Pre - A2 course

I expect that the A2 course will be just as exciting and interesting (if not more) as the AS course. I will be entering the course will a handful of video/film editing skills already in my pocket, however I would really like to perfect these over the next year to be able to produce a really slick short film or music video (i haven't decided which yet). The A2 course sounds like a lot more work than the AS course, however I feel as if I will be able to approach it with the same attitude and be able to work through it all; yet no doubt there will be fisty-cuffs with the incompetent apple macs as there were during the AS course.