Pursuing A Film Production Education

Upon entering this course, I was very devoted and prepared to continue my film production education. This was the moment for me to expand my knowledge and creative intellect now that I had made it to the production part of the program. Not only expand my knowledge and creativity but also to grow as a person and experience fresh new challenges. I was ready to venture more into the world of production with hands on assignments to showcase my creative mind to the rest of the class. Throughout the composition, sound and this final short film project, my skill level dramatically increased. I could not be more pleased with what I have accomplished this semester and look forward to my future career and pursuits as a film production major. The way this course was structured definitely impacted my overall experience and work ethic throughout the semester. Initially, we as a class learned about how a film is truly composed together through all aspects of cinematography. We gave our own personal creative inputs in discussion sections during lecture which engaged all classmates to participate. Once we began

I found this to be the fact that the film could not be longer than 60 seconds and had to induce a specific emotional state during the film and for the audience. At first, this was concerning as a filmmaker being that I never had produced such a short film or one that conveyed one specific mood. This was where I stepped outside of my comfort zone and took it as an opportunity to prove to myself the real potential I had as a growing film student. Becoming familiar with a new editing program as well was the biggest difficulty in my opinion. In the past, even if film projects were intimidating, I took my time and had faith that my creative style would produce something successful. Not being familiar with all of the editing tools and the equipment made this that much more of a