This document contains a self-assessment of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats for a student studying media. Their strengths include excellent attendance, hard work, understanding of media equipment and software, and communication skills. Weaknesses include a lack of experience creating films and editing. Opportunities for growth include getting more experience with cameras, editing software, and analyzing media. Threats include distractions, lack of confidence, and limited job opportunities in media due to high competition. Support can come from teachers, classmates, and gaining work experience.
This document contains a self-assessment of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats for a student studying media. Their strengths include excellent attendance, hard work, understanding of media equipment and software, and communication skills. Weaknesses include a lack of experience creating films and editing. Opportunities for growth include getting more experience with cameras, editing software, and analyzing media. Threats include distractions, lack of confidence, and limited job opportunities in media due to high competition. Support can come from teachers, classmates, and gaining work experience.
This document contains a self-assessment of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats for a student studying media. Their strengths include excellent attendance, hard work, understanding of media equipment and software, and communication skills. Weaknesses include a lack of experience creating films and editing. Opportunities for growth include getting more experience with cameras, editing software, and analyzing media. Threats include distractions, lack of confidence, and limited job opportunities in media due to high competition. Support can come from teachers, classmates, and gaining work experience.
This document contains a self-assessment of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats for a student studying media. Their strengths include excellent attendance, hard work, understanding of media equipment and software, and communication skills. Weaknesses include a lack of experience creating films and editing. Opportunities for growth include getting more experience with cameras, editing software, and analyzing media. Threats include distractions, lack of confidence, and limited job opportunities in media due to high competition. Support can come from teachers, classmates, and gaining work experience.
What professional/personal qualities What areas do I need to develop in?
do I have? ● Not becoming distracted by other ● Excellent attendance and students in the Media class punctuality ● Using sound recording equipment ● Consistently hard working (Zoom) and transferring it to the ● Good understanding of aperture, computer rule of thirds and shutter speed ● Developing my ability to use Media ● Take extra photos outside of lessons related software ● Good understanding of Adobe ● Having more confidence in my ability Premiere Pro editing software and try to complete tasks myself ● Good understanding of how to use before asking for help radio equipment ● Having a better understanding of how ● Understanding the importance of to use aperture on the camera creating a running order ● Using a camera to create film ● Able to plan a production effectively ● Working independently ● Working in a team ● I have never made a film ● Excellent communication with ● I have never edited a film people in a group ● Interviewing skills ● Using photoshop What are my personal flaws? ● Improving my analysis skills ● I talk too much ● I am easily distracted ● I sometimes lack confidence ● I’ve not made a film yet What do I do well? ● Meet deadlines for work ● Always include the most amount of detail in tasks to do with the work ● Review work before handing it in ● Respond well to feedback ● Work well in a group What tasks do I usually avoid doing? ● Communicate ideas ● Plan projects efficiently ● Don’t like talking to a large crowd ● Going into college early unless I have to What are my biggest achievements? ● Hard and complicated tasks
● Achieved a GP4 in ICT and Art and
one of the three science subjects. ● Got into College and go onto the level 2 Media Course ● Got a higher grade in Maths ● Successfully creating and completing a radio show first time ● Successfully planned and conducted an interview with Sandra. ● Creating, writing and planning two adverts and a jingle ● Achieving a distinction in the photography unit ● Producing a modelling advert for the photography unit ● Giving a formal presentation for the photography unit ● Successfully completing film reviews of The Sixth Sense and peanut Butter Lips
Opportunities Threats
How can I develop my skills? What obstacles do I face?
● Practice using the camera more to get ● Being distracted by others
a better understanding of some of the ● Recalling process of using equipment camera settings and software ● Use a camera to create films ● Remembering key terms for analysis ● Using Adobe premiere pro to edit work films ● Understanding codes and regulations ● Using the zoom on Premiere pro for radio work How can I develop my knowledge? ● Remembering complex instructions ● Getting used to using Adobe premiere ● Do more research into part of the Pro work work when I’m struggling ● Practising using the cameras ● Experimenting with aperture, rule of thirds and shutter speed What could stop me achieving my goals? ● Using the editing software (Premiere Pro) ● Not always being focused ● Practise using the zoom ● Self Confidence ● Testing myself on key terms ● Being afraid of not finishing work on ● Practising analysing magazines time ● Join Media Enrichment ● Forgetting instructions ● Watch YouTube clips on how to use a camera to create films ● Practicer using a camera to create a film Are there limited opportunities? ● Practice using Adobe Premiere Pro to ● Yes because there are a lot of people edit a film wanting to go into a limited number of jobs in media, for example in the UK an average job advert will receive an average of 25 applicants with Who can support me in achieving my Media jobs receiving even more Goals? applications per job advert. ● Rachel However, I am determined to go out ● All Tutors:Mark, Fran and Lindsey outside my comfort zone and gain ● Jordan experience so I’ll be in the best ● Charlie,Jake,Steven position possible. For example, I will ● Alle, Michelle and Chris complete enrichment in related areas ● Evan (Media technician) at college, specifically Radio ● Sanjeev enrichment. I will also apply for work ● Amanda experience and jobs in Media during my holidays and out of college hours to give me additional experience that will help me stand out from other applicants. These limited opportunities are sometimes not understanding how to do the work and where the best places are to find experience to do with my course ● Yes, because there are a lot of people who want to go into jobs in the film industry and who think that they deserve the opportunity to work in film.