PDP (personal development portfolio)

I was instructed by Brian Robinson to locate any knowledge or skill gaps that I have developed and make a detailed list to date. I neglected to attach tags to each post highlighting the development of a skill or knowledge gap, which I have also now rectified.

Below I have created a list of skill/knowledge gaps that have been challenged and/or filled throughout semester one up until the present date. Each listed item will include a bullet pointed summary detailing what skill or knowledge gap(s) I have successfully developed, followed by my next steps, listing future skill/knowledge development.

Semester one

Lighting theory - 27/09/12

• Technical lighting including glare, illumination, colour and brightness balance.

Shadowless lighting - 23/10/12

• Volume lighting
• Creating shadowless lights

Lighting test - flashing lights - 23/10/12

• Key-framing lights
• Animating lights
• Necessary skills in Adobe Premiere Pro

Lighting in horror (continued) - sunrise and coloured lighting - 25/10/12

• Creating lighting in a daytime setting
• Shadow colour

Colour in horror - blood and atmosphere - 25/10/12

• Blood patters and spatter
• Incandescence
• Glowing lights

Interior setting research - isolation and decay (continued) - 02/01/13

• Creating rust
• Bump mapping

Interior setting research - prisons - 08/01/13

• Prison interiors 

Colour in horror - movie posters and colour palettes - 15/01/13

• Colour palettes 

Colour in horror - Freddy vs Jason and mood - 16/01/13

• Moods inspired by colours

Mise-en-scène - lighting and shadows - 16/01/13

• Mise-en-scène
• Lighting in Mise-en-scène

Choosing a setting (continued) - Japan - 17/01/13

• Japanese horror films
• Japanese horror computer and video games
• Japanese cultural events/festivals

Choosing a setting (continued) - Switzerland - 17/01/13

• Swiss horror films
• Swiss horror computer and video games
• Swiss cultural events/festivals

Choosing a setting (continued) - Brazil - 17/01/13

• Brazilian horror films
• Brazilian horror computer and video games
• Brazilian cultural events/festivals

Lighting in horror - rotating lights - 18/01/13

• Creating fog
• Animating fog
• Animated colour lighting

Semester two

Personal horror film criteria - 25/01/13

•  Personal criteria for the genre of horror in the medium of film

The 4 C's - 30/01/13

• The difference between characteristics, criteria, codes and conventions

Non-personal horror film criteria (part 1) - 30/01/13

• An outside criteria and perspective of the genre of horror in the medium of film

Formal analysis - 08/02/13

• How to describe my own work as well as others
• How to analyse my own work as well as others
• How to interpret my own work as well as others
• How to make a judgement about my own work as well as others

Project target audience - 08/02/13

• Distinguishing the target audience for my honours project
• Establishing primary and secondary target audiences 
• Outlining age group for my target audience

What are my next steps and will these next steps help me develop knowledge/skills gaps further?
Yes, because I intend to develop my weaker skills such as sketching (interior and exterior), matte painting and/or any other ways to express my works which I have not yet explored or have poor skills/knowledge in.