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Camera work and editing: blog task

 Q1 Hand-held camera: the alley way scene is hand held camera. The director done this to show he is being chased  and it adds edginess  towards the chase scene. Pan: pan is used inn the alley way chase scene. The director chose this  because   this show some realism and as if you are in first-person watching them run past. Crane: the crane is used to show high angles and is shown when The precrime division are flying down in the alley way this is because the director wanted to show fear of being track down by authority Q2 Pacing:  the slow pace at the beginning of the clip is used to build tension  and is meant  to show the  precrime division slowly catching up to tom cruise  when they locate him the pace is suddenly changed to quick this usually done in action scenes this is done to show the stakes are high. dissolve: this is when a shot melts into  another this is done at  the end of a film.     Q3 Close up: th...

Camerawork: blog task

 Q1.   close up shots: close up shots are shot that show the entire face of a character this done to show  emotion of  a character or the facial expression in great detail. medium shot: this shows the upper torso this is done to show the gesture of character and done to make us  realise that what's happening. Close up: this is a shot of something extremely close this is because  the item they are zooming in on may be pf extreme important of the plot of the clip. Q2 There is a big angle used this to show how big the radio signal coming off the earth and beeign transmited to the world. Q3  The setting in this scene   shows us how everyone and the technology used.

Mise-en-scene media blog task

Lighting: denotation: in the first opening scene  the lighting us dark this is because in the laboratory  the lights are off. connotation: The lights off in the lab could mean that there has been an experiment that has gone wrong and the flickering lights  help add to this Analysis: the writer wants to make the audience fell a sense of  mystery with the flickering lights adding to that making them feel like a experiment has gone wrong. Setting: denotation: the setting is a lab . connotation:  the setting is   is a lab which its dark  and the scientist running could make us  believe he was the cause  of the experiment going wrong  an for the  facility. analysis: the audience want us to feel bad for the scientist. costume: denotation: there was a man wearing a lab coat. connotation: there  was a man wearing  a lab coat which was broken and the blood on him could show he was attacked. analysis: the audience should be wor...

Blog feedback and Learner Response

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  WWW: It’s great that your blog is set up and you’ve posted some excellent work already. Your fruit bowl is superb – you’ve got a fantastic eye for design and have captured the palette really well. This clearly demonstrates your potential in technical and creative skills so the challenge now is to match that with our media analysis.   EBI: Currently, your denotation and connotation work is missing the second half (analysing your own choice of advert) so the first priority is to make sure it is completed and posted to your blog: Denotation and connotation:  https://mediamacguffingcseyear1.blogspot.com/2022/09/denotation-and-connotation.html GCSE Year 1 Media: Denotation and connotation Denotation: There is some text with colourful streams behind each letter set around a pack shot of the product itself. The background appears to be sky. Connotation: The advert builds on the slogan for Skittles ‘Taste the rainbow’. The connotation of the colour suggests that Skittles are jo...

Denotation and connotation blog task

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  Denotation: this a water aid ad and has big bold white writing saying "Dig toilets not graves" and has a child in a chair in a blue  shirt Connotation: The sand wall in the background and the old shirt suggest that this Africa. The old shirt and the bold text That says "Dig toilets Not graves" suggest that he has no toilet or water  also the dirty blue shirt could suggest that he has water but it's dirty. Analysis: This advert  helps us fill sad for the child who has no toilet or water  who  is living in  Africa   this helps us show the stereotype  that Africa's   living condition. denotation: there is fist with a tattoo of a car punching a man  a car tattoo on his face. connotation: the Collison of both  the face and fist could mean there's to many car accidents happening frequently and the punch to the  could mean to many people are becoming injured from these accidents. Also the word don't  drink and drive is in ...