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Introduction

Hey everyone! 

Welcome to my very first blog post detailing my experience in AICE Media Studies. My name is Danniella Miller and I'm a 10th-grade high school student in South Florida, at Fort Lauderdale High School. Honestly, before 8th grade, I had never even heard of Fort Lauderdale High or the Cambridge program. A friend of mine told me about it, and the Cambridge program instantly caught my eye. Nowadays, college is incredibly expensive for absolutely no reason, and as someone who would like a career than can possibly earn me a living wage, it's almost a necessity for me to go to college. With a Cambridge diploma and the high likelihood of being able to earn the Bright Futures scholarship, college tuition is something I no longer need to worry so much about. Now all my focus is on passing my classes, especially the AICE ones. The coolest thing I've learned about Fort Lauderdale High School is that they have a class or a club for pretty much any hobby or interest. I had no idea what this class was about or even that it existed during my freshman year. As freshman year progressed, I got to speak with and even become friends with many students who were taking AS or A level Media Studies last year, and I saw a class that would definitely appeal to my interests. You see, I've always loved films and movies. Unlike many others I've known, I was never quite the kind of person who spent time analyzing and trying to understand what makes a movie so great or why directors shoot different scenes in certain ways. As I've grown up some, I've definitely started brewing more of an interest in this aspect of the
film. It blows my mind away to think about how a whole film crew works together to bring a screenplay to life. There are so many little details and aspects of movies that an average viewer doesn't even notice, but when you take a closer look at it, all those details come together cohesively to move the stories along. Moreover, I've always loved creating things. For as long as I can remember, I've always loved shooting little videos with my friends and family. Anything from skit ideas I found on the internet to recreate with my friends to me just setting up a camera and recording my family talking. For a short while, I had a YouTube channel where I got to post some of the videos and skits I had made. More than anything, I loved the process of getting all the video clips I had recorded and editing them together exactly how I wanted them. I was able to completely reorganize an incomprehensible video of me talking about many different subjects into a cohesive, watchable video, all through editing. All that and more are skills I hope to refine, learn, and expand on this year, which will be documented through this blog. I can't wait to come back and read this very first post at the end of the year and reflecting on how far I've come.

Take this post as a sign to reflect on yourself and some of the actions, early interests, and whatever the heck else that has lead you to the point in life you are now. Are you content with it? Are you excited about the changes in your life that are yet to come?

Until next time, Danniella Miller signing off. :)

                                                         

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