Media150-Memories of the semester

Looking back at this semester, I can definitely say that this class improved my technical skills with Media. I found that many of the areas we covered (i.e- Photoshop, photography, blogging, video shots) were fun to work on in the lab with Cristina, our helpful and freindly lab instructor. The class gave me a good foundation for working with these important film and media skills. I initially found many of the lectures redundant but understood that a foundation had to be laid in understanding various aspects of Media to be able to move forward and focus on specific elements more intensely.

Since I originally declared my major in film, it was interesting to see how my decision to switch into Media was vindicated in my eyes throughout the course. I liked the idea of directing and producing my own films but became disinterested with the Hollywood style development of feature films while taking other classes. It became clear to me that I want to learn the various skills in Media Arts and hope that helps funnel me into a more specific direction. With the camcorder and Photoshop assignments in the course, I really now feel like this is something I could get into in the future. Documentary style film making appeals to me much more so than Hollywood style, and the skills that this Media class taught me reaffirm these beliefs.

Many of the media related subjects we learned about this semester have become areas that I plan on focusing on with the rest of my Media Studies degree. I am enrolled in Web production I, as well as Portable Video production. These two classes are building on the basic knowledge that Media150 has taught me in HTML, Photoshop, and Video production. I know the class is only halfway done, but I am already enjoying the technical skills that it teaches, and hopefully I will learn even more in Media160 next semester.