In this post it is my aim to perform a skills audit. What am i good at what am I literate with and what really needs work. 

Skills Audit

Positive:

Live action film making aspects such as editing, 

camera work, composition of shots.

Photography – impactful aesthetics, strong use of colour, 

Presentations 

Verbal communication

Visually divulging information

Historical and academic knowledge of film art, 

Base knowledge of animation

Sound track use

Technical script writing

Acting, lighting, theatre craft

Rotoscoping

Simplistic character design

Enthusiastic

Intermediate:

Drawing skills

3D proficiency maya

Texturing

Lighting

Animating

2D rigging (Toon Boom)

Use of textures

Set building 

Model building

Storyboarding

Photoshop and photographic editing

I dint not choose a course in animation because it is what I am best at, I did it to challenge me and expand my knowledge of film making as a whole “add a string to my bow” to help me tell stories.

Negative:

Macket making

3D rigging

Life Drawing

Advanced drawing techniques

Some software such as after effects

I can over analyse and look to much at the theory and too often rely on it. 

Fear of producing written synopsis

I talk too much

I am too broad in my approach to my subject

I rely on film and art knowledge to kindle my animation as opposed to allowing work to evolve. I rely on my ability to articulate in order to get my point across instead of allowing the work to speak for itself

I am aware that some of the positives could be viewed as negatives and vice-versa. However, I am attempting to be as Honest as possible. I am trying hard to break down my abilities and see how best to utilize them.