Media Production Beginnings

Instructor Dana Lee has asked us to monitor our media tech skills and knowledge we will need to develop for our Major Project in the Media Production Masters program. We need to come up with a list of skills we have, skills we need to learn, and research we need to conduct.

I am starting off the year with an excellent working knowledge of Adobe Premiere Pro CS3 which is not used at Ryerson. I will need to transfer my skills to Final Cut Pro 7. The last time I used FCP was when it was version 2. I will need to research some tutorials to see what has changed. I have a great working knowledge of Adobe Audition, though I am frustrated by the tinny digital sound during some correction. Ryerson uses Pro tools. I will need to develop these new skills. I have just purchased the Adobe Production suite CS4 so that I can learn Adobe After Effects. I also picked up a book with tutorials on the software called After Effects Apprentice. Other than that, I am going to need refreshers on lighting, clean field audio recording, tips for shooting in HD, and the cameras that Ryerson uses. However, I will likely buy my own Sony HD homecamcorder if I can get away with it. I will need to start my filming before the Spring time as I will have to go back and teach at WODSS for a few weeks and the undergrads at Ryerson will have first dibs on school cams during that time.