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=Welcome to my portfolio!=

My name is Dylan. I've had a little bit of experience with video production before; because I own media editing software, I've been the one relied on to edit school projects for my groups in the past. I've done a little bit of editing for my own personal projects in the past. I've done a small amount of 2D animation as well, and have very (**very**) limited experience with 3D modelling and animation, but not as much as I would like. I've joined this course to get more experience with this kind of work, and see if I enjoy it enough to make it a part of my future.

I'm not sure what my favourite movie is; there are a lot of movies that I like quite a lot. However, whenever I try to think of my "favourite movie", one of the first that come into my mind is //The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King//. The third and final movie in the trilogy, it is the culmination of Tolkien's fantastic story and, in my opinion, is by far the best of the three. The cinematography is fantastic, and it keeps the audience engaged throughout the entire three-and-a-half hours of film. One of the really interesting parts of the movie for me was learning about the work that went on behind the scenes. The enormous battle scenes that the movie is so famous for were a mixture of CGI and real life camera-work, but it's very hard to tell the two apart unless you look very closely with a high-definition version of the movie. It manages to hold my attention for the entire movie every time I watch it, and I have watched it //many// times. In my opinion, a good movie is any movie that keeps the audience interested and engaged. A good comedy has the audience laughing and smiling for the whole movie, and a good tragedy might leave some of them with tears in their eyes. The best movies are the ones that make you want to go back and see it again right away, the ones that you want to buy on VHS, DVD or Blu-ray the day they come out. They have that special quality, whether it's a personal connection with the viewers or the high-quality acting and cinematography, that leaves you wanting more.

**Thoughts on Modern Media**
Nowadays, the media has massive control over our lives. We're constantly influenced by what the news channels tell us about the world (and what they leave out), commercials telling us what to buy, celebrities telling us what's "in" and how we should look and act...it's almost frightening to consider.


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