So far as an A Level media student I feel as though I have added a lot more to my knowledge of what I already learned in media GCSE; I feel a lot more confident with the technical language used when I'm writing, for example I feel a lot more confident when including semiotics in my essays however I do think that this is my main weakness as I often find the technical language confusing as the words and definitions are very similar. Ive also learned a lot about camera and the different camera angles used in films and television shows and the reasons why they are used and how it affects the audience. Something which I'm still not very confident with is sound, before A Level media I didn't know much about sound in media texts and how or why it's used, I'm beginning to learn more about it however I do need to look back on my notes on sound, or research more about it. Something else who I didn't know much about before A Level Media was editing. In GCSE we didn't learn much about editing as the majority of our work was writing and text based, whereas most of the work we are doing now is on film and TV, I've learned about different types of editing for example how quick editing cuts are used in action and fighting scenes to create fast fast pace and make it seem more dramatic. Although I have been learning more I still feel like I need to develop on my knowledge of editing, and obviously I will be leaning more when it comes to editing our title sequences as I haven't yet had any experience of editing myself. I was already fairly familiar with mise en scene from GCSE media and my research for the title sequences has helped me learn a lot more about mise en scene and the codes and conventions. My research has also taught me a lot about genre, sub genres and hybrid genre, I wasn't confiident with genre at all before we learned about it, but now I am and I can tell which genre most films are and the sub genre/hybrid genre, is has also taught me about the codes and conventions in each genre of film.
My targets will be to revise semiotics- specifically work on indexical signs and signifiers. I also think that I need to learn some more about sound and editing.
I need to be more detailed in my writing, and be less descriptive and instead emphasise the technical aspects.
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