Introduction to Film Culture has been a very interesting, challenging and rewarding experience, if at times a very steep learning curve. I am intending to follow the BA in photography pathway, however, I chose this course as an option in level one to use my love of cinema to develop my academic writing and research skills, which I found lacking in my first unit Expressing Your Vision.
My initial assignments were weak and poorly written but according to my tutor showed promise in highlighting interesting ideas and principle. This weakness was not unexpected as this was why I had undertaken the course, however, it became apparent that I did not know how to write an academic essay.
Through support from my tutor, hard work and dedication I have learned how to structure an essay and I feel this has paid dividends in resulting content. As the unit as progressed my engagement with the exercises and assignments has grown and I have become to look forward to the essay writing process. I some ways I feel sad that this course has come to an end.
I feel that the course has to lead me to a greater appreciation of cinema and feedback from my tutor on my assignment always gave a new slant to the subject and allowed me to refine my work by introducing new ideas that were outside of the course notes and reading list, for example, gender portrayal in assignment 3.
As I reflected earlier the course has been a steep learning curve and at times I have felt bogged down by the exercises and research tasks from the course notes I feel that because of this reflective writing outside of prescribed exercises has suffered a little.
However, overall I am very pleased with the body of 5 assignments I am submitting for assessment and hope that you will find my work on the coursework exercises equally as interesting.