Phoebe GCSE Media blog

 skills development: Photoshop              Thursday 11th November     LO: To explore and develop creative techniques in photoshop.  colour popping - turning an image black/white but keeping one part coloured       graduated fade - blending two images together   clipping masks - turning an image into text layer mask- liquifying -  filters and blend mode - using images as text -  

  Thursday 21st October 2021                careers behind the camera  LO: to explore possible film industry roles and career paths.     discussing mood and atmosphere - thrilling - suspenseful  - tense i thought the part with the most tension was when the cars crashed                                prediction of cuts in 30 seconds - 25       actual amount of cuts - 25  increasing a number of cuts is a way to build tension and excitement    we took mirror photos of the other person without showing a camera/phone in the mirror, to do this we had to think about where we were positioned so that we didn't catch the camera in the mirror. this includes using different camera angles that work with the mirror so it looks like there isn't a camera there.                ...

 Media Language Analysis                     Thursday 7th October 2021 LO ; to analyse a media text using using media language when taking this image it was taken head on as a medium long shot so that the audience can see what he's wearing and can see the gun around his leg, his outfit makes him look very casual until you see his gloves and gun which gives him the look of an assassin. his watch could mean many things such as, he's a very punctual person or needs it for specific timing, he could be wearing it to signify wealth as watches like this one tend to be rather luxurious and expensive. his facial expression seems bleak and emotionless, maybe because he has seen far too many people die to care about who he kills, or maybe because he's devoted to whatever mission he's on. the background is gold,a s a precious metal, gold is the  colour of wealth and luxury  (especially in combination with black). However, it also...

                  Thursday 30th September 2021  Theoretical Framework  Media language is - all the different elements used to construct any   media product.      camerawork - shot type, angle and movement sound track mise-en-scene editing - transitions, pace and special effects      establishing shot shows us where the scene is taking        place    wide shot places people in a scene    full shot/long shot shows a full body- from feet to head    medium full shot/long shot shows a person from about        their    thigh upwards   medium/mid shot shows a person from about the waist up    medium close up shows a person from their chest upwards    a close up shows just the face, used to normally show      emotions    extreme close up either focuses on one part of ...

Thursday 23rd September 2021   Creating Meaning         subject position our subject position is everything that goes to make up what we are and where we fit in the world. my subject position is a female, 13 year old, white, pansexual who lives in cornwall.    this magazine cover could be interpreted in two different ways, on one note people could see Kim Kardashian on the front cover and realise that they recognise her. on the other hand, someone could see it and think that she looks 'hot' and decide to get it for that reason too. this could also be bought because of the snippets written around it, by reading these you'd automatically become curious whats written inside the magazine as well . denotes - gun.  connotes - danger, death, violent, crime, worry denotes - clown. connotes - creepy, energetic, colourful, excitement, dangerous  denotes - thor. connotes - powerful, mighty, hero, strength, serious  Beauty a...

Thursday 23rd September 2021       Media and me    F avorite films/tv shows deadpool Shadowhunters, the mortal instruments teen wolf    the babysitter & the babysitter killer queen he's all that  Alex strangelove  my hero academia  shameless US  tiny pretty things                              

  lights, camera, action!     Monday 20th sep 2020 LO: to explore the narrative structure of a film Disney movie anagram s 1 Tangled 2 The little mermaid  3 Beauty and the beast 4 Pocahontas 5 Snow white and the seven dwarfs 6 Cinderella  7 Aladdin  8 Tarzan 9 The hunchback of Notre dame 10 The lion king  Beauty and the beast - live action originally based on a book written by Jeanne-marie Leprince de beaumont in the 1750s later on it was discovered and turned into a beloved disney movie  director- Bill C ondon  screen writer- Linda Woolverton  producer- David Hobeman/Todd Lieberman production companies- Walt Disney Pictures Mandeville Films distribution company- walt disney studios motion pictures  at the beginning, belle is a sweet girl who lives with her father in a small town in France  todorov disruption   equilibrium recognition of disruption attempt to solve disruption  new equilibrium  character case stu...