Media Studies course update

Now in my Media AS classes I understand allot more than what I did when I first started the course. When I started the course I thought that Media Studies would be all about just watching movies and television programs. However as I went further into the course I learnt how it is that but there is more to it, for example when watching a film or television programs we would learn in class about how to analyse them, how they were made, camera shots and angles, sound effects etc. For the coursework side of the course we have to make an opening sequence of a film which has to be 2 minutes long. The Genre that my group and I have chosen for our opening sequence is Psychological Thriller. We chose this genre because all of us in the group enjoy watching thriller movies so we thought that we should make one, but with a twist of the psychological aspect to it which is why we chose this genre. Before making the opening sequence we had to learn about the things that go into making a film/opening sequence. Some of the things we learnt about were; camera angles, camera shots, sound, editing, mise-en-scene, audience and purpose etc. learning all of these thing really helped my understanding of making an opening sequence as if I hadn't learned these things I would of just gone out with a video camera and filmed however and whatever I wanted to film. I am really enjoying this course as it has opened my eyes more to the world and its media and want to continue learning for the remainder of doing this course, for when I go out into the world as an adult I would have an understanding about television, film and the media.