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AS Media Studies

AS Media Studies was the biggest learning curve I faced.  Learning the codes and conventions of film openings and genres was intriguing, yet converting that into our own film opening was more difficult than expected.  The whole journey was challenging but rewarding and aided in my confidence in A2.

Final Film Opening:

Click here to see my blog which shows my journey of research and application of theories, codes and conventions.

We focused on the SFX to create verisimilitude.  Here is some of the makeup I did:







This is the first practice production exercise we did in our AS Media Studies class.  We specifically focused on shot types and edited on Final Cut Pro X, which, at this point, I wasn't massively comfortable with.

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