question 7 - looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full project

At the start of my AS year at cns sixth form, i knew nothing about media, or editing or any technical skills on how to produce a short production. I feel like with the help of students and teachers i have accomplished a lot in a very short space of time.

My prelimary task helped me work out how to edit, and practise new skills such as effects and digetic sound, which i could then apply to my thriller. Which i have done, hopefully effectively.

for example, i learnt more about the 180 degree rule, which now makes sense to me, and i can see why it is used in all films, as well as this, when watching films, i find myself realising the camera movements and angles, and truly understanding the effect they have on the audience. This shows that learning  media at AS has had a large effect on my life outside of sixth form, i find myself watching more and more films, and aspiring to be as talanted as these directors one day. I'd always had an interest in film, but after learning whats behind what you see on the screen when you go to the cinema, it has striked interest into my mind, and set me with aspirations to do something in the future based around filming, which is a very broad catagory. i have enjoyed studying this thoroughly, and i believe i have made progressn not only in editing and filming, but also developing skills and making new friends with common interests.

From the set deadlines of my thriller coursework, although i fell behind on a few of these, which im disapointed with, i tried my best to organise my time and work effectively through the drawbacks i caused on myself. With this in mind, i hope to improve my effieciency with all other subjects. Media has taught me how to be more organised, and how technology has really changed education, from someting as fantastic as having coursework on blogs electronically.

i have had an indepth involvement with all genre's of thriller films, from gritty to noir, and i have enjoyed learning about the conventions of each, which now to me are easy to identify and enjoy to their full potential.