Hello everyone, my name is Melanie Madrinan!  I am a sophomore in 10th grade. I am currently taking the media studies class because I enjoy learning more about the terminology and details of media overall. A bit about myself would be that I am very interested in technology. I often find myself doing research on many companies, primarily Tesla, SpaceX, and Apple. I like to take pictures of Tesla's and I also sometimes do astrophotography, so learning about camera angles and terminology will help me a lot. My main goal is to learn how to shoot and edit videos so I can incorporate that knowledge into personal home projects. It'll be great to learn more about maneuvering a camera. I enjoy creating artwork about my passions by being able to capture the moments using photography. I am looking forward to seeing what I can create using the ability to know more about photography.  I will enjoy it when I can watch movies and be able to name the angles and more details. Understanding more about media is very thought-provoking to me. I get very intrigued when I watch movies so being able to name specific details is exciting. More about me is that I enjoy doing math. I often find myself doing a lot of math. I enjoy learning a lot about science as well, more specifically computer science or astronomy. I aspire to create my own companies that will specialize in the study of artificial intelligence as well as astronomy. I consider being an astronaut as well or perhaps working in mission control as a software engineer. Being able to work cameras is important in this field. It would be good to have background knowledge in this area.



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