What I Have Learnt So Far in Media Studies (Term 1)

I have been attending Media Studies as a subject in school for roughly 9 weeks now. So far I have learnt stuff such as VALs (Values and Lifestyles) and TAGs (Target Audience Grouping System). Ms Wilson has talked to us in relative detail about these VALs and TAGs and has gotten the class to perform many tasks to name the different VALs and TAGs that some shows may be trying to attract as an audience. We have also been taught about the People Meter measures what kind of people are watching a particular show, and measure their age and also what time that they are watching their television. As a class MS Wilson has also managed to teach the us about the Narrative of a film which involves the different Acts. Before I started Media Studies this year I didn’t have any of the knowledge that Ms Wilson has managed to teach me so far in these 9 weeks. Halfway through the term we also gained a student teacher hoping to become one. Mr Jones observed Ms Wilson as she described this new information to the students. Mr Jones has had a few turns at teaching the students in this classroom as well, doing a very good job. From gaining this new knowledge, I have found myself applying it while I am watching television or a DVD at home, mentally noting the Narrative, VALs and TAGs, and trying to think about the audience that they are trying to attract. I think about camera angles and why the director might have used that particular angle etcetera. Although I have been set back a little from learning as my previous laptop had been stolen, this put me behind a little, but am working hard to get up to date.