Friday, 24 August 2012

Class Discussion

In today's class we had a discussion over a blog posted by a student of A levels. It helped a lot, I did not know that blogs hold a very important place in the entire assignment and so, keeping my blog updated has made up to my 'to do list' :p

My team mate and I finally decided on what our final media product will be. We decided on making a short film. I reckon this is the right choice for both of us as we both hold an interest in TV&Drama etc. I realized today how quickly we get into making the final thing. So, i need to take things slow a bit especially when it comes to deciding upon the right idea to shoot the short film on.

Next step: Search for blogs and evaluate!

Thursday, 16 August 2012

Introduction of A2 media studies,

My name is Aiman Farrukh. I just started off with the second year of A'levels. Today, after attending Media studies class after a long vacation, I learned a few very important things. Along with that I thought about what I will be making as part of my media examination. Given a limited choice i decided on making a documentary, reason being that I have already made a few documentaries before so, I am a bit familiar with the credentials of producing a good documentary.

Other than that, I realized that the time given to us to complete this task is not enough. Before coming to this level I always had this thing in mind that i have year to make a documentary, music video or short film etc, but today I realized this inst enough. So, in order to produce good results I need to come up with ideas for the documentary FAST. So that I get to have enough time to work on the construction of the documentary with a burdened free mind and avoid panicking when the dead line comes close.

Moreover, I understood how important it is to break down an idea into something unique and specific so that my documentary doesn't give a feeling to the viewer that it has been made on a very 'general' idea. I will surely try to keep my work simple yet interesting.

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