Hey guys, it's time for a New Year!

As with all career paths, a video student like myself will always have room for improvement. Showing something about my character (since some can't even do this) I am more than willing to admit from the most base level that I have a lot to improve on still. And this is fine, so long as I am willing to admit and willing to work on it. I do not currently plan to pursue a career in film, but having a broad range of talents and abilities is a desirable thing in the modern work-place.

Last semester we did a variety of projects, some of which I am more proud of than others. Actually... With nearly all of them I am not very fond of my work. As far as school work goes, my favorite project was Blake and I's opera music video. We need to reshoot in order to make it something I am truly proud of, but it may well be the best one of the semester. As far as my biggest project last semester, we had a contract with the FCCJC Junior Cheerleading competition. That took up hours of my life, only to put the entire project on the back-burner. It was rather stressful though, so I am content with stopping work on it for a while.

What did I learn last semester? Not so much as I'd like. I wish I would have learned more about camera-work, being good at it. I wish I would have taken the time to learn to do fancy stuff with Final Cut Pro, to learn a bit about Adobe After Effects. Mostly, I just wish I would have taken the time to learn the things that make one a better student, and a better videographer. However, I did learn about working with clients last semester, which is very helpful. I learned that you have to keep in contact with them (though sometimes they won't communicate back with you...)

This semester, I really am hoping to accomplish a lot more than the last. I want to surround myself more with people who I know to be more skilled, versus people whom I believe to be on a level with me. I can't improve nearly as quickly when I work with people on par with myself. I want to shoot more of the type of video I love most - music videos. A fellow student of mine and myself are into shooting music videos, and are talking of entering the eMagine competition with a music video. I want to do client work with bands, and more besides. My goal this semester is to have a variety of work under my belt, items for my portfolio that can and will show off a broader range of talents.

There is too much that I would like to learn this semester, that I can't really list it all. I want to learn a lot more about camera skill, and even more about the post-production work - sound editing, color editing, all kinds of work. Both parts of the process are entirely vital to make a good film, so one should know how to do both in order to understand. As with the rest in general terms, the pre-production of a project is something I want to get into more. However I feel that does require creativity, which is something I am currently lacking. I am able to act on ideas decent enough, but I have an issue developing those ideas.

I guess to wrap up, I should kind of give how this will even be possible. I mostly already answered in a previous paragraph, but I want to surround myself with people who will benefit me as a student. People that will make me better. I plan to be more open to learning, and I plan to just work harder overall. Just... be a better person, and be a better student.