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My First Blog Post

Hi, I'm Mia! Welcome to my first blog post!


Out of all the excitement and curiosity, I finally decided to write a blog and share all of the amazing things that have been happening to me for the last few weeks and my latest decisions for the new school year.


But first, let me share a little about myself. My name is Mia, and I'm a year 12 student at the British International School of Zagreb. I live with my family in a flat and have a younger brother. 


Considering my hobbies, I enjoy reading books – mostly fiction – and I especially love the horror genre. I also love watching films, and the best part of these two hobbies is that they are linked together. While reading a book, readers can create images in their head and think of their own ending of the book, and when watching films, you can predict what is going to happen or make your own ending, and that is what makes it great.


When I was a little girl, I was always asking myself the same question 'How do directors/filmmakers manage to make a movie?', plus I was wondering what 'Behind the scenes' looks like? 


Being intrigued by all these questions I finally got a chance to find it all out. Media Studies. I never knew this subject actually exists, but as it appeared in my list of subjects that I can choose for the next year, I was excited to take it!


Choosing Media has been one of my best decisions ever made. This has been my second week of attending Media Studies classes and I love it. We've been learning all kinds of things, from Mise-en-scene to position and angle of the camera when filming. My favourite part was learning about the colours and lighting in the frame and how it can affect the audience.


Finally, at the end of this blog, I want to say that this subject taught me some great things and techniques and I can't wait until the next time I have class!

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