Welcome

Hello, my name is Richard, and welcome to my 'AS' Media Studies blog.

On this blog, I will document all that I research and am inspired by, and my creating decisions and ideas throughout the research and planning, production, and post-production stages.

I chose to study Media as I am intersted by it, and would like to pursue a career in film-making. As well as Media, I am also studying Enlgish (Language and Literature), and Photography. Both of these subjects link well with Media in terms of both analytical practice, and camera-use.

I am heavily influenced by Japanese culture, and watc and listen to a lot of Japanese television, movies, and music. My favourite music genre is 'Rock', and my favourite band is The GazettE, a Japanese band.

http://www.pscompany.co.jp/gazette/





As for my taste in movies, my favourite movies are all six 'Star Wars' movies, and my favourite director is George Lucas. Aside from 'Star Wars', my favourite movie is 'The Last Samurai'.





I do not really watch many Western television shows, but I do watch a lot of Japanese anime and game shows. An anime that I have watched recently is 'Btooom!', which is a similar concept to the Japanese movie 'Battle Royale', and 'The Hunger Games', wherein people are kidnapped and taken to an island where they are made to fight and kill each other to survive. 'Btooom' also focusses on the aspect of lonliness and desolation on the island, much like 'Post-Apocalyptic' things do.