Intro
Last year was the first time I had ever done media and it was so much different to what I had expected it to be. it was very difficult and challenging as it was largely computer based and I found it hard as I am more of a practical worker overall. that was the main challenge I had to come across in the first year, getting the jest of technical work on a pc. I had never spoken to my two teachers, Mr Dougan and Mrs McDonald and I had never had to adapt or deal with their teaching style and having a new teacher is always a risk because you wont know if you will get on with them until you have been taught by them. However I get on with my teachers brilliantly. overall I didn't quite know what to expect.
Software
The software I had to use to get tasks completed was obviously blogger what this post is on, word, PowerPoint and Photoshop. I was fine using all of them except Photoshop I found using that very difficult and hard to get the reigns of. for example using bits of software like the lasso tool and certain tools to manipulate and get certain images into the shapes I wanted and how hard it was at first was ridiculous and it frustrated me because everyone else was very good at it but I wasn't a very technical worker it really got on my nerves to see me falling behind. however after a lot of work put into trying to make images my own and get them to do what I wanted I can work Photoshop very easily and have a lot more experience in it after this whole year.
How I Developed As An Individual
Coming into a new A level course is always going to have its ups and downs and this one did but mainly ups which is always good. I was really worried at first incase I knew who anyone in the class but I had nothing to worry about because a few of my friends where in there eg Boj Marcus Owen etc. Another thing that was worrying me was that the course would be largely computer based and I was kind of right to worry about that because it is largely computer based, still is. I was worried I would fall behind and have a lot of arguments at home because of letters and phone calls etc. but I was fine and Mr Dougan aided me through a lot of computer work as I didn't know what I was doing half of the time I would say miss helped me too but she was off due to illness. I got the hang of managing my time and work and how much the work load was on top of my other work for other subjects eg English and drama. the whole course has made me more confident as a person and feel like I can ask questions about software issues or issues in general without feeling embarrassed
How I Developed My Theories
A theory I learned about was called Props theory. delved deeper into this theory and saw it is your stereotypical hero villain and damsel in distress story which I found interesting because I thought to myself that Props theory could be applied to so many modern day dramas movies plays and all kinds of productions in todays films and entertainment industries. An example of a movie that follows props theory is clash of the titans with Percius trying to save Andromeda and Hades trying to kill Percius. this whole theory made me question how much of a heavy influence Props theory has on everything ever written there always seem to be a hero or main character and a character everyone seems to dislike which mainly applies to every production ever made so his theory has heavily influenced a lot of plays and movies or at least followed the steps of his work and connoted to his theory.
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