Throughout my A level media studies experience, I am hoping to enhance and develop my media skills. In order to achieve these skills I need to be a successful media prosumer. And to do this I must go into my lessons with an open mind and the attitude that even if Im struggling with the task, I will be able to get it done in the end. I will need to learn and develop skills such as:

Organisation Skills

• I’d like to think of myself as quite an organised person, however I have a strong feeling that media studies will definitely help me to enhance my skills in this area
• My time management is something I’d like to focus on in the upcoming months and years

Planning Skills

• Planning is something I like to do a lot
• I believe its something you have to do in order to have a successful piece of work
• I’d like to acquire more skills in this area in a sense of developing more ways are best to plan in the world of media eg. mind maps

Communication Skills

• I think communication skills are really important for media studies and a lot of the activities that will be carried out is based on group work
• Without communication between your group, the final piece of work will not be as successful as it could be
• In the upcoming months I’d like to focus on getting to know the class better, this will definitely help in a sense of making communication easier

Creative Skills

• In the next couple months/years I’d like to really develop my creative skills
• I’d say I am a creative person but it is definitely something that I can improve on
• To achieve this I’ll need to do more research to widen my media knowledge

Im prepared to work hard in my upcoming A levels so that I can achieve the goals I am aiming for in terms of these skills listed above. I think if I can develop all of these skills further I will switch from being a media consumer to being a very successful media prosumer.