Camerawork analysis

https://youtu.be/AK6Gisj4to4

Camera shots:

1)The opening establishing shot at 0.08 shows that the scene starts outside shops with a young girl entering a car.

2)The medium close up at 0.53 shows a young man in a hoodie pointing a bat at another person this would show the character intends to cause harm to someone.

3)The over the shoulder scene at 2.19 shows the nurse is angry and stressed as the young people are not listening to her commands as they are in panic because there friend has been stabbed.

Camera angles:

1)The unusual perspective at 0.27 shows the camera slowly rising to shows the girl who has been shot and you could also see blood leaking out of her.

2)The low angle scene at 1.07 shows the main protagonist punching someone repeatedly shows he is in a position of power.

Camera movements:

1) The camera movement at 1.16 is hand held as the two men are fighting the camera movement is shaking repeatedly.

2)The camera movement at 0.00 to 0.09 is calm and relaxed on a normal street which would put the audience at ease and set a relaxing mood.

3)The camera movement at 2.30 to 2.43 shows a loose panning as the character tries to escape puts tension and drama.

blog feedback and learner response

Shamsher GCSE Media blog feedback – October 2019

Work expected:

·         Introductory questions

·         Key Concepts film poster analysis

·         Fruit bowl task (Photoshop)

·         Denotation and connotation

Post this in a new blogpost on your Media blog called ‘October 2019 - Blog feedback and Learner Response’ then complete the LR tasks/questions below.

WWW:

·         Some really good analysis using key media terminology! Well done!

·         Interesting posters selected independently which allow you to write good analysis.

EBI:

·         Proofread your work and make sure there are no spelling, punctuation or grammar issues.

·         You must complete work to the best of your ability.

LR:

Complete and improve the following work urgently:

1) Introductory questions

·         Proofread your work and make sure there are no spelling, punctuation or grammar issues.

·         Attempt extension questions.

2) Key Concepts film poster analysis (blog)

·         Language: how do we know it is a film poster? What impact do the key conventions have on the audience?

3) Fruit bowl

·         Proofread your work and make sure there are no spelling, punctuation or grammar issues.

4) Denotation and connotation (blog)

·         For the WaterAid advert, what else is the producer trying to urge the audience to do?

·         For the Top Boy poster, examine the location in the background too – what connotations do we have of this location? Make sure you re-read over your paragraph because at the moment some parts of it don’t make sense.

Attempt the extension task: https://mediamacguffingcseyear1.blogspot.com/2019/09/denotation-and-connotation.html

LR task 2:The impact on the audience would be a sort of sad and sorrow as the men hovering above the shadow seemed to be ghosted/faded which would suggest they could have died in battle.

We can infer this is a film poster as at the bottom is states when the film is coming out and the credits and producers.

LR task 4:In the WaterAid  advert it also tries to urge you to donate a bit of money to help the cause and to make us feel lucky we have toilets and not have to dig our toilets.

The connotation of the background is in a sort of underground garage and since the man is holding a gun could suggest that someone was set up to get killed as a underground garage is not a place you would expect a lot of people to be.

Mise-en-scence stranger thing analysis

                      

Props: The denotations of the Stranger thing opening scene were that there were guns when the young boy was in the shed, a demogorgon  game piece, the boys rucksacks and the phone. The connotations of the demogorgon game piece would suggest that that alien/creature is likely to appear later in the TV series to terrorise the boys.Another connotation is the rucksack as the boys wearing them at all times would show the youth and how young they are.

lighting:The denotations were during the laboratory scene the lights would constantly flash in green, another is every time the shadowed object/creature was near by the light always seemed to have a green shade and in the shed scene when the light bulb became a bright colour.The connotations of the light bulb shinning bright in the shed is that usually light is meant to show a good side and safety in this case its different as the light strikes fear into the audience doing the complete opposite of the stereotypical idea of a bright light being a good sign. 

Setting:The denotation of the setting is it is based during the 1980s Indianna.The  connotation of this would be that during the 1980s technology would'nt be as advance or good as today and also seems to be set in a small outskirt town which could also suggest that story is not going to be a story where you switch countries but in sole location.