This document contains a student's review and reflection of their production experience and projects from Year 1 of a Creative Media course. The student discusses enjoying the filming and editing aspects the most. Time management was an area of improvement. Their music video was considered their best project due to personal interest and using skills learned in filming and editing. The animation project was least enjoyed due to it being new and not understanding how to create a game from their idea. The student's goal is to pursue filming and editing skills and obtain an apprenticeship in digital marketing.

1. Creative Media
Professional Practice
Review of production experience on
Units 1-7
Creative Media Production Y1 2021-22
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2. Analysis of projects
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3. Which specific production tasks have you
enjoyed most this year?
• I have mainly enjoyed the filming part of this year as its something that I have
wanted to do for a while now and I have now been given the opportunity to
experiment with filming and its something that I've enjoyed.
• I have also really enjoyed the editing side of things this year as its something
that I have had no real experience in so therefore I enjoy learning new things and
different ways to use special effects and techniques in premiere pro.

4. What challenges have you faced this
year in your practical work?
• What I have found the most challenging this year has been the research side of
things, this is simply because I feel as if I am repeating myself a lot and don’t
want to do that as I am wanting to think of many different aspects to music
videos that I have researched into.
• Another task that I have found challenging is the animation task, this is
something that I was not overly confident going into as I have never animated
anything before and I didn’t have a clear view of where I wanted my project to
lead into

5. Which process do you think you have
made the most development in?
• I felt as if my time management as been one of the main things that have improved
this year for me. With the first music video task I noticed that I left it all
too last minute when filming and that’s something that I later realised was a
mistake because I found that some of the shots where blurry and I couldn’t go
back and change them because it was too late and we where already in the editing
stage.
• With all the projects since then I have allowed myself more time to be stress
free and not have to worry about any hiccups that may come my way.

6. Which technical skill do you think is you
strongest?
• I personally feel as if my main technical skill is filming as this is an area
where I have the most experience as I used to take photography for GCSE in school
and there was some filming elements involved in that, its also something that I
have done in my spare time therefore I have brief general knowledge about
filming.
• One example of this is that when I was filming my music video I had to get
someone else to film for me as I was the performer and I had to guide them as to
how I wanted the camera movement to be and what kind of angles that I was wanting
to include as well.

7. What do you think has been your best
project and why?
• I feel as if my music video was my best project even though it was the first
project that we had to complete. This is because I had the most interest into
making it look really good as I am a fan of watching music videos and its
something that I have always enjoyed. I also had plenty of inspiration during the
research process as I already had many videos that I have watched before that had
inspired me to create something similar in my final project.
• I also feel like my editing was good considering it was my first time using
premiere pro, I used special effects and different transitions to make the music
video seem more professional.

8. Which project did you enjoy least and
why?
• The animation project was something that I enjoyed the least as it was a new
experience to me and I wasn’t overly comfortable with my idea and how I could
make that into game, my adventure idea was something that I had in mind for a
film and not for a game therefore I didn’t know how I was going to create a game
around that.
• I also struggled with editing the animation on photoshop and had to use
pixil.com to create it instead. I feel as if this worked in my favour as I was
happy with the final outcome.

9. How have you managed your time
effectively this year?
• At the start of the year I didn’t manage time well at all as I left very little
tie to film my music video, however I learnt from this mistake and with every
project that comes my way I plan what I will do watch day and make sure that I
complete on that day which then allows me time to work on future elements in the
PowerPoint, for example I set a goal at the start of the day and make sure that I
complete that goal.

10. Action Plan
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words in length

11. What roles/specialism do you see
yourself working in on future projects?
• I feel as if I will specialise in the filming side of things as it is something
that I have enjoyed the most this year and I feel as if I succeed he most from
filming projects. This is because I am completely free to film and go wherever I
want. I also enjoy listening to music a lot which gains my interest into filming,
especially for music videos. Editing is something that I would like to do in the
future so that is something that I am wanting to pursue in this course and
hopefully develop my skills further.

12. What do you see yourself doing at the
end of the course next year?
• I see myself getting into an apprenticeship in digital marketing as I have a
background of business knowledge which I can then combine with my knowledge in
creative media. I will look into many different apprenticeships around me, for
example there is a company really close to my house which are open to accept new
people that are ready to work alongside people who are educated in digital
marketing.

13. What research do you need to do in order to
explore your future progression options?
• I need to research into available places that are nearby to me that are looking
for people who are wanting an apprenticeship in digital marketing. I also need to
look at if digital marketing is the right thing for me and weather its something
I can see myself doing in the near future. I will need to look at what happens
after the apprenticeship and where I could go after and if digital marketing pays
well. I will also need to at when I may need to apply for a place in my chosen
apprenticeship because if I leave it too late I may lose out on a spo.