To answer this question, I created an infographic using the website Piktochart.

This is my response to the Creative Critical Reflection 3. I wrote a draft of the script first and then I created a slideshow as well to illustrate my response. I then combined the two to create a slideshare for future A level students in helping them to choose their subjects.

 

This is my response to Creative Critical Reflection 2 in the form of a Screencastify.

This is my response to Creative Critical Reflection 1. I presented it using an online presentation software called Emaze.

 

Organisation and time management skills:

I have some good organisation and time management skills. In year 11 I needed these skills to help me prepare for my GCSE’s in order to get the best grade that I could. There is room to improve within these skills and I believe that throughout the course of these next 2 years that I will learn to better these skills.

Research and planning skills:

My research and planning skills are something that I will have to work on as I don’t feel like they are my strongest points. My GCSE subjects didn’t require much research or planning skills which is why I haven’t developed these skills but that’s what I will focus on.

Creative skills:

I did not take any creative subjects (art, music, drama) at GCSE but I feel like I have some good creative skills under my belt which I can showcase in some creative tasks set in the future. To excel in this course I will need to learn how to use photoshop, film videos efficiently and take good photos to make my work better. I am always willing to better these skills as I want to achieve the best possible grades for myself.

Transferable skills:

I would say that my transferrable skills are quite sufficient for some of the tasks involved in Media Studies. Skills such as good grammar and punctuation,  organisation, determination, hard working mentality and listening. These skills help me to perform to the best of my ability in lessons and I am open to working on these skills and also learning new transferrable skills.

Media is consumed by everyone and sometimes it is even consumed without you knowing. Media is consumed by people in different ways, with the main 4 being: Information, Entertainment, Social Interaction and Personal Identity.

Informative media is the type of media that gives consumers news and information in the form of newspapers or radio for example. Informative media is highly consumed by an older demographic.

Entertaining media has the purpose of entertaining an audience and is used for leisure or fun and is mainly in the form of television but radio can serve entertainment purposes aswell. Entertaining media doesn’t have a demographic as any ages will need entertainment at some point.

Personal identity in media refers to media that is consumed that the audience finds similarities to their life or their identity. For example, a footballer might watch football in their spare time or a police man might read a crime novel. This type of media would mostly come in the form of books, television and podcasts.

Social interaction is media where consumers can interact with other consumers and this is where the name social media comes from. Social media is used by most ages with the exception of the older generation in some cases. Some examples of social media are Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Snapchat.

All media you consume has a different purpose to a consumer. For informative reasons, for entertainment purposes, personal identity reasons and finally social interaction purposes.  When it comes to designing my magazine then I will ensure that I can include each of these categories so I will attract the biggest audience possible in order to create the biggest revenue for myself.