Hannah Hopwood GCSE Media Blog

28/11/2018 Trailers and Genre Learning Objective:  To use iMovie to experiment with genre and trailers. WWW: I used music and sound effects EBI: Give more storyline. Verbal Feedback: WWW: You added the music to fit what was happening and added filters. EBI:  Added more transitions.

21/11/2018 DIRT Learning Objective:  To show development of Photoshop skills and understanding of genre and layout. Target: To work on placement and adjusting colours on photoshop to make the background match the picture and to get more done in the time given. My Poster: WWW: I improved by placing the components of a movie poster in the correct place. EBI: Make the foreground match the background more. Peer Assessment By Livi:   The poster was really really good and i love it. One of the main problems is that you need to try to blend the image into the background. other than that BOOTYFULL DAHLING!

16/11/2018 Skills Development: Photoshop Learning Objective:   To explore and develop creative techniques in photoshop. Colour Popping:    Graduated Fade: Clipping Masks: Layer Masks:

14/11/2018 Photoshop Skills Development & Genre Learning Objective:  To use and develop photoshop skills. Film Poster Layout: Horror Film Poster Conventions:   The colours red, black and white Movie title in CAPITALS Main Image Mainly female Title in the bottom third My Film Poster:   WWW: I blended the image to the background  EBI: I added a title, actors names, credits block and release date    I added a title and credits block

7/11/2018 Key Terminology Learning Objective:  To review and explore key subject terms and concepts. Connotation- A hidden, attached or associated meaning of an image, symbol, colour etc. Conventions- The unwritten rules of a media text: the things that we have come to expect from media products. Genre- The type, category or kind of media product. Ideology- The ideals, values and beliefs that are promoted and encouraged by a media text. Institution- The company responsible for creating and/or distributing the media product. Representation- The way a person or idea is made to look, or is shown, to the audience. Target Audience- The specific people a product is aimed at. Text- The actual media product being studied. Connotation: Red Rose- Blood, love, death, rugby A Football- Sport, team, winner, looser, active Baseball Cap- America, baseball, hats, popularity, disguise, gangs  Stethoscope- Doctor, nurse, illness, heart, medical Gun- Murder, death, blo...

2/11/2018 Film Trailers Learning Objective:  To establish the method needed to create a successful film trailer.   Conventions of a horror movie trailer: Slower pace at start Follows main characters throughout  Editing gets faster Flashes Dramatic music Jump scares become more frequent Killer reveal Follows story line vaguely   Ingredients: Unsuspecting, normal people Villain (psychopath, monster) A weapon or person with powers Dramatic Music to add fear Isolated place/ town Jump scares Increasing pace Recipe:   Unsuspecting people and their friends/ enemies get wrapped up in a dramatic plot.  Then add some suspense and drop some clues so clues so that the characters know that they are in trouble. Scene editing quickens as people start getting picked off one by one. Throw in some close-ups showing terror and fear into the mix. Add some barriers so that the good guys get held up and the audience starts to get annoyed...