Week 26

 I went to the Channel 10 News Station on a field trip this week, and it was amazing. It was amazing to see how a news station works and to learn about its history. We got to visit the studio where they tape the news and weather and the offices where they cut the news, create the reporters, create the graphics and animations, and monitor the whole broadcast. The experience revealed to me the amount of work that goes into airing the news. I understood about commercials and the importance of capturing viewers' attention and converting them, something we were taught in AICE Media Studies. At the end of the journey, I learned much more about the importance of knowing your audience, as well as the various career opportunities that editing and producing can open up in the media industry.

Week 25

 One of the most important things I've realized this year is how to handle setbacks, and filmmaking is full of them. The biggest issue we've had with this film has been computers themselves. The software tends to glitch and sometimes crash, which makes editing a real pain. We haven't lost any of our footage, but it's still frustrating working with these kinds of technical issues. Despite all these hindrances, we are aware that we cannot lose hope now. This project is worth too much, and we're committed to doing everything that we can with it. With the deadline looming over us, we're committed to weathering the storm. These challenges remind us of how long and grueling the process of filmmaking is, but they also remind us of the necessity to keep going in order to complete the work.