Personal Skills Audit

	Skills acquired	How did these skills contribute to the creation of your product?	How will you develop these skills during the A2 project?
Digital Technology What equipment/software packages did you use to produce your product?	Final Cut iMovie Photoshop Garage Band LiveType MiniDV Tapes	Using features of the software to follow the project theme. Adding titles and graphics to our sequence	Use more effects
Post Production What software did you use to create your production? Discuss specific features of the software.	TV Studio Photoshop	Green screen with Chroma Key to remove the background. Using paint brushes to create a realistic logo for the film	If you using green screen, try and get better detail etc..
Research and Planning What tasks did you complete when preparing to film your sequence? How did your planning help the smooth progression of your film?	Research of the genre. Analysis of sequences. Time line analysis. Risk assesment. Call Sheet. Mind maps.	Keeping ahead of the deadline and filming in an organized way because all shots have been already planned.	Produce more in depth research and eventually develop my own style.
Using conventions of real media texts Which texts did you analyse? Did you take any inspiration from the conventions found from your research?	Conventions from Sin City. Conventions of film noir including black and white, femme fatal, guns, etc.	Using these we were able to produce a sequence which follows classic film noire conventions	Possibly trying to challenge conventions.
Creativity were our ideas for your portfolio imaginative and unique or did you adhere to conventions?	Using conventions and appropriate props.	We used inspiration from other films to adhere to the classic genre.	I will try to be more creative with my own initiative and produce new styles and conventions.