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Blog feedback and LR

Dashawn GCSE Media blog feedback – October 2019 Work expected: ·          Introductory questions ·          Key Concepts film poster analysis ·          Fruit bowl task (Photoshop) ·          Denotation and connotation Post this in a new blogpost on your Media blog called ‘October 2019 - Blog feedback and Learner Response’ then complete the LR tasks/questions below. WWW: ·          A good start to the two-year GCSE Media course ·          Good choice of film poster to analyse Key Concepts. ·          Beginning to use media terminology in your tasks. EBI: ·          It is really important that you are completing work and writing in detail to reach...

Mise-en-scene Stranger Things analysis

Setting  In Stranger Things, the setting was set in the state Indiana and the state a town called Hawkins. It was also set in a Laboratory In the town Hawkins and the connotations is that the producer's wanted to show the audience it is a SCI-FI type of TV series. Another part which was shown in the Stranger Things opening is a group of early teenagers playing game in a dim basement. Another scene which showed a part of the setting is the woods and another scene were a setting is sho wn is a 2 houses and a shed. The area was foggy and the time it was set in was the 1980s. Action/Actors  In the first 8 minutes opening of Stranger Things, you can see children playing a game of   dungeons and dragons (D&D). In the opening scene, you can see a scientist running away from something and the scientist ended up getting taken away. Also at the final scene you can see that the same monster comes after one of boy's and the boy ended gettin...
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Denotation Connotation:Water Aid   In this media text, the denotations are clay wall, dirt path, a young boy not smiling, his clothes looks scruffy and the bold text.The connotations of the young boy not smiling are he's doesn't look happy and he's living a rough life. The connotations of the clay wall is that the area is dry and the area need water. The bold text disrupt the clay wall and connote a powerful energy. The charity want to convey to their audience that donating money will make other people around the world feel elected and also the charity want to make more toilets to make more people drink clean water and so they can use toilet more often than instead of burying people often.The blue in the water aid advert, the connotations of the blue is the same colour is blue. Denotation Connotation: Top Boy Summerhouse In this media text, the denotations are a middle age man and a young teenage boy, their not wearing anythi...
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Epilepsy warning. The colour scheme I used is the vibrant because I like vibrant colours and they kind of a fun emotion if you understand.

Film Poster review

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Language this shows that this is a movie poster by it shows the title in bold and it also shows the slogan. There are guns in this poster which symbolises violence/War It's suggests that the Genre is action/thriller The S.A.S solider takes up the whole the screen which clearly indicates the he his protagonist/hero This suggests that there would be a lot of quit gun fire because of the suppressor on the soldiers gun In the background you can you see the Iranian Embassy in the background. This clearly indicates that this movie is showing the events of what happened in 1980 when gunmen entered the Iranian Embassy and took hostages. As you can the solider is wearing black stealth tactical clothes suggesting he is they are reinforcement for the police because it is an high level threat.  To show this is a film poster    Audience Gun tells us this movie is for an older audience. The movie is a 15 rated and it is predominantly aiming at males because in...

First blog task

1) Which part of the course are you looking forward to most? In media studies, the part of the course I’m looking for is learning how to edit pictures on Photoshop and editing trailer's.  2) What knowledge and skills do you hope to learn in Media? In media I hope to learn how to use Photoshop and other editing software. 3) What grade are you realistically hoping to achieve in Media? In media the grade I’m trying to achieve is a grade 5 or above.  4) What was the last TV programme or film you watched? The last TV programme I watched was power.  5) Why do you think that TV programme or film appealed to an audience? I think the reason why that TV programme appealed to an audience is because the trailer's build up suspense and that is some what of a trend, so lots people talk about it and they the person listening might like it want to watch it. 6) What technology have you used to access the ...