Reflecting on one’s own practice in relation to industry standards

Self Reflection and Evaluation

Personal Strengths & Weaknesses: Evaluate your own abilities and skills in relation to film creation. Be aware of your strengths and the areas where you need improvement. Honest self-assessment can facilitate learning and growth in your craft.
Personal Style: Identify your personal style in creating films. This could include distinctive camera techniques, narrative structures, or editing styles. Evaluate how your style aligns or contrasts with industry practices.
Constructive Feedback: Seek feedback on your films from various sources - peers, teachers, or even online communities. Understand that criticism is a valuable part of growth and refinement in your craft.

Industry Standards

Current Practices: Research and understand current practices in the film industry. Knowledge of how professionals approach filmmaking process helps to contextualise and evaluate your own work.
Relevance of Skills: Assess how the skills you have learnt, from pre-production planning to post-production editing, fit into the larger picture of the industry. Connect classroom learning with real-world application.
Adapting Techniques: Identify professional techniques you can adopt in your practice. Integration of these techniques can enhance the quality of your own films as well as your understanding of the medium.

Comparing Personal Output with Industry Output

Quality Comparison: Compare the quality of your own films with industry outputs. Consider elements such as narrative flow, shot composition, sound design and editing.
Influence and Originality: Reflect on how you have been influenced by professional filmmakers and identify ways in which you have been innovative or original in your work.
Thematic Consistency: Evaluate if your narrative themes and styles match with those prominent in the industry. It helps to understand your position in the broader cinematic landscape.

Future Development & Goals

Skill Development: Plan how to enhance your skills based on your assessment and industry standards. This could involve refining certain techniques, learning new ones or enhancing your narrative-building abilities.
Informed Decisions: Make informed decisions about your future growth. Based on your understanding of industry standards, decide where you want to focus your learning to develop as a filmmaker.
Career Goals: Formulate realistic career goals based on your self-evaluation and understanding of the film industry. Aspiring to raise your work to industry standards can motivate continual improvement and professional development.

Through regular self-reflection and consistency in adapting to industry standards, you will be better equipped to hone your unique voice and skills in filmmaking.