Evaluation of skills so far...

Technical skills:

• Framing shots: I think I've gotten better at framing shots, all the elements in the sequences I've recorded so far are related to the scene. There is no particular improvement though as ability has stayed the same, perhaps I could try and use the filming space a bit better for my other scenes when filming.
• Using a variety of shot distances: I've demonstrated this in the first rough edit of my first recording, with a zoom shot on the main character Rose towards the end as well as a close-up of the clock during various parts of the scene, a mid-shot of the teacher and a long shot of the class. But it is still very early days and I have yet to demonstrate my ability to film the range of shots I wanted to use, for example, tilt shots which I wanted predominantly on the main character during the video.
  
  
• Holding a shot steady: with use of the tripod this has been made easier for me as opposed to last year when there were a few shaky shots of the scene. I do still need to develop the way in which I move the tripod head to ensure I get a smoother camera movement when filming shots such as zooms, pans or tilts. Hopefully this ability will improve if I practise more on the tripod I have or use another one just to see which one works best for me.
  
• Editing: I think I'm a lot more quick on my feet with the editing, doing as I go along so that I have more of an idea of how I want the actual editing process to go. I actually find it better as last year it was my first time using pretty much any editing software and being able to edit anything so it was more of a shock and it took me some time getting used to the basic functions e.g. just adding new titles or using the razor tool when needed, this became very time consuming, but this year although I still have a lot to learn I have more of an idea of how to use the software; making use of my own software at home (general Windows
  Movie Maker which most PC's have) has enabled some preparation for me.