Media Degree Personal Statement

I am hoping to study for a media degree. I find it incredible and inspiring how the media activities have control over our lives. I am interested by the movements and impacts of human communications of all kinds and am keen to extend the insight I have gained so far. Before my fascination for the media world, I like everyone else was subconsciously a part of it. The news that was on TV, the magazines that I read and the commercials that urged me to buy the products I bought. The media and the world it creates around us are always there whether we are aware of it or not. Becoming a media student I loved knowing why the media did things and how they accomplished them. By studying media at a degree level I feel I will be able to enhance my interest
When on these courses I worked on producing a variety of media projects including creating a digital sequence production, and studying how films are developed, made and marketed. My interest in the subject started through my GCSE Media Studies and my knowledge of the subject area has expanded at A-level where I am gaining analytical skills, helping me contextualise a wider variety of media forms. In media we have studied TV Drama, this has helped me develop textual analysis skills as well as analytical technical codes to see how sound, editing, camera and mise-en-scene create meaning. I also analysed representation of age, gender, social class, ethnicity, sexuality, regional identity and physical ability/disability.I also had the chance to visit the Warner Bros studio and got to see how films are made and behind the scenes footage. My other A-levels are English Language and Literature, Communication and Culture, and BTEC Law. Studying a combined Language and Literature course has given me the opportunity to analyse texts from both a literary and linguistic perspective.English language and literature and communication and culture has helped me with my essay writing skills, as well as time management