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Group Blog

Hey guys! So, I managed to find a group to work with. I'm working with Angel Noreiga and Anya Lucas. They're both in my class period and grade, so we have time to talk to each other in class every day. Angel and I worked on previous assignments together, such as my commercial. I know Angel has a drive to make sure every shot is perfect. He has more experience with a camera than Anya and I combined. We chose to include Anya into our group in order to distribute the work more evenly and her editing abilities. As we're all juniors, we're all struggling to manage our school work. We're all taking AP tests and currently studying for the SAT. Because of that, we wanted to make sure the work was all as evenly distributed as possible. In terms of what I'm doing in this group, my artistic ability and equipment will be used to do storyboarding and editing/filming. Thanks to my dad being a photophile, I have a really nice Canon T6i Rebel that can be used for filming, in ad...

Introduction

 I'm back! I've decided to take A-level Media Studies, the second year of Media Studies. I really loved the work I was able to do last year and how much I learned. Honestly, I can't even choose which project I did was my favorite. I learned so much throughout all the projects in order to help me succeed in my final task and exam. While I love art, I had never explored film as a form of expression until I took this class. I think that's what really made me connect so strongly to this class. When I got the chance to take the A level of this class, I took it wholeheartedly. As for me, I'm now in 11th grade and I will be turning 16 in around a month. My school has gone back to being fully in person for the time being. Since the school year has started, I have been able to do and learn a lot more from my Media Studies teacher in person that I didn't get a chance to do online last year. For example, we got to watch video examples of real filmmakers, working on set and...