Planning - Why I Chose to take A Level Media Studies

So, as the title infers - my first post on my SHSG blog will be all about why I chose to take Media Studies at A level.
Firstly, when I began to look at what sixth form I wanted to go to at the start of year 11, I always knew that the two subjects I most definitely wanted to take were History, and Media. Now, I came to this decision as both of these subjects were my favourite throughout school.

Evidently, I didn't study Media fully before my GCSE's - however - in Year 9, my English teacher was the head of Media at my school and he wanted us all to do a mini GCSE taster course on one aspect of Media Studies - cinematography; at first I hated the idea of talking about camera angles and how they're effective: but as I got into it, I loved it!! I threw myself right into the prospect of doing a whole term on this topic, and as a result, my grade at the end of it was an A*.
I remember handing in my work and saying to my English teacher, "Sir, I'm so sorry this really isn't good, I don't think I understood the question". Yet when he handed my work back to me in the next lesson, he said it was A level standard! I could not believe it - but from that moment forward my teacher kept on pestering me to take Media as a GCSE. Ultimately he knew he was wasting his breath, because as soon as a saw that A* I knew I wanted to take Media Studies as a GCSE - and even considered a pursuing a career in Media.
Following on from this, as I completed my GCSE course, I knew - without a doubt Media and History were my passions and therefore they became my first A level choices at every single sixth form I applied to.

Overall, what made me decide to take Media as an A level is my passion for the subject. I love to analyse films in every way possible, I love to question every camera angle, shot, editing technique, soundtrack and costume piece to name but a few factors. In addition, my desired career path is to become a film and television director; or at the least, a supervising director - remaining by the director's side constantly - helping in any and every way that I can; so that the director is sure to achieve the perfect film, TV show or documentary that they envisaged when they first decided to make it. More specifically, I would love to work on historical dramas such as 'Poldark', 'The Musketeers' and shows similar to them, due to my love of History too.

So, to clarify, I love media!! And over the past 3 years my passion has grew: thus I came to the decision to take Media Studies as an A level subject at Southend High School for Girls.