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- 1. Personal Statement In our daily routines, media has a precise and foundational integrity that every one of us can depend on. Ever since I began to interact with all different sorts of media as a child, I have developed an unshakable passion for media subjects to study at a higher level, it only feels natural to indulge in my passion even more. Film is my main passion within the industry as it can create a brand-new world of the audience to easily to get lost in but also it gives me a way to talk to the audience directly without talking but showing the emotions of the characters. Over the course of my creative media course, I have acquired a broad range of media-related skills. Most of the course is spent actively producing our own media products, which can range from photography, posters, and adverts to documentaries. As a result, I have learned Photoshop and other editing software as well as the codes and conventions utilised by various genres. I can now confidently analyse media texts while providing creative and unique insight. In college they would give briefs of companies such as canon, mind, BBC and Sunderland Culture for us to have experience of how a client would want and need of their media product. They would set different criteria for each to give us a range of products and message they would want for their audience, so we are able to gain more skills and knowledge. I am not stranger in responsibility as I help care for my younger siblings alongside work experience, film production group and completing college work on time. I am used to mulit-tasking on multiple projects at a time and this has helped me to become more dependable and more organised with my work and time. From my course, I have gained the knowledge of the number of responsibilities that producers and directors have on a set but also the paperwork and before the filming takes place, they must think of how they are able to film safely but also to make the narrative work. At college I was lucky enough to be able to do work experience with Washington art centre which helped me to refine my skills in media production as they wanted many different forms of media created for their company such as blog posts, events post, a documentary and short video content, this has really helped with my confidence with creating media products and seeing how the public reacts to the posts and content. I also had to opportunity to work with Alistair Cummings a northeast director and producer in creating a short horror film to enter in festivals apart of work experience but from his workshops they have gave a lot more knowledge of post-production but also the media industry. I have thought a lot about my future in the film and media industry and I can easily see myself as a producer or a director. These jobs give me a way to have a creative output but also gives the structure I desire. Joss Whedon has inspired me to take these roles in the industry as he has created amazing worlds and stories but also to make them have a realistic take upon life and show how hard but beautiful it is. He’s created amazing pieces of media throughout his career which has shown me and inspired me that I could do the same and inspire more people to be involved in the film industry. I am confident if I am placed on this course, I will be able to go far into the industry as I already have the basic knowledge of the working of behind the camera and how an idea is turned into a product, but I believe this course will benefit as there is much to learn about the industry and the experience this course offers me will be very beneficial for my future. As I have some experience with creating film and media products I will be very knowledgeable on the course already but there are areas I can improve such as editing and filming which I believe this course can help me improve on.