Another Year!

   Hi again! We're back for another year in A level Media! My name is Jordyn Jackson and I attend Fort Lauderdale High School where I take AICE Media Studies. In the beginning I was very skeptical, I didn't know what I was getting myself into and felt like everything was going bad. Sometimes I still don't know what I'm getting myself into but those are the chances you take with AICE classes. During my time in this class I've learned so much that can help me in the future if I ever to plan on going into the film industry. It's a very complex class, with many things you have to remember, but if you do your job throughout the year you won't have a problem. Even though I do have a job, I plan to make everything work so I am able to put my all into this last film. It may be complicated and time consuming with other things I have on my plate at the moment, but I plan on making everything work so this can be the best film. For this last film I plan on going into production knowing, or having an idea of what I want to do and how I want it to look. I plan on making flash cards with all our vocabulary so I know what angles I want to use, what kind of shots they will be, and how they will be edited to look on screen. For my last two projects, my partner and I didn't go into much detail of what we wanted, but this time I plan on making it the best film yet. This year I will not be playing any sports due to my knee injury, so this free up a lot of time I wouldn't have had if I was playing spring sports. Not being able to play sports isn't amazing, but I do now have time to focus on other things such as the SAT and all the other AICE classes I am taking, including this one. Playing sports has always been a big part of my life even though I haven't been playing for that long, so not playing a sport is very weird to me and I have to adjust my life around that. I do think that it is a good opportunity to get caught up on other things and have more hobbies that I didn't have before and do more things that I didn't have time to do. Things have also been complicated with COVID, but I plan to work around that as well and not let it stop me from having an amazing project. I already have some thoughts about what I would like to do with this film and have them written down. I think this is going to be the best one yet. Very Excited!



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