Task 1: Captain marvel: The website looks like it was made in the 90s, this is the era the film was set in. In order to portray this dated look the website has very pixelated backgrounds and basic effects like pop up pictures and flashing lights. It is very different from modern websites that are … Continue reading Getting ready for yr 13 →

   Define the term 'mainstream' : Mainstream is something that is current and popular, it is accepted and widely liked.   Identify five contemporary (last 10 years or so) mainstream films for each of these genres/subgenres: Action: Inception, James Bond Skyfall, Kingsman, Knight and day, The Bounty Hunter Superhero: Avengers, Capitain America, Man if Steel, Kick Ass, … Continue reading ISP week 1 year 2 component 3 →

  Strengths: The DVD sleeve contained all the elements of a cover, I also like the image of the eyes behind the character. The teaser trailer also contains typical conventions of the thriller genre, like blood. What can I improve? The violent images on the back of the sleeve. The lines on the teaser trailer. The exposure … Continue reading Coursework feedback →

How do visual elements create meaning in the music video Funky Friday by Dave? 'Funky Friday' is a music video by Dave made in 2018. The music video opens with an establishing shot of a modern super car driving down a road on a rainy, miserable day. This immediately sets the tone that Dave is … Continue reading ISP 30- How do visual elements create meaning →

    1 hours 45 minutes/ 90 marks/ 35% of qualification Q1) Assessing media language in relation to an unseen audio-visual or print resource Q2) Comparison question assessing representation in one set text product and an unseen audio-visual or print resource in relation to media contexts Q3) media industries Q4) Audiences   Advertising and marketing: Tide … Continue reading Component 1 →

  1 hours 45 minutes/ 90 marks/ 35% qualification Q1) Television in the Global Age- Life on Mars Q2) Magazines- Mainstream and alternative media- Vogue Q3) Media in the Online Age- Zoella   Television: Life on Mars (2006) BBC 1, 9pm slot (during watershed) Media language: Camera shots/ angles/ editing/ sound /mise en scene Start … Continue reading Component 2 →

Media language: Semiotics: Roland Barthes Semiotics is the study of signs and meaning. Roland Barthes is a key semiotic theorist whose idea is you will need to be familiar with. The main principles of his theory of semiotics, which are outlined in the book elements of semiology 1964, include: The idea that texts communicate their … Continue reading ISP 29 task 1 Theorists →

Write one extended paragraph analysing the Media Language in your Advertising texts (Water Aid and Tide), applying two theorists (choose from - Barthes, Todorov or Neale) We explore meaning in the two adverts through the use of semiotics and repeated representations. In the water aid advert we can the the symbol of separation of our … Continue reading ISP 29 task 2 →

Vogue Published monthly by Conde Nast 1916- present It's a women's magazine that became very popular post war in the 60s Vogue played a huge role in the empowerment of women, it made women unapologetic of who they are Magazines in the 60s convey that women are domestic homeowners that thrive in their domestic sphere … Continue reading Flash card vogue →