Goals

     My goals in terms of filmmaking are to become either a director, editor or writer for film and possibly television. As of yet, I haven’t nailed down which one I would prefer because I enjoy each one of those aspects of the filmmaking process. I enjoy being in charge and taking something that someone else has written or created and bringing it to fruition and ensuring that their vision of what’s on the page matches what will be seen on screen. I enjoy editing because you take hours and hours of footage and sift through take after take to make something wonderful. Editing is like putting together a 1,000 piece puzzle, you see the individual pieces and have an idea of what the final product will look like, but you have to go on a journey to get there. My final option in terms of filmmaking is to possible become a writer. I enjoy writing and have always been good at it, though I really didn’t like it as much until I got to college. I write poetry and short stories now and would enjoy writing screenplays for a living. A writer is the first one to create an idea or is tasked with developing the overall storyline/plot of a film. When writing the sky is the limit to what you create or imagine, though it can become stressful when you don’t where to go next in a story it’s still a creative process that I enjoy.


     In terms of this class, I am more interested in learning and developing methods of framing a shot. If a shot is framed poorly, it takes away from the final product. I want to be able to visualize what I want to convey and then capture that image the best way possible on film. I also want to learn how to use different cameras so that upon graduation I can show that I’m proficient in using different types of equipment.