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Personal Progression Plan
In the future, after I have finished this course, I would like to work in directing. While on this course, I had the opportunity to work as the director on our short film, as has been something I have very much enjoyed and would like to progress in the future. Once I have finished school,… Read more
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NCFE, Write Up, Week Six
1.4 Review own technical skills and use of equipment: While working on this Film BFI course, I took on the role of the screen writer, as well as the director. My responsibilities as the screen writer included creating the plot, characters and dialogue for my groups short film. Throughout the weeks I developed and adapted… Read more
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NCFE Write up, Week Five
1.3 Gain feedback on how you performed your role Throughout the course, my fellow BFI team mates, have felt that I have skilfully worked well with others, leading my team as the role of the director and voicing my ideas. My team felt that I was a skilful director who was able to advice my… Read more
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BFI Film Academy Diary, Week Five
What did you do? Today was our shoot day, and we filmed our short film that we have been writing and planning over the past couple of weeks. Our film is about a woman who is struggling to manage her job, due to her alcohol addiction. At the begging of the day the cinematographers were… Read more
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NCFE Write up, Week Four
3.1 Explain the importance of teamwork when working on a film production Jobs roles: Director: Natasha Fieldsend The role of the director is to guide the production team towards creating the visual look of the film. They work very closely with the actors, helping to guide their performance on screen, directing them on their… Read more
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BFI Film Academy Diary, Week Three
What did you do? This week we had the brilliant opportunity in watching the film, ‘The Runaways’ which is written and directed by Richard Heap. I very much enjoyed this film as I found the plot moving and I thought the cinematography was very impressive. After watching the film, we were able to meet Richard… Read more
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NCFE Write up, Week Three
4.1 Why is health and safety important when working on film productions? Health and safety is important when working on film productions as you need to take note of the possible risks, and work to prevent them to ensure that no-one gets injured. Quite often there are many people working on a film, block buster… Read more
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BFI Film Academy Diary, Week Two
What did you do? This week, we focussed on cinamatography and sound, and had the opportunity to work with some professional camera and sound equipment. Firstly we met with Daren Eagles, who gave us a master class on cinamatogaphy, where we looked at camera angles, framing and the effect of colour. Daren taught us the… Read more
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NCFE Write up, Week Two
4.2 What is copyright? Copyright is a temporary legal right given to a creator that allows their work to be protected and prevents it from being stolen by others. This does not protect their idea, it just protects their art from being used by someone else. 4.2 Why does copyright law exist? Copyright law exists… Read more
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BFI Film Academy Diary, Week One
What did you do? Firstly we got to meet industry expert, Paul Fraser who told us about his experience of being a script writer, as well as giving us industry advice. While working with Paul, I was involved in a group script writing task where we were all passing round our scripts that we had… Read more
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NCFE Write up, week one
1.1 Describe areas for development in your current knowledge, understanding and skills At this moment in time I am very interested in the directing side of film making, as I have previous experience of acting, so I would be interested in directing actors on their performance. I would see myself taking on this role while… Read more
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Sorry, I think my feedback was too long to fit into one comment!
Hi Natasha, thanks for this. Please can you copy your answers across onto the module pages, e.g. Technical Skills Development,…

Continued: 5.1 Review and critique at least one short film production This is a good review, but by covering all…