Script writing assignment-reflection

So this was a tougher assignment than the video production one. I've never been particularly good an essay writer, always had trouble cutting down the words or trying to make sense out of what my heads trying to say. However it was easier than I had expected in the end. The spongebob movie turned out to be pretty complex from a narrative standpoint so it gave me lots to work with when I was covering the three unities and how they could be applied to the script, if at all.
The quotation requirements were also difficult to fill, largely just due to the difficulty of finding reputable source that can back up your own interpretations of theories and the script as well as how to apply theories to that script. In the end I largely relied on very factual quotes, mostly just reiterating the theory itself before going into the in depth discussion.
The script writing itself though is very interesting, I've always loved writing and learning how to go about that with a little more structure and knowledge and learning how to use a wider range of resources to support my writing is really good for me and it's gonna me pretty excited to take part in NaNoWriMo this year.
However trying to apply all of these theories does run into a bit of a roadblock at times since I've always been a pretty individual thinker, I tend away from overly incorporating other ideas into my own, very much a go with the flow writer sometimes. Though I suppose one way to work the best of both into future assignments, scripts and other writing and narrative efforts is to simply write it up as I would ordinarily and then begin to apply theories and narrative ideas afterwards, using them to help bring order and structure to the madness, so to say.

In terms of the classes themselves and all the things I'm learning I'm just constantly excited to be learning and looking for ways to start thinking in a different way and improve myself. The narrative theories themselves are fascinating, as is watching out for how they're actually used in film and other media.
Working at a community cinema is also really helpful throughout this work as it means I constantly have the chance to be putting all the things I've been learning into practice, largely in my own time, to reinforce them in my head and improve my understanding further.
The classes in general do occasionally drag a little and a large part of the time is spent just learning the theories with relatively little time given in class for us to go out and put them into practice. Though this could simply be due to how early into the course we are I still feel that if it carries on it could become a little tedious, alongside the fact that I learn better through putting things into practical use myself.

I'm more interested in putting all these ideas into use in my own films rather than over analysing a dozen other films. I'm a creator at heart.

So on a less work based and more personal note, I think I'm finally beginning to run into how difficult this is all going to be. I' not afraid and I know I can do it, breaking old habits, making new friends, trying to get all the work done. Still looking for a job. The worries of moving out next year, y'know, trying to find a place with people I'll be comfortable staying with. Sorting out my social insecurities.
Which I've been doing great on, I've really surprised myself with how quickly I've settled in and I'm pretty quickly gaining in confidence.
But it doesn't mean my head doesn't still love to over think just about everything.
I guess it's all just a big change, from having nothing and doing nothing to suddenly everything going on in the space of less than a month.
New problems are popping up too, family things and other stuff, and that starting to get to me too, because I've been enjoying all this new stuff, all this change, the chance to finally get on with my life. But it just feels like some of the decisions I'll have to make soon, no matter what choice I pick, none of em are right. It's one path or the other but they both lead to Silent Hill :\

Todays work was focused around elements of advanced composition in a scene, we covered the rule of thirds and depth creation techniques. The above picture is one of the few successful photo's from the task. The more advanced the techniques we're being expected to cover the harder it is to just go out and create examples of work that demonstrate them which just shows how important planning actually is when deciding what to film, where to film it and how.
None the less, the above picture demonstrates several different features that create depth. The desk behind the subject curves away from her completely altering the line. The tile lines on the floor also add depth by creating a line that draws our eye into the distance.

First assignment work.

So I completed my first assignment a few weeks ago. Very proud of it, we were tasked with creating a short video with around 6-12 shots using several different kinds of edit to show our understanding of editing grammar.
The assignment called for us to video a short daily task, in my case, rolling a cigarette.
There are a few small flaws to note, there is an object continuity error in regards to the positioning of papers and tobacco etc in one edit. See if you can spot it.
And several shots are out of focus, largely as a result of the challenges of filming this entirely alone.

Other than these issues however I am very proud of this, it's the first video I've ever actually filmed, haven't even taken a 6 second video on my mobile of someone falling over before if you can believe it.