An introduction to my blog

Hello, and welcome to my blog.

My name's Rachael, I'm an AS Media student and this is my first blog so you may have to bare with me a little. Media isn't something I've studied before but it is something that has always interested me. The internet is something that really fascinates me, particularly YouTube and the new craze of "Vlogging"- video blogging. I would really like to learn more about the ways in which the internet captures such a large audience, as it is a huge part of my daily life- being a huge YouTube and Twitter addict myself. I am excited to learn what makes these networks such a captivating part of the media.

Film and television is also something that I am very interested in, and I definitely want a career in one of the two. I love acting with a passion and to become an actress is a dream of mine, I have also taken A Level Drama and theatre studies and I'm hoping that studying this combined with Media Studies will help me figure out exactly what I want to do. I don't actually have any experience with cameras or editing videos but I'm really excited to learn and I hope I succeed.
 
This blog is going to be about my media course in which I will be expected to make an
opening of a thriller, which is expected to create tension/ suspense and intrigue the audience. I am very excited for this assignment as I will get to unleash my creative side and use equipment that I haven't even heard of yet.

Overall, I am definitely looking forward to this course and I hope I can hack it.
   Rachael