Professional Practice Unit- Feedback

Today I visited Nicholas Ward in order to show him my promotional video I had created and receive my feedback. He seemed very happy with the direction I had taken the video with the brief he had given me and had little to nothing to say in terms of how I could had edited my video differently.

The feedback sheet I was given back.

The feedback given for my video was something I am very happy with, and we addressed a few problems we had with communication. I believe this was due to us not meeting in person an awful lot during the course of this project. I believe this is mostly down to the fact that Nick was often busy abroad or working away from Maidstone, and I was often busy early in the project working on the other Studio Production Unit. 

We also missed a lot of time at the start of the project (about 3 weeks) because Nick was away in Prague and France for charity work.

Overall, I feel I have learnt a lot from this project in terms of being professional in a commission, and how to speak with a commissioner to ascertain all the needed information in order to effectively fulfil the brief.

I feel that I did my best to hit the marks outlined in the brief, and as a result Nicholas seemed very happy with the finished product I presented to him. Nick also suggested that we work together on more projects over summer and whenever I have time, and offered to be a reference for other ventures if he is needed. He also made sure to inform us that he would have no problem hiring us again, and even brought up a project abroad which he would potentially commission us to create a film piece about in the future.

In conclusion, this project has been very beneficial in improving my overall business skills, and I feel a sense of reward in creating a piece of work for somebody else. I also have a new appreciation for others working as freelance commissioners, as I have learnt that building a network of contacts and keeping up to date with information being passed around can be quite stressful and hard to do.