creative learning

what is creative learning for me? Well while completing my degree in fine art I developed an interest in using the medium of digital film. Knowing little about either the process of filming or editing apart from a few basics, I began a process of trial and error to try and achieve what I wanted.While this process was sometimes frustrating it was in the end very beneficial. Not being shown the way meant that I had to come up with creative solutions and compromises to create a piece. This method of working with chance meant that I adopted techniques that I might not have thought of were I led by a tutor. I might have just regurgitated something that had already been done before. I had originally wanted to use film and animation together but given the freedom I had to experiment with the medium and ended up creating something very different from my original idea. In the end I combined film with older methods of puppetry to realise the final work.Which proved to be much more interesting.