Take screen grabs of each clip then upload to your blog the series of stills that show us ‘before and afters’ of your colour grading. Provide a few different examples of at least two different clips – each with a description of what you did to the clip and why.

This is a learning exercise, not necessarily a qualitative one, don’t stress – it is the act of doing it and the reflection on that, that is important.

This is the original. It’s pretty washed out, since it’s one of the first days I was shooting and I didn’t have a complete handle on using the Sony videocamera yet.

The sky is very washed out, and there’s not a lot of colour in it.

This is the second one. I’m a big fan of the Fast Colour Corrector, so that’s the primary tool I’ve used for my colour correcting.

I’ve toned the light down a lot, so it’s a bit more natural looking. I’ve emphasised the blues of the sea, and the sky looks a lot less over-exposed. I’ve saturated it a little more, so there’s a little more colour in it. However, it might be a little too dark, and a bit too blue.

In this second one, I’ve tweaked the colours with the colour wheel so there’s a lot more warmth to it. This is a nice one but the sky’s still a little over-exposed. It’s also a little dull looking – especially the ocean.

This last one is the final one for now – there’s a little more orange colour, the sky is not too over-exposed, and the ocean is still pretty blue.

“In 200 words or less please outline your goals, desires – what you want to get out of this semester. You will review this later in the course. You may rethink this dramatically – this is a good thing.”

You were asked this at the beginning of the semester. Now, could you review constructively what you got from this semester – has the course lived up to your expectations, delivered what you expected, maybe even surpassed it?

After Film-TV 1, I feel like I’m well equipped to handle Film-TV 2, and get even deeper into filming. Having that grounding, I feel like we can get really into the documentary. I quite enjoy documentaries, especially the more abstract and playful ones, and I feel that I could make a really great documentary in this course. I’d like to make an engaging documentary that we could possibly enter in a film festival!

I thought this course definitely lived up to my expectations. The exploration of more abstract elements, ideas and films was really useful for me, and I think the quality of films produced this semester jumped tremendously. I really enjoyed this semester and think that I have learnt a lot.

For example, I found the analysis/reflections in which we analysed various video clips to be excellent exercises. Doing the abstract exercises was really helpful as it led to a lot more critical thinking.

In regards to the film, I’ve put a lot of work into it, and think that it’s fairly engaging and something that I could possibly enter into a film festival.