Media

Media Studies

What is media studies for?

In my opinion media studies is a very valuable subject that I chose for A level because I would like to get into a career that heavily involves media/ film and television production. I think that media is really interesting and could help me to further my knowledge into how films are planned out and produced seeing as I have never studied media before.

Why i took media studies

My passion for films and television wasn't actually clear to me until I started this subject last week when the class was discussing films and genres and I realized I like basically everything and have watched more media than I thought I had previously. I enjoy watching horror, crime, comedy, musicals, period dramas, rom-coms, thrillers (in particular psychological), action, fantasy and sometimes but not often sci-fi films. My favorite directors would be Gurinder Chadha and Judd Apatow. Chadha has produced many films orientated around Indians living in the UK, she weaves comedy into her plots very cleverly and I feel like her films have introduced me to different cultures. I also like how she focuses on the strengths of women and breaks traditions. Some examples of her work include 'Angus Thongs and Perfect Snogging' 'Bend it Like Beckham' and 'Bride and Prejudice'. My other favorite director would be Judd Apatow. He has produced a large chunk of my favorite films and his sense of humor through his directing really relates to my own. His most notable works and some of my favorites include 'Superbad' 'Knocked Up' 'This is 40' 'Pineapple Express' 'Bridesmaids' and 'The 40 Year Old Virgin'. I also am really interested in the practical side of media and want to possibly look into a television/film editing career, I have embedded below a short film I made for my family to watch in years to come, I really enjoy editing and producing things like this as shown and have lots more footage from my previous holiday that I hope to edit in summer in order to create a series of 'vlogs' to remember the holiday by.