Personal Development Point Review #14.5

Wednesday | December 30, 2015



This week I have been working on the goal to complete work on my Media Coursework and upload it to the dedicated blog. Because I have done this I have managed to catch up on all of the work I was behind on. This means that I am on track to complete the rest of my course in the next 5 weeks available. I managed to complete all of the work by sticking to the goal of completing one blog post per day of the week. This plan worked well as it allowed me to have a 24 hour break between  each post which meant that I made the best effort possible when completing the individual posts.

The second goal that I set myself was completed by going to the gym every possible day I could. I couldn't go every day as it is closed often for the holidays. Apart from this I have attended and completed my goal.

The last goal I set myself for the week was to prepare to film my Media Studies film that needs to be complete in a few weeks. I have managed to complete this task and now know that I am going to be filming, where and when. If I decide to change my film plan I will have the advantage of doing so because I have planned in advance.



Personal Development Point Goals #14

Thursday | December 24, 2015



Because I am on holiday I have not had many deadlines at all. However, I have got a deadline to complete blog posts on my Media Studies work. This is because it is coursework and needs to be completed as quickly as possible to ensure I am on track to competing the coursework to the highest standard possible by me. I will be working on this throughout the next week. I have figured out that if I make one blog post every day for the next week I will be on track to completing work. However, Christmas may interrupt this so I will have to complete more that one blog posts on some days of the next week.

The second goal I have set myself for the next week is to carry on going to the gym throughout the Christmas holiday. This is because normally in the holidays I don't go to the gym which decreases my ability's to do the same thing when I arrive back after a week or so. To overcome this I will need to attend often enough to ensure the impact of Christmas isn't too great.

My last goal is to prepare to film my own Media movie when I arrive back at school. Even though the final video has to be completed in a few weeks. The benefit of doing this is so I can get ahead on planning as a precaution if I change my mind on anything. My thinking is if I make a decision and stick with it long enough that I no longer want to change it, the film is going to be the best of my ability.

Personal Development Point Review #13.5

Wednesday | December 23, 2015

This week I have been working on the goal to complete the blueprint drawing that I am completing for my Art project. I have not yet completed the drawing as it is taking a lot longer than anticipated. I am going to carry on drawing on this piece to try and complete the piece by the end of the school holidays.

The second goal that have been working on completing. The goal that I had set myself is to complete the improvements on my Business Studies work. I have completed this work in the past week which will enable me to spend more time completing my artwork. Because I have completed this I will be able to get straight on with the latest unit in class.

I have not yet had chance to help my friend film his Media Studies film because nobody has all been available to film all at the same time because of family  around Christmas time etc. This means that I will most likely be attempting to get all of the footage shot before the end of the holidays.

I am succeeding in completing all of the blog posts over the holiday period.



Personal Development Point Goals #13

Thursday | December 17, 2015

This week I have set myself the goal to complete the blueprint drawing that I have been working on throughout the holidays. This is a very important drawing that's going towards my project because it links the two different sides to my work very well. The reason for this is that it combines vintage cars and mechanical drawings.


The second goal that I have set myself is to work on by Business Studies work. I have work that I need to improve on an I could benefit well from completing some over the holidays. This will benefit me well because I won't have a lot of work to complete by the time it comes to going back to school. If I complete the work it will reduce the stress I will have over the work over the Christmas period.


The final goal that I have set myself to complete over the holidays is to help my friend film his media work. This will be happening sometime in the next 2 weeks. I am doing this as a favour for him but also for myself. This is because my friend has also agreed to help be a character in green screen silhouette shots I want to complete after the holidays.


I am still carrying on with the goal I have set myself which is to complete all of the blog posts over the school holidays.

Personal Development Point Review #12.5

Wednesday | December 16, 2015

Throughout this week I have been working on the blueprint drawing for my Art project. However, I am not yet half way through because I am not yet into the holidays properly. I have been working on the piece but not as much as I should be. 

The second goal that I have set for myself was to carry on working on my Media Studies coursework. I have been working though the tasks sheet. The only problems with some of the tasks is that they are surveys. Because of this I will need to wait until I am back in school to complete these tasks. The other tasks that I have been working on were easily done without distractions because I am at home. Over the past few days I have released that I can he a lot more work done sat at my desk than I would in school.

The last goal that i have set was to keep updating the ICT blog posts over my break. I have succeeded in this for this week but still have another week to go to fully achieve this goal by updating all of the blog posts needed.

Personal Development Point Goals #12

Thursday | December 10, 2015

This week I have set a goal to start and finish another piece of artwork over the course of the two weeks I am going to be off for Christmas. My teacher has recommended that I move on to mechanical drawings. Because of this I had the idea to merge vintage cars and blueprints. This links in with what I have been working on and what I have been recommended to start on. I have chosen a blueprint which also involves a lot of detail and shading. this makes it acceptable to draw and use in my project. Because of the amount of detail, it will take me a long time to fill everything in.

The second goal that I have set myself for the week is to carry on working on my Media Studies coursework. I have been behind on this due to the amount of other work that I have been set. This shows that I need to work on my organisational skills more when considering the amount of work I have been set and when it needs to be handed in. However, I have made all of my work to the highest standard possible which means that it takes longer for me to complete individual tasks. For example, I have made multiple videos for the course which are very time consuming. This is because the filming of the videos usually takes over an hour, maybe two. During the build up to the video filming and edit I am constantly looking on music sharing websites for a suitable song for the video. I have to do this to ensure that none of the music is copyrighted. After I have found the correct song I can start the edit. The amount of time I spend on this varies due to the style of the video and the length. However, because of the style I edit in to try and make the content as interesting as possible it normally takes about an hour to edit two minutes of finished video.

The last goal I am setting myself is to keep updating these ICT blog posts over my break. This is very important as I can easily forget to keep things updated as it is not the largest priority I have with my work. If I do not remember to update this blog over my break I can easily forget what goals I have set for those two weeks.

Personal Development Point Review #11.5

Wednesday | December 9, 2015

The first goal that I had set myself for the week is to complete the rest of my artwork that I had started but not finished. The paint job that had been put on the car took a long time to paint, however, I managed to get it finished.

My second goal for the week was to complete my business studies work. I managed to complete the task early. Doing this enabled my to start on the next unit we had to work on. this allowed me to get ahead of the work that needs completing in the future. Because I have started the work early I will have achieved the deadline before the allocated time is over, allowing me more time to complete tasks in other lessons.

The last goal that I set was to complete my Media Studies storyboard. This was easily done as I have a very big interest in drawing and film making. Because these two were put together I easily completed the task due to having the motivation to complete it to the best of my ability. Because I have completed the storyboard, I can now plan when I am going to film my movie. This will be some time in the future, although I have not yet planned when.