Dear future students of A level media ,thank you for reading. This letter is about the media course you plan to attend while in Guernsey. Thank you. The letter should give you the information you need about the course and my own opinion.

Taking A level media in sixth form taught me numerous new abilities. For example, I learnt how to utilise Photoshop and other tools to make DSLR shots tell a narrative. For example, I utilised colour gradients and palettes to emphasise particular portions of the picture to convey deeper connotations. When I utilise the programme later, I’ll use a camera to shoot the photographs I’ll use in the software, along with other important camera settings.

The course taught skills including communication, time management, organisation, and cooperation. These skills are adaptable. To turn in work on time and keep up with it, I needed time management skills. Developing this talent has helped me much in my studies of media and other areas. Our lesson also covered photoshop and how to make an image more appealing and conventional/ general so that people reading the magazine know it’s about hip-hop! Learning to utilise the dodge tool, for example, improved my magazine photographs. I utilised this talent often to make my model’s eyes pop and shine, making her seem bright and optimistic to everyone who viewed the photo. This class taught us three things. We learnt how to use Indesign to design a product using a photoshop picture. InDesign will be used to create a music magazine with a front cover, contents page, and double-page spread. After the first year, you will be able to create a stunning magazine using this programme. Finally, how to generate contact sheets with Adobe Bridge is an easy approach to conserve space while displaying your work online. Each term, you’ll learn the tools you’ll need to create and edit your work. This will aid your technical production and skill transfer.

Using Photoshop, InDesign, and Adobe Bridge has been incredibly beneficial. In the first year, you will study about AIDE (attention, interest, design, and action), mise en scene, story, star image, representation, and audience. I’ve also learnt how to utilise these terminology in my music magazine and blog. Adobe Indesign, one of the technologies we use to create course material, is simple to learn. Making fantastic media and using all the other skills they gain while working on their projects may be done with the help of a few tutorial videos on YouTube. The layout of the page and how photographs are framed are all examples of how creative design can be employed in a blog post. This may effect how an examiner views your work and perhaps your total mark. This school year, my class created a music magazine from start, with no pre-written articles or photos. There are several ways to create sixth-form media studies course content depending on where you reside in the UK.

Good luck with your next two years. My greatest recommendation is to keep up with your work since the sixth-form course never slows down for anyone.