BLOG QUESTION ADV: ADV GOAL SETTING

What are your 3 filmmaking goals for the 2025-2026 school year? Don't simply copy everything this creator says. Really look down and decide what specific goals you want to set for yourself. Look back at your goals that you set in last years class. Did you achieve them? Why or why not? How can you make steps to achieve these goals? Where will you need to look to gather help or resources? Please write a complete paragraph on each of three goals, along with an introduction paragraph.

    Some things I really want to do this year is submit my films to more festivals, create more personal projects outside of class, and learn more editing programs like Davinci resolve and after effects to improve my skills in color-grading and graphics, and learn how to light. Last year, I wanted to try out every role in class (and thankfully I did), so now I want to hone my skills in the roles I'm more interested in (cinematography and editing). 

    One thing I can do to achieve my first and and second goal is to get involved in more projects, especially outside of class. I can try to do this by maintaining my contacts with people from last year, and maybe try seeking opportunities with new people by networking. If I want to create more personal films, I'll probably have to write, direct, or produce my own work, so I should also start building a team that I'd want to do that with as well.

    Another step I can take to achieve my goal of becoming more proficient in editing is by practicing more in my free time. Even if I'm not editing an actual project, I could pick up my hobby of editing that I used to have freshmen year and try to learn different tools on after effects and Davinci resolve. I think watching motion graphics/color grading tutorials on youtube would help a lot with that, since most of my skill on AE was learned from those.

    Lastly, to get more involved in the lighting aspect of film-making, I can participate more in labs and try to pass more skills tests for lighting. Watching the skills videos, videos about lighting theory, and movies that are known for its unique lighting style (like noirs), are all things I can do early on to prepare myself for the lighting unit.