wow, thats crazy. where did all the time go? someone pinch me. well, looking back on this year i must say i have mixed thoughts. the course was not as heavy duty as i expected, although the summer term has been intense. i feel i have learnt a fair amount, but considering i had never even done media studies let alone any tv production before, this was to be expected. i now find that i never watch tv in the same way i used to. i cant tell if this is a good thing or not. example: i was looking forward to a documentary monday night about bob marley and the exodus album. being a huge reggae fan, i couldnt wait for this, after all reggae is rarely focused on in the media so to have a 90 min doc purely on bob was music to my ears. i sat down and watched it, but i didnt actually enjoy it. i was too busy critically analysing the way the doc was made, and i was a little disappointed because to me it seemed as if it was a bit of a bosh job effort, as if a BBC executive realised the day before that it was the 30th anniversary of the Exodus album, so quickly got someone to slap some archive footage together. because that is literally what it was. all archive footage, which isnt always bad, but it would have been nice to see some recent interviews. anyway, if i had have just watched the documentary normally, i probably would have loved it. it just goes to show that TV is a big illusion, when you look a little deeper into it the essence is lost. but iv signed up to it now so i guess there is no going back.
