Jamie Grizzell GCSE Media Blog: September 2016

Wednesday, 28 September 2016

TV Advert Media Language Homework

TV Ad Homework

Destiny: Live Action Trailer - Become legend

Camera shots: Medium and close, some long.

Voiceover: The characters talking, and at the end the usual Playstation guy talking.

Sound: The guns, the spaceship, the monsters screaming and explosions.

Music: Some rock music to make things seem fun.

Setting: Futuristic, abandoned world, the whole solar system.

Placement: Text at the end for advertising and then the Playstation 4 at the end.

Facial expressions: None.

Graphics and CGI: The gunshots, explosions, guns, spaceships, monsters, space, buildings and structures.

Institution: Made by Playstation and Bungie to make the game sell more.

Audience: All gamers and mainly Playstation gamers.

Representation: It's trying to make the game look good.

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

Camerawork

Soundtrack

Mise-en-scene

Editing

Masthead: Gamesmaster

Image: Medium Longshot

Date: Above Barcode

Colours: Blue, Black, Orange, White, Green, Brown, Red, Yellows

Font Size: Large

Font Style: Serif and Sans Serif

Facial Expressions: Death Stare

Placement: The middle

Main Cover Line: Mortal Kombat X

Cover Lines: Super Smash Bros, The Crew, Minecraft, Evolve, WWE 2K15, World Of Warcraft: Warlords Of Draenor

Institutions:

Who makes what and for whom.

Audience:

We can define the audience by gender, age range, location, hobbies and interests, lifestyle, wealth and class.

Game cover for teenage boys.

This is for teens because teenage boys

like silly immature things.

Film cover for adult women. This is for
women because there is a topless man
with abs.

22nd September

Representation

Involves looking at how you see the world and the world sees you. (Uses stereotypes)

Hair: His hair is very big and makes him look unfashionable.

Clothes: Very sloppy and makes him seem dirty.

Facial Expression: He looks tired and makes it seem like he doesn't get much sleep.

Facial Hair: Looks very messily shaved.

Facial Expression: Looks very tired and bored.

Hair: Messy and greasy, he probably doesn't care.

Body: He looks quite fat and might eat unhealthily and eat a lot.

Clothes: His tie and shirt aren't done properly so he probably doesn't care.

Facial Expression: Sad so he's probably naughty.

Hair: Cut short probably just because its more easy.

Tie: Big so he might be a naughty.

Monday, 12 September 2016

What is Media?

Monday 12th September 2016

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

Definition: "The main means of mass communication"

Types of Media:

Social Media

Vlogs

Blogs

Advertising

Radio

Magazines

Newspaper

Texting

Websites

The main purpose of media is to make money

Media Influence

Media influences me because I get inspired by YouTubers to do things in the future and learn a lot from watching certain videos.

Media is powerful because people just believe what they see and don't think that it could be fake or lies, people therefore share it and more and more people believe it and it becomes a trend.

People could just say one lie on social media and people will start to share it and believe it and then when someone denies it then it's too late and people won't stop believing. A lot of media is based on lies because if someone lies saying they have some expensive shoes when they actually don't then it will get a lot of shares, likes and views, and more people will believe it.

"The media is neutral/unbiased"

I feel that this is true, but only at certain times. Many people have their own opinion and can make decisions for themselves but some people just believe everything they see and agree. People in the media usually have their own opinion but their opinion is based towards or off of someone else's opinion.

"The main purpose of media is entertainment"

This isn't true. Media is done simply for money or for people to believe what you want them to believe. Many YouTubers for example have a lot of false advertising and fake thumbnails to get more views and therefore get more money.