in rushing into anything - and I think I'm really understanding everything. I've been reading over my own notes in preparation for tomorrow's evaluation with Ray, and I think that it'll go swimmingly. I also really enjoyed the editing that we did in Gavin's class last week. I've used Final Cut Pro before (a few years back), and I'm very familiar with Premiere Pro, which is pretty similar. The footage we had to work with was really nice: stunning scenery, very high quality, and incredibly well shot I thought. A very good choice for our first editing session.

In both the classes with Andy and those with Adam I'm happy with my contribution to discussions. I feel comfortable enough to express my opinion and discuss the issues. I'm really enjoying the topics in these classes, too. I've been fascinated with massively over-blown and ever-escalating media-scandals since the Celebrity Big Brother Racism Row in 2007, and there have been many since then that I've made an effort to follow, including the Phone-in Scandals, Rigging Scandals, and Crown-gate. Discussing Manuel-gate (as I've heard it's now known) was therefore really interesting for me. Additionally, in these classes I've really loved discussing the strange and curious ways in which TV programmes are made, scheduled and broadcast. This Industry is just so very bizarre in many ways, which helps keep things interesting!