1. 1. Terminology
2. Theories
3. Using software
4. Photoshop
5. Blog
6. PowerPoint
7. Adobe design
8. Word
9. Scanning
10. Evaluation
11. File organisation
12. Photography skills
13. People skills
14. Next year?

2. From doing Media Studies at
GCSE I went into A2 knowing
quite a bit already, but I now
have a wider vocabulary when
it comes to specific camera
angles or mise-en-scene. I
also learnt new terminology at
A2 for the film industry. Words
like ‘distribution’ and
“above/below the line” were
phrases I didn’t know before
a-levels.
For next year, the terminology
I learnt when doing textual
analysis will help me to be
successful as when we are
filming our music videos, key
Camera angles or
editing skills will
help to make my
video appear
professional and it
will also help when
doing my
evaluation of my
video because I
can analyse my
product to the best of my ability by using the correct
terminology.
Textual analysis terminology examples:
•Ambient sound Birds eye shot
•Shot-reverse-shot Incidental music
•Key lighting Composition
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3. We haven't learnt about media theories
yet so it will be something we have to
look at next year.

4. Before this year I had never used
prezi or even seen a prezi so it was
completely new to me.
I think it was easy to understand and
after using it the first time I’d say that
I knew how to use it well. I am happy
with my prezi’s as I think they are an
inventive way of presenting
information which would usually be
hard to make understandable.
I hope I can use prezi next year as I
think it helped me get a good grade
in my evaluation due to being able to
present your work to the best
possible standard.

5. Photoshop was quite
easy for me to use
this year because of
doing GCSE media
studies and creating
a fashion magazine
in that.
This year though I
used more editing
techniques like using
another image for
the background. An
example of this is
the union jack image
I used in the
background of both
my front cover and
my double page
spread. I didn’t
do much of this type
of Photoshop work
at GCSE so I’d say
that over this last
year I have gained a
wider knowledge on
how to edit images
and use Photoshop
to its full
advantages.
If I have to use
Photoshop next year
I think I’ll do quite
well as I have gained
a lot of knowledge
from using it over
the past 3 years.

6. I hadn’t used blogger before
AS media so it was
completely new to me.
Although I don’t like blogger
that much, I feel I know how
to use it as best I can.
Once using it for a few weeks
it became easy to navigate
and was quick to use. The
only reason I don’t like
blogger is because I feel it
takes away a lot of the
creativity in the process of
creating a magazine, but it
was easy to use and kept my
work organised, so it will be
useful to use next year.

7. I have used PowerPoint throughout
high school and primary so I did
have anything to learn when using
it this year.
I prefer to put my work onto a
PowerPoint as you can be more
creative with illustrating your work.
It is also easier to present when
putting onto my blog. Using
PowerPoint also makes it easy to
categorise my work into different
slides and just makes presenting
my work easier and more
understandable.
I will use PowerPoint again next
year as I think it’s the easiest way
to show your work.

8. We haven't used adobe design yet this
year, so it’ll be something to look at next
year.

9. I have used Microsoft word
ever since I learnt how to use
a computer so it was easy for
me to use.
However I have only really
used word once this year to
fill in a planning sheet for my
magazine. Although word is
easy to use, I prefer to use
PowerPoint to record my
progress so I haven't had to
use word much.
I will use it again next year,
but again PowerPoint will
probably be my preferred way
to record my work.

10. We haven't had to use scanning this
year, so again its probably something
we’ll do next year.

11. In my evaluation I used a
range of programmes like
PowerPoint and Prezi.
I did a different
presentation for each
question so that I could
answer in depth.
I found the presentation
the hardest part of the
whole coursework
because of the depth I had
to look into. But I am
happy with my result and
should be able to do a
successful evaluation next
year.

12. This year we used blogger to organise our work instead of the folders which were used
in GCSE Media. Blogger meant that we could organise our files easier but it also
constricted us to what we could so creatively. I wouldn’t mind using blogger again next
year, but I would prefer to go back to using folders to organise our work, as its easier
to find things.

13. Photography was obviously really
important to my magazine, and
with technology like digital cameras
and green screens it was made
easy. I wouldn’t have a problem
doing photography next
year.

14. Next year we will be making a music video, so for that some of the skills I learnt this
year will help. Especially analysing the drama clips as camera angles will be helpful to
convey the message of the song. I may not need Photoshop as much but the skills I
learnt with photography from that will definitely help also.