Summer Filmmaking Course Experience

This summer, I had the opportunity to go on a proper 2 week Filmmaking course in London at the MET Film School which is located next to Ealing Studios. 

The course was led and taught by someone who has experience in the film industry who has worked in various roles on a film set such as role of cameraman, sound boom operator, director etc... 

Throughout this course I learned many new things in terms of visual storytelling, directing actors, directing, producing, sound, editing and cinematography. I learned how to use a different editing software to Final Cut Pro X which is called Adobe Premiere Pro. 

There were 14 of us on the course all aged 14-17. On the first week we all had the chance to direct our own little scene with two characters to get us more familiar with everything (camera, sound boom, clapper board, with what to say exactly on the shoot). We all switched roles throughout the production of all 14 of these practice filming/directing exercises. On the Friday of the first week, we all had to pitch an idea for a short film. After pitching, we all voted for the two best ideas out of the 14 ideas that were pitched. We split into two groups of 7 to work on each idea. 

Here is my little scene I made for the practice exercise, on the course:
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