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 team and work closely with the actors, making them feel comfortable on set. I have also shown skills creatively through cinematography and script writing.

One of the challenges that I faced while on the course was when our script writer changed roles last minute, meaning that I had to take on the role of the writer, as well as already being the director. This was a challenge for myself as it pushed me out of my comfort zone, and forced me to work under pressure. However, I believe that this was a positive, as it allowed me to learn more about script writing as well as challenging myself mentally, with the near deadline approaching.

After hearing feedback from my team, they felt that throughout the course, I worked with them professionally. I lead them as the director, as well as being open to listen to their ideas and taking on their feedback. My team also felt that I was able to include everyone by listening to everyone’s ideas and questions.

To develop my skills further in the future, advice that I received from my team, was to work on my organisational and planning skills, as this was something that slowed myself down. I understand that this is a very crucial skill to have in the film industry and is something that I can easily improve on to help achieve better in the future.