SDP has by far been my favourite unit of the course so far.
I have really enjoyed working independently and I have really surprised myself with
my time planning. At the start of the project I made sure that I had made an
extremely thorough time plan as a guide to follow religiously. I feel that I
have been successful with this as I have found myself constantly busy and for
once, on top of things!
This unit has been a great experience for me to work in
film, something I have always wanted to do. The project was exactly as we were forewarned
it would be. One minute you are stuck for things to do and the next minute
rushed off your feet without enough hours in the day. This part of the ‘Painting
for Inspiration’ project has been fantastic for my professional practice as it
has really revealed that this is something I would love to pursue. Although independent
throughout, the tutorials with Bunny have been a fantastic help and a great
guide. I feel I have learnt a great deal more actively participating in the
design process and seeing an entire project through.
Working alongside the Film course has been fantastic getting
to know new faces and names. Everyone within Film is very friendly and
approachable and I think I can speak for everyone within ‘PFI’ that we were
warmly welcomed by them. There is a great sense of teamwork and everyone is
willing to help each other out and open to suggestions to improve ideas and
develop them. Everyone seems really passionate and extremely hard working which
was really inspiring for me.
I was more than happy to have received the ‘Situation Group’
as my film as during the pitch there seemed to be a great team behind it with a
lot of brilliant ideas. Working as a collaboration made me learn a lot about
team work and it was really nice having another person to confirm things with
and luckily Ruby and I worked as a really great team, having very similar ideas
about what we wanted. I felt lucky that our director and producer were so
welcoming as I have learnt that is not always the case! James was very clear
with us throughout and I learned that communication is key, especially when we
had so little time to pull it all together. Working on set was a really exciting time, as
we got to see all our hard work from pre production come together in front of
us. We learned that patience is a very important part of film, but for me, it
was all worth it in the end! Seeing a project through from start to finish has
been a really rewarding feeling and I am extremely happy with the final
outcome. This unit was a fantastic opportunity to see whether this is something
I would like to do full time and has lead on to gaining some fantastic work
experience working on a feature film in London this summer. I can’t wait to see the Film when it is
finished and I am really looking forward to hopefully working on the grad films
next year.
