Introductions

 

Welcome to my blog, for media, to truly understand what it is in fact, all about. Over the course of the last few years, I’ve studied film at high school level and media at a level, and I find it truly fascinating, I’m hoping that over the course of the coming months to years that I can get a proper feel of which area I want to go into. The blog will help as being a concise list of everything aspect of media I submerge myself in and hopefully become adequate at, that’s all I want. I’m hoping that once complete I can apply myself into this brave new online world, my media presence at the moment consists of an Instagram page were I make a post to celebrate arsenal winning, hopefully at least once a week, and a YouTube page with one private video of me and my mates conducting interviews in six form, so hopefully once I’ve experienced what each platform has to offer I can use them more efficiently and allow myself a better future.

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