Looking back at my portfolios I can see many improvements such as creativity, in the foundation portfolio I was more focused on sticking to conventions whereas in the advanced I have broken some tropes and been more creative when making my media products to make them more interesting and bold. When making my media product in the advanced portfolio I had access to better digital technology which enabled me use it to my advantage, and because I had already used most technology within the first portfolio I was already more experienced with it and knew what to do. There are clear and positive improvements from the foundation to the advanced portfolio, as I have gained more experience and knowledge within the media field which I have been able to use to my advantage and make my media products in the advanced portfolio much more professional.
2. What challenges did you face in each portfolio?
(Explain how you resolved challenges or if as a result, you approached your
advanced portfolio differently)
In the advanced portfolio, a problem I found was that when I uploaded some
of my clips onto Final cut pro the saturation of it would become darker and as
my scenes were already set in a low-lighting place some clips were not visible
so to resolve that problem I firstly tried adjusting the saturation on final
cut pro, if that did not work then I simply reshot the clips at a later date.
Another challenge I came across in this portfolio was finding actors in my
trailer, originally I had 4 people interested in doing it however during the
end of my research stage where I was about to write the script and storyline
the actors had found that they would be unavailable because of work they had to
be doing themselves and so did not have the time, it was a challenge to find
other people, I eventually found Pebz, Neha and Adam who had certain days off
and were interested in shooting the trailer, I then rewrote my draft of the
storyline because they were the only three I could find and so I had to edit
the characters slightly to make it fit with three people not four.
3. Which area is your strength? (Please give
examples and consider if this strength has developed in the advanced portfolio)
I think my main strength in both portfolios is the research; I make sure my
research is always in depth and has covered many topics to do with my media
text. However I can also see an improvement from my foundation to my advanced
portfolio, I have not only done more research but I have also expanded the
range of it. Not just researching horror itself but also researching directors,
the different sub genres, the history of horror, urban legends and various theory’s
and theorists. Whereas in my foundation I tend to stick to researching factors
close to the main topic and not broadening the subject into different areas.
4. What would you do differently (is there an
area of weakness still)
I would start producing my media product sooner, especially the filming on
the advanced portfolio, mainly because I did not know when before I started to
film that the days to film would be limited and so I wish I had more had
started earlier so I could have had more days to film. However saying this I
did manage to get most of the clips done within that time frame, but I did feel
slightly rushed and nervous that I would not get it done on time. I think my
weakness would still have to be time management even though I got my product
finished I did not leave that much time to do my evaluation, this has happened
in both my foundation and advanced portfolio.
5. What advice would you impart to prospective
media student?
Make sure you have a timetable not only for what days you’re going to film
but for everything such as editing, ancillary tasks and doing the evaluation.
Also make sure you do a wide range of in depth research on your media text this
way you can reference back to it and get inspiration from it to create a
professional media product.
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