Mr Eccles Year 9 Media

You will be creating a film poster in Photoshop. Yes, it does need to be in Photoshop. Watch the following tutorial about how to use Photoshop Youtube Photoshop Basics The video is 36 minutes long. Whilst you are watching it, keep pausing it and trying out what he is suggesting. By the end of this lesson, you should have created a project that includes: a photo a shape that you have drawn some text Try to play around with the effects too... Credits will be awarded for creativity.

Film Poster Analysis  See the film poster analysis examples in the presentation linked above. Create your own analysis of three movie posters. You must use the following terminology: title character actor director tagline audience appeal colour connotation genre symbol/symbolises contrast 

Textual Analysis: The Copper Key Race TASK ONE: Before you complete the tasks below, re-watch the following clip that shows the Copper Key Race. Add to your textual analysis grid any notes on the following: Camera Shots/Angles: Sound: Editing: Mise en Scene: Ready Player One: Copper Key Race TASK TWO: After you have watched this clip a few times and have extensive notes I would like you to answer the following three questions in paragraphs ensuring that you have included the following key terminology or similar that you can find here : 1. How does Spielberg use the camera to create effects? Refer to two or three specific examples. Key terminology: Establishing shot, long shot, close up, slow motion, panning, tracking, zooming 2. What elements of mise en scene help to engage the audience? Refer to two or three specific examples. Keywords: Intertextuality, Audience, Costume, Representation. 3. How is sound used in conj...

In the scene where Wade meets Samantha for the first time, there are some stereotypical representations of teenagers. Using your knowledge of media techniques and the appropriate terminology, explain how teenagers are represented in this scene. Wade meets Samantha for the first time (Youtube) Consider: • Camera angles, editing and lighting • Diegetic and non-diegetic sound • Mise- en -scene   This is a Point of View shot used to show Wade's perspective of the world just after he has been kidnapped and taken to where At3mis, also known as Samantha, hides out. The shot is a close up and it is a skewed angle. This shows how scared Wade must be feeling as the man is very close to him, suggesting that Wade is trapped. The skewed angle exaggerates how surreal and unsettling this must be for Wade. The mise-en-scene of a knife further reinforces the threat. Wade is scared here. This is a stereotypical mood for a teenager to be because it is such a state of chan...

Teenage Representation Task

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