Main task power point

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Hustle write up

last week in media we looked at a clip from the well know TV show Hustle. after we watched the clip we were set the task of taking notes on the misse-en scene, the sound, the camera angles and movements used and the editing techniques used in this scene. Bellow I will leave the link to the full essay/write up.
Hustle write up

BFI Trip

The other day our media class went on a trip to the BFI in Southbank London were we spent the day firstly being spoken to by Tom Woodcock a media A-Level teacher. Tom spoke to us about how to make are main tasks the best they possible could be and what the exam officers are looking for. we also had a Q&A with well known actor and director Dexter Fletcher in  which he told us how he made a film with a budget of only £600,000 and how he managed to go from that to being the director of hit Hollywood Film Eddie the Eagle and what it was like working with extremely successful actor Hugh Jackman.

Summer Briding Work

Over the summer we were set some bridging work to make the transition from GCSE'S to A-Levels easier for us and bellow I will leave the links to the Media bridging work included a short paragraph on why I want to study Media, the uses and gratifications theory and Roland Barthes.

Uses and gratifications theory
Why I want to study media (200-500) words
Roland Barthes and semiotics

Hotel Babylon notes

A few weeks ago in class we looked at a clip from the TV show Hotel Babylon. these notes are about misse-en scene but also include notes about ethnicity and gender/sexuality
Hotel Babylon notes

Male and female roles and misse-en scene in primeval

Over the last few weeks we have been looking at a clip from the TV show Primeval and the other day I did an essay on how misse-en scene and the male and female roles in Primeval. I will leave a link to the full essay bellow full essay on Primeval

DR who Misse-en scene

a couple of weeks ago I did an essay on misse-en scene in a short clip from DR who that we looked at in class I will leave a link to the full essay bellow
full DR Who essay

Preliminary Task

The week before we broke up we were set our preliminary task so we could think about it over half term.  The title of the task is, Continuity task involving filming and editing a character opening a door, crossing a room and sitting down in a chair opposite another character, with whom she/he then exchanges a couple of lines of dialogue. This task should demonstrate match on action, shot/reverse shot, the rule of thirds and the 180-degree rule. over the half term break I have been thinking about how I can use the 180-degree rule, match on action, shot/reverse shot and rule of thirds when doing this task.

media sound task- disaster scene

In the last few weeks we have been using are skills that we have learnt to edit lots of sound clips together to make a disaster scene and the video below is mine and jacks final clip.

Editing task

The video below is a short clip that we made to show that we could use a range of different camera shots and angles and show that we could edit clips together. the clip does need work doing to it but this was our first effort at filming.

film language- editing

Last week in media we looked at why editing is important, what types of editing are used and then looked more in depth into cutting in a film and why they do this and what types of cuts are used. why is editing important? editing is a crucial part a film the reasons for this are that it gives structure to the film. its extremely important when liking different scenes of a film. you need editing to make sure the films flows and follows in a logical way. the video in the link bellow will show you that editing is a key part of film making from this scene from the film The Bourne Supremacy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzfSLgWkTlY what types of editing are there in film? there are many different types of editing in film and TV. these include; the cut, changing the scene, compressing off time, varying the point of view and a montage or build up to an important scene. A good example of this would be in Inglorious Basterds as they use all types of editing to make it a successful scene. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sn35dWgffTk We also looked more in depth into the different types of cuts or transitions that are used in film and TV now. these include; cutting on a piece of action to build, cutting away from the scene, cross cutting for example when people are having a conversation on the phone and they switch locations. the jump cut which is what they use to pass time and the last type is the match cut. the video link bellow is to a short clip which tells you even more about the different types of cuts and transitions used. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAH0MoAv2CI

Camera angles and shots

Camera Angles and Shots - JACK and ELLIS

First week in AS media

I have completed my first week of work for AS media and in this blog I will give you quick update on what I have learnt so far.  

So then let's talk about the theory side of stuff first. in the first few lessons we learned and discussed semiotics. semiotics is the study of signs and what they mean and what people actually think about when they see them. For example if you see a picture of a heart you will think of love and happiness when in reality it's just a heart. The second thing we have learnt this week in the theory lessons was mise-en-scene. This is all about things that you can see in a scene and why they they are there. We also learnt about clamps, meaning costumes,lighting,actors,movement,props and setting. Se used this and how genders are portrayed while analysing a scene from the TV show primeval i will leave a link to the scene.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1x9U4H_RV4

My first AS Media post

My first Media studies post.
This is a list of the useful websites to use during AS Media Studies.

marlboroughmediastudies.blogspot.com

https://vimeo.com/

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/media

http://www.bbfc.co.uk/

http://www.artofthetitle.com/