Final sophmore reflection (Video)

Hi everyone  this is James. I'm  about to give you my final reflection for sophomore video class.

 Over the school year I have learned how to do a lot of different things. For example i learned how to use the cameras along with how to  set up the tripod during my first project. I learned how to do this by watching my  teacher give us a demonstration. This is important because you need to know how to set up recording equipment if you want to film some thing. One challenge I faced during this was preventing my mind from wandering. This is something that i have learned how to control over time.
 Also, this is something that only time can help me with, another weakness is quickly setting up the equipment, a lot of our equipment needs to be repaired and to be honest it can  take a wile to get the camera and tripod set up correctly. I have improved this with  practice over the year.

One important skill I have learned this year is collaboration  .  I learned this during ur short film project  when  me and my group were going to film over the weekend wee all did a  poor job of planing and I was not able to get a hold of the people I needed to  get a hold of.  As a result we were not able to film  over the weekend. This experience has helped me improve my  collaboration skills  with other people. this is important because weather you are planing a project for school or a vacation for your family you need to know how to collaborate with others. I have improved this by planing events in advance for the project and by learning form my mistakes. Also, I will use this next year when  I am working with my  group members.

Throughout the year e-comm has helped my  communicate with others. for example in my last project we tried a second time to  film  over the weekend, we were able to find a time that we thought based on our analysis that we would be able to film  unfortunately  some last minute events came up with one of my camera man as a result we did not have enough people to film.

School in general has helped me improve my  project and time management skills for example, for my short film  project due to the fact that we had several  setbacks due to  apathy from  my director I had to come in after school and edit on my own. We also  did not have all the voice overs we needed as a result.

As a result of most of our projects being in groups I have been  able to improve my leadership skills. For example, during my  short film project m  job as sound director was to control the microphone and help the camera man  get the audio we needed. leader  ship skills are important thought life its self. Whether you are leading a group project or are teaching some one how to do something you need good leadership skills and you need to be able to  prevent your self from becoming irritated when  things go wrong.

Over all I have enjoyed this class and I will take what I have learned with me next year