We are pretty much a practical course, but seeing as the name is Media Professional Studies, there are moments where we do have to study media. One of our lectures is Digital Media Cultures, which is basically about how Digital Media is affecting culture......or how culture is affecting digital media.....its bit of an egg and chicken question that statement.
But its a good module, I never enjoyed theory, but this lecture really got me interested in what media actually does to the world and what may happen next in media. Still after weeks of note taking and powerpoint slides, it was time to write an essay. I decided to write about how developments in digital technology democratised the film industry. Basically I was going to talk about how DSLRs, the internet and crowd funding help consumers become filmmakers, and how we will see more independent films that are funded by fans and consumers.
It was one of the few essays I enjoyed writing, as its a topic I am quite passionate about. Every point I made I thought of how it could be amy soon-to-be career in this field. I ended up using quite a lot of research, but I always see more books, articles and websites that could benefit my essay, leaving me wondering if there was a way to use this topic as my dissertation for third year.
Still this was not the only research I am required to work on for university, my other piece of research is also something I am really interested in.
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