Kian Bampton GCSE Media Blog: September 2016

Wednesday, 28 September 2016

Tv ad Media Language Homework

Destiny: The Taken King Live Action trailer

Camera shots: Long Shots and close up

Voiceover: Deep voice to show intensity

Sound: Of the weapons they use

Music: Fast-Paced to make the trailer intense

Setting: Lair

Colour: Dark to make it mysterious

Placement of people: A team of 3 people standing side to side.

Objects: Their weapons to try and take down the enemy.

CGI: Weapon effects

Institution: To make people buy the expansion pack.

Audience: Gamers because it based on a game

Representation: The game is fun to play with friends

Monday, 19 September 2016

Key Concepts

19th September

L/O: To apply the four key concepts to media texts.

1.Media Language

2.Institutions

3.Audience

4.Representation

Media Language

Camera Work

Soundtrack

Mise-en-scene

Editing

Date,Issue No.

Masthead

Image

Main Cover Line

Banner

Cover Line

Image type:Very Long Shot

Writing Style: Sans-Serif, Big font.

colour palette: Black & White

Institutions:

Who makes what and for who?

Audience

We can define the audience by:

Gender

Age range

Location

Lifestyle

Wealth

Class

Game taunt for kids.

I think this is for teens as dabbing is a bandwagon that all the teens do.

Movie poster for magic mike xxl, a film for women. I think this is for women because there is a shirtless man with abs.

22nd September

Representation

involves looking at how you see the world and how the world sees you.

Hair: makes him look unfashionable

Moustache: Makes him seem idiotic

Facial Expression: Surprised/Confused

Nose: Very Big makes him seem rude

Glasses: huge lenses makes his head look bigger

Eyes: big and blue with massive bags under his eyes

I think Jim is stereotyped as a awkward nosy neighbour

Hair: Makes him look old and funny

Facial Hair: well groomed

Facial Expression: Confident and happy

Nose: normal and straight

Eyes: Tired and drowzy

I think Martin is stereotyped as an annoying Dad.

Monday, 12 September 2016

What is Media?

Monday 12th September 2016

L/O: To define what media is and how it impacts our lives.

Media
"The main means of mass communication"

Types of Media:
Social Media
Video Games
Apps
TV shows
Advertisement
Radio
Blogging
Magazines
Vlogs
Films
Email
Newspaper
Texting
Websites

The main purpose of media is to make money

Media Influence

Media influences me, if I see a you-tuber promoting a product more often than not I will save up money to buy said product. It also influences me to wear a certain product because someone I'm interested in is wearing them, there will often be trends mainly because of media and famous people promoting them.

I think media is powerful. If one of my friends see something on Facebook they will almost always believe it, every other day someone will come into school telling everyone the world going to end.

1. The media shouldn't be allowed to embarrass or humiliate people.

I feel like if you put something online of yourself and get embarrassed or humiliated for that then you have put yourself in that hole yourself so therefore it is your fault if people humiliate you for it.

However cyberbullying is just cruel and uncalled for because you are making someone dreading logging in to their favourite social media because you are going to be bullying them on it.

8. The media we consume should be carefully controlled.

The media we consume should be carefully controlled as young children could be seeing some very nasty stuff online especially now shock sharing is a thing. There is a surplus of false information online which people consume not looking into it for more than five seconds. In conclusion I think that there needs to be some method of control, however what youtube have done to there community guidelines is ridiculous and way too over the top.