I learned a lot of valuable material this semester. I learned how to effectively use and notice movements, colors, and lines in films. I now know that these concepts are used to convey an intended meaning to the audience instead of just fitting a narrative or making a scene look better. My favorite material that I learned this semester was movement. After learning how to create intended movement, I started to use it in my films and think about how movements will add to my films.

I grew as a filmmaking this semester by applying the knowledge gained from this course to filmmaking. After every concept that we learned, I was able to practice using them in my own work. I now have trained my eye to pay attention to color, spacing, depth, movements, and many other things we learned this semester in my own work. While making my films this semester I dealt with a lot of issues with lighting. The lighting in the apartment building I had been filming in was not great. To overcome this, I added light in the shot with my cell phone while filming and edited colors in the still image project.

At the beginning of the semester, I wrote that all films should reflect the filmmakers view of the world through a narrative story. I still believe in this manifesto and use it in my own work.