Revision With Ms Mac

 Gcse Media Studies

PAPER ONE

Avengers clip

Cuffs Representation and context question

Questions on film promotion and video games will cover the concept of industry and audience.

Analyse with media language The Lego Movie trailer.how is it appealing? Uses and Gratifications.

Animation Brief 2

 

Friday 22 January 2021

Lo: To explore ideas in response to a given brief.

Adventure Time

The Simpsons

Family Guy

The Simpsons 

It starts of with The Simpsons Eldest Son Bart Simpson in school, writing things on the board which indicates he's in detention, he then suddenly does exactly what he said he wasn't going to do on the board 'rides the skateboards in the halls"

This Type of animation looks fun to watch, and for different people in the family .

The opening credits is just under a minute long.

Name Of animation GWYNN AND CHARLIE

Main Character- Gwynn

Secondary Character- Charlie

Monday 8th February 2021

Write a name profile for your two characters (Gwynn and Charlie)

Name:Gwynn

Age: 19

Job: Works In a cafe(also goes to uni and studies art)

Hobbies: photography,Studying ( She's artistic and very creative)

Characteristics: Kind,Helpful, Smart, genuine also friendly but can be moody at times.

Name: Charlie 

Age: 20

Job: Museum (Palaeontologist)( Always traveling)

Hobbies: Fishing, painting, drawing

Characteristics: He can be stubborn but friendly, Approachable, vey charming and he thinks of others.

Gwynn and Charlie live in New York city in a block of apartments together they are flat mates but the animation starts with Gwynn moving in and meeting him for the first time, she moves in here because the apartment is close to her university and her parents live all the way in Texas so she needed to be in the same state as her university, I'm going to say that Gwynn has long black hair and green eyes, Charlie is going to have short brown hair with blue eyes and lots of freckles.

I have done a storyboard,

Magazine brief

 

The use of type implies its for children,which it is for a younger age group,its fun and brightly coloured.

there at 4 straplines that are all brightly coloured and have a white stroke around each individual one.

The doing words like lean,try,make and think are all bigger and bolder than the others.

the front illustration is suitable for younger people,its playful and it has lots of colour.

The type of magazine is very informative, its also acceptable foe kids, like the heading said its for kids, its colourful , the main photo is a real life animal children like that , they see an animal and get excited because its a real photo.

MY PLAN

My magazine is called; cooking with colour

My article will be about: step by step ways to cook different foods, and the ingredients

the types of images i will use: picture step by step of different foods.

my main heading will be:FUN FOODS

my three cover lines are: whatever food i pick to make

Thursday 26th November 2020

Magazine article

What makes a good magazine article?

A good article includes a catchy front page for when people look at it to go wow this is cool, with bold colours ,pictures and more, and also when the reader opens the magazine it has to be interesting and factual.Context can be influenced by a target audience the children need to understand words, so no advanced words, the narrative of the article should not have long words that are hard to read for ages 10-13

https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/55083694

Its about plastic pollution, its interesting and factual, target audience is more for teenagers.

Cooking With Colour

4 recipes to make while at home, easy and fun, different themes and different sorts of yummy food

Number 1: Rainbow churros

These churros are an easy bake and so nice, they leave a sweet and interesting taste that you cannot forget easily, with rainbow icing that looks like a rainbow.

Ingredients:

1 Cup of water,

A quarter of a cup of unsalted butter that you need to cut into small blocks,

1 Tablespoon of granulated sugar,

A quarter of a teaspoon of salt,

1 cup of flour,

1 large egg,

A half of a spoon of vanilla extract,

And a frying pan and some vegetable oil so you can fry the mixture in the pan.

 Make sure that you have an adult when near the heat of the pan

10th December 2020

Lo;Explore ideas and concepts to develop a magazine article and double page spread.

WRITING THE ARTICLES 

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COOKING WITH COLOUR

Welcome to the go to easy cooking magazine which gives you a step by step guide to making the most colourful easy foods,4 recipes to make while at home, easy and fun, different themes and different sorts of yummy food.

Number 1: Rainbow churros

These churros are an easy bake and so nice, they leave a sweet and interesting taste that you cannot forget easily, with rainbow icing that looks like a rainbow.

Ingredients:1 

Cup of water, 

A quarter of a cup of unsalted butter that you need to cut into small blocks,

1 Tablespoon of granulated sugar,

A quarter of a teaspoon of salt,

1 cup of flour,

1 large egg,

A half of a spoon of vanilla extract,

Rainbow Sprinkles,

And a frying pan and some vegetable oil so you can fry the mixture in the pan.

Make sure that you have an adult when near the heat of the pan

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These Churros leave a great after taste and fun To make!

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Number 2: Football Cookies

These cookies are simply cinnamon and totally awesome.

With Black and White icing the end result of these cookies really make them look like a classic football.

Ingredients:

1 Cup Sugar,

1/2 Cup Butter,

1 Large Egg,

1 Tsp Of vanilla,

1 1/2 Cups of flour,

1 1/2 teaspoons of cinnamon,

1 teaspoon of baking powder,

 

                                                          1/4 Teaspoon of salt,

                  (review)                                   Cinnamon sugar

These cookies really are a easy bake and can be enjoyed by everyone!

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Number 3: Unicorn CupCakes

These Cupcakes are beyond colourful.

They really catch your eye and make your mouth water, when you have one bite you just wanna eat more!

Ingredients:

150g white caster sugar,

2 eggs,

100g of butter, melted,

150g self raising flour.

BUTTERCREAM:

200g of softened butter,

300g icing sugar,

4tsp of milk,

A few drops of Vanilla extract,

And any food colouring you choose.

To decorate, Get some selection of sweets to decorate the top( choose colourful sprinkles)

Just you wait till u try these!       (review)

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Number 4: Home made pizza, with a twist 

These are things you can make in such little time and they taste soooooooo good, the twist is that they are made.......on pitta breads?

Ingredients:

A pack of pita bread,

Tomato puree,

( any toppings of your choice, can include anything like salami, anchovies, tune etc etc)

And cheese

All u gotta do is put the toppings and tomato puree on the pita breads and stick them in the oven, then you have a yummy snack.

(review)

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Thank you joining in with me and doing some cooking with colour, join me next week for some more interesting easy bakes!

My Disaster Movie

Lo: To effectively develop an idea for a disaster movie.

When & where is the film set?

Barking London 1987 then moved to Canada.

What is the overall mood of the film?

Happy but stressfull.

How will this show through the clothes they wear?

Mum will wear very smart but bright things positive children as well.

Going to be shot in a lot of different places, long shots,Ariel shot( from above)

Medium Close up, long shots,extreme long/side shot and a slanted angle shot.

It's in color, some shots will be from helicopters and a on hand crew on the floor.

What is the message behind the film?

Well I'm going to base it around an event from the past, The Edmonton Tornado, and the disaster of it that hit Alberta Canada.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zSvbzZ6Z93o

 IT'S CALLED EDMONTON DISASTER

Character are going to be the mum, Is Ms Wilson,  Lou Wilson, G (14 year old), Kendall Wilson,B (6 year old), Boss 1, Mr Garsely, Boss 2 Mr Peter's, Neighbor in London, Mary Bakers( older women, sweet and lives on her own) neighbors in Canada(The family live in a trailer park as a temporary basis)And not everyone is very friendly,( A few shop people), School friends including Annie Parker, Josie Willis and Luke Sullivan (Lou's friends, Ms Wilson working Buddies: Karen, Mellisa, Mel and Gary.

Genre: Adventure,Disaster.

Todovs theory:

Start they are in London and mum works in an office, gets offered a promotion but it's all the way in Edmonton Canada,She goes and talks to her children about it and they agree, they have a long road trip including Ariel shots of the car and a close up of them all in it they stop at a few places too.

They stay at a few hotels on the way there (takes 31 hours to get there on driving basis)

Then they arrive at the trailer park where they will be temporarily living, the neighbors aren't friendly at all and spit on them.The two children settle into their new schools and make friends , it starts to become very gloomy weather and cold.

Rumors going around that there may be a storm, mum has just settled into her new workplace with the new office job with all her co-workers who can be difficult but hard-working and Considerate.

Children get sent home early because the weather forecast has Taken a turn for the worst and they'll be a humongous storm coming and no one really knows what it is, mum's job is half an hour away from the trailer park so she has to leave asap considering the children schools are only a matter of minutes away. Mum get stuck right in the middle of a tornado and unfortunately she can't get out of her car fast enough.

The children are left in their trailer not knowing if the mum will be coming home, they go out to look for her so they walk a bit scared, they see a tornado Approaching and quickly hide under a tree log.

After it's all over they emerge from the spot they were in too see disaster everywhere they go back to the trailer park and it's destroyed, people lying on the ground Injured and in awful condition, there house is destroyed, all the houses are destroyed,they come and get picked up by their mum's old co-worker Mel who is lovely and will look after them,But the mother of the children her body was discovered in a car only 10 mins away from there old trailer house they attend her funeral a week later, the ending scene is of the children looking out of the back of Mel's car then seeing flash backs of the tornado and the sky is still grey, 

The last thing of the movie is a line which saids'1987 July 31st, Edmonton Canada'

The hero: Mel

The villain: The tornado?

The donor: The mum

The helper: Lou

The princess:?

The dispatcher: Mel herself feels the need to look after the children because Their mum was a good freind.

The princess father:?

The false hero:?

Mise-En-Scene

Lo: To explore the use of mise - en- scenes in films.

It is a French term meaning what is being put into a screen or frame.

Visual information infront of the camera.

Mes communicates essential information to the audience,each aspect of mise-en-scene

Has hidden meanings within a film,and sends signals to the audience about how we are supposed to feel or about a character.

Made up of 5 bases:

Setting and props,

Costume, hair and makeup,

Facial expressions and body language,

Lighting and color,

Positioning of characters or objects within the frame.

1.setting and props

Setting and location are an important part in any film and are not just backgrounds.

Sets are either built from scratch or a great deal of time is spent to find a setting which already exists.

Settings can manipulate an audience by building certain expectations and then taking a different turn.

2.costume, hair and makeup

costume hair and makeup act as an instant indicator to us of a characters personality status and job.

It tells us immediately whether the film is set in the present or the past.

3.facial and body expressions,

Facial expressions provide a clear indicator of how someone is feeling.

If someone is smiling broadly we instantly assume they are happy but we may get a new impression if it's assisted with dark music.

Body expressions may show how that character feels toward the other characters like the state of their relationship.

4.lighting and colour,

To highlight important characters or objects.

To make the characters look a particular way/show their emotions and mental state.

5.Positioning of people/objects

Positioning within a frame can draw our attention to a important character/object.

A film maker can use positioning to indicate relationships between people.

PLENARY

What are the 5 things included in MES?

Setting/props

Costume,makeup and hair

Facial and body expressions

Lighting/color

Positioning of things in the frame