In my week one blog post, I talked about what my goals were for the semester. The first thing that I mention in my post is in regards to how I have usually stuck to the “stock standard” ideas of documentary filmmaking. My goal was to push myself to explore less traditional forms of documentary. With the experimental piece that Josie and I have created for PB3, I think I have done exactly that. The media I created was unlike anything that I have created before, and was completely out of my comfort zone. I do however mention that I wanted to push myself out of my comfort zone as a media consumer, as well as a media maker. In this respect, I don’t think I achieved this goal as much. As a whole, I didn’t sit down and actually consume as much as I would have liked. I didn’t really even think about doing so, as I was so focused on the hands on elements of the course.
The second goal I had was a technical goal. I hoped to improve my interview skills. I would like to say that I have gained confidence in regards to my interviewing style. I don’t have anyone to vouch for it, but from my perspective, I believe I conducted my interview in a professional and respectful manner. One thing I think that I could still improve on would be improvising questions, which I mentioned in my reflection post. Recalling back to the interview I did with Kiera, I stuck to my planned questions, and only improvised one question, which was really just to elaborate on something that I had already asked.
Overall this semester I’m happy with what I have achieved, but I also know that I have much more to grow in the respect of documentary filmmaking.