Honestly, Week One’s content is already a challenge for me. After only an hour sitting in the classroom, I started to worry about what I might be facing for the rest of the term. I started to question whether I was in my clear mind when I put this studio as my first preference – like, what did I get myself into? Coding? Do I honestly know anything about coding to get me through this course?

The answer is obviously no. I know that a lot of us might have come into the classroom saying that they’ve never learnt coding, but I doubt that any of them is as unknowledgeable as I am. A simple example to prove my point is: The first time that I ever heard about the names ‘javascript’ and ‘python’ was at our first lesson. I had to google what they are when almost the whole class was nodding to the question “do you know what they mean”. 

The Rock Paper Scissors game – which is supposed to be a ‘mini exercise’ – took me an entire hour, not to mention that I have actually been assisted with a Le Wagon tutor throughout the whole way. Frankly, for me, the codes are like undercover cops and I’m like an outlaw; whenever I thought I knew what they were, they turned out to be the other way.

But now, standing at the end of week one, I don’t regret my choice of studying AI as my first studio. I could’ve chosen so many other studios that I’m better at, such as learning about documentaries and interviews; but in that way, I would not be able to learn as much as I would in this studio. I knew from the start that, for my first studio in college, I must choose what I am bad at, not the other way around. 

I think this answers this week’s question about ‘what I expect of this studio and the studio leader’: I hope to get more practical knowledge and experience in the area of digital technology, while still being able to maintain what I’m good at by practising them with the combination of AI in this course. Although I know very little about coding, I know from all the news in all media platforms that the role AI can possibly play in media production is unlimited, which is why I believe that the knowledge I gained from this studio can be carried forward to my second, third, and even my own life-long studio as a media producer.