Why did I chose Media Studies A-Level?
I chose Media Studies because I had done it for my GCSE and found that it was really interesting!
I found that the work last year was rather laid back and easier to get my head round and after doing the homework for Law, Psychology and Sociology that I would need it. Last year I left most things to the last minute and needed to redo some of the work to get a higher grade but after freaking out, and actually sitting down to do it all - I got a B.
I thought that it would be a nice contrast to my academic subjects and that I would excel. It will be a challenge to do some of the work and figuring out how the I-Mac’s work. Currently I have only used them twice in the entire 5 years at Rainham School for Girls and they still confuse me. I hope to work them out before doing too much so that I don’t fall behind due to the lack of handling them.
I have a creative side to my knowledge and I love to watch films. Whilst at GCSE level we had to annotate the covers and review extracts of the film. Paying close attention to the films has shown me how they all work and when I got home, I had a try for myself. It will be great for me to do this as my mind is rather creative but I can’t draw to save my life!
I have thought about the range of knowledge that I would gain from this A-Level and a career in this department would be like living a dream! I can’t imagine anything else than a job within the Media and this A-Level will help me gain the background I will need to get into any job.
However, where I thought the work last year was laid back, it is rather intense at A-level and still a lot of work that has to be done. The work is still quite easy in the terms of what I know and what I understand that we have to do. Currently I am the most organised person in the group and I am not leaving anything until the last minute.
ReplyDeleteMedia is still a nice contrast and I am doing rather well with coursework, filming and keeping my blogs up to date. I really hope that I could keep this up due to this being like last year where I had a few days off then stopped doing efficient amounts of work. I have already discovered how the I-Mack’s work because they are quite simple however the first few days they really confused me.