Check out this awesome opportunity to hear a talk from a game industry veteran and ask questions too! For everyone even slightly interested in game design, this is a no-brainer/ To be honest, this is going to be fascinating just from a general media studies and sound design perspective. I can't wait!
From 10-12th February 2021, your teachers will be interviewing current year 11 students. Here's some stuff you could be getting up to during this time!
Depending on whether you are in first year or second year, now might be a good time to consider potential career paths. You can use this time to research:
You can find almost every past paper question ever set by clicking here.
Remember to send me any answers you complete, so I can give you a bit of feedback!
P block were tasked with recommending you guys easily available media to check out. Remember, the more media you read/watch/play, the better you get at media studies, so this is serious stuff!
Podcasts are digitally produced, digitally achieved audio recordings, similar to broadcast radio, but often with much lower production values. Podcasts are free from the financial constraints that affect many media products, and can often cover a wide and challenging range of conventions and genres.
Think of something you are genuinely interested in, and Google this interest followed by the word podcast. There are podcasts on absolutely everything, from true crime to retro videogames, from learning languages to music production. It's totally up to you what you check out, and you may find your next favorite podcast!
This might sound stupid, but one of the only things you can do now is go for a long walk. As long as you start and end in the same location, and as long as you don't go near anyone. It's fascinating to spend this time really getting to know where you live. You can combine this with 4 (listening to a podcast) and 6 (taking pictures)
Photography is the basis of many media products, and a confident understanding of it can help you expand and develop your design skills. So why not start taking it seriously? Starting a blog means that people will judge your photography, and you need to make sure that you present it to the highest possible standard, and it will allow you to form a scrapbook of what works (and what doesn't work). Here's my photography blog if you want some inspiration!
