In the beginning, I want to say about this homework, I am actually a little disappointed about myself. First, I have not made out my expected pictures because sounds recorded by my three tries were all in disorder. Second, I really have a bad ability in dealing with sounds. Because my last video was done film editing according to music, I would do film editing to pictures according to the music rhythm. But this time I used a recording of reality, to be frank I really didn’t know how to coordinate videos with recordings. Because recordings are of no rules and I used to find a meter to make videos, which leads me to fail to make out one I can regard as OK even though I have spent a long time. In my mind the video made out by me is only qualified. But I have no time anymore. So I am really disappointed about myself. I realized my weakness from that homework. It is easy for me to be trapped in a fixed behavioral habit by a thought firmly without being able to jump out to find new ways. So what I need to learn is to try to think in many directions and not to be trapped by one thought. I also need to learn more film editing techniques and how to properly deal with voice bands. That time I was really defeated by sounds. The making process was very miserable, and I felt bad when my thought was trapped. So I have to make efforts to improve myself so as to make out my ideal works.

Then about this term,

I want to firstly thank Hannah. I am not an excellent student, especially when the course began. I had no thoughts usually about class discussions or homework. But Hannah has helped me a lot in making me think and look for themes. Thanks for guiding me in this term. Then about the course, seeing the unseen, I have known “noticing”, which is my biggest gaining. In fact after knowing “noticing”, I have found at any time and place I can find some special things or find more beautiful things, with my observing ability stronger. Especially during Task 2 where I shot things in a train station, I found in fact I can find many interesting contents and can record some pictures I like by my cellphone. That sense of achievement is really good. While during four Tasks, I can feel my changing. From having few thoughts in the beginning, I have mastered how to try to find subjects and summarizing and helping myself to find discussion subjects I want by an experimental method. This Studio is really interesting, making me learn a lot and feel happy so much. But my weakness has been exposed. The biggest problem is to manage time. During Task 3 my points were deducted due to forgetting to write a blog. Actually that has always been my big problem, and I hope to solve that. But a bad habit is always difficult to be removed. So point deducting is one of my lessons, making me realize I have to make a plan. I shall write down the plan not only think in order to make myself clearly know. So I have made a plan during Task 4. Although the effect is not so perfect, that plan has helped me so much in completing Task 4. In the future, I will make more plans to help myself complete objective contents. In the end I thank Hannah again. Both strict you and giggling you made me feel your sincerity. Thank you for making me learn a lot.