Media 2019/20

Saving Private Ryan Miss-en-Scene 0:04 - The angle of this shot is tilted to the side, this shows the effect of disorientation and discomfort. 0:22 - The camera is free hand or connected to a body rig. Doing this makes the audience feel like a soldier looking over at the other landing crafts, this shows some realism to the shot. 0:29 - We can see a hand shaking. This is showing the audience the characters emotion before we can see what the character looks like. We can clearly see that the character is nervous or anxious. 0:55 - Zooming out from the one character to show several more creates a claustrophobic feeling in the image. 2:00 - Showing us several soldiers been mowed down inside of the landing craft shows the audience the bloodbath of the historical event. The shot also been taken inside of the landing craft makes us feel like a soldier that could be shot and killed at any moment. 2:10 - We can see the Allied troops from the gunner bunkers on the beach...

What is representation? What have meh theorists suggested is important when considering representation? Why is representation such a central key concept in media studies? Represent Present Repeat Chiron-the banner at the bottom of the news The concept of representation applies to everything we see on the screen Walter Lippmann-character typing-using shortcuts in the construction of characters to make meaning such as... Archetype-a familiar character that has emerged from hundred of years of story telling Stereotype-a very shallow representation of a type of person or social group, based on behaviours or appearance A generic type-a character that is common in a genre The male gaze is something that propersized the media industry so everything that is created even by a woman would be through the eyes of a man. Laura Mulvey

11/11/19 Basic Shots Long Shot Extreme Long Shot Close Up Extreme Close Up Medium Shot Full Shot Establishing Shot Master Shot Basic Angles Looking Up Looking Down Basic Movements Pan - Camera stays in one position and rotates around a point LEFT to RIGHT to RIG Tilt - Camera stays in one position and rotates around a point UP and DOWN Tracking - Camera moves smoothly along a track in a lateral movement (Straight Line) Dolly - Similar to Tracking Shot, but the camera is on a wheeled mount that can move in all directions Crane - Camera is on a jib arm with a counterweight that can be raised or lowered  Steadicam - Camera is strapped to the operator with a stabilisation rig allowing for smooth movement Handheld - Camera is held in hand and will film bumpy footage  Basic Compositions  Symmetry/Asymmetry Depth of Field The Rule of Thirds Editing  Cuts - These are the instant switches between shots, always use the word cut...

07/11/19 First Person Shooter Halo is a First Person, Sci-Fi, Action, Shooter that is based in the Halo Universe. The game covers most if not all of the general Conventions of an FPS game as well as other genres too. The entire halo series (Minus Halo wars/2 and Halo Spartan Assault/Strike and Halo 3 ODST) Focuses on one character 'The Master Chief' also known as 'Chief'. As the Halo series does this it already covers the Hero Persona as the player is the character Master Chief and is put in the shoes of the hero, the one person that can save the day. The over Conventions this game covers include the Linear Narrative, Good vs Evil, Collectables, Violence and Gore. The Linear Narrative the game follows is the story of The Master Chief as he fights against an alien enemy. The game is a level based game with cutscenes in between each level explaining the story. This is extremely important to a game like this as if there is nothing to explain what is going on the players...

BARB - Broadcasters Audience Research Board Television viewing figures are often useful in assignments, dissertations, academic articles and similar documents. Students are permitted to include in their work the data featured on this website, but the information should not be used in any wider publication without a BARB subscription. If you wish to publish detailed data, or run more complex analyses. The  Viewing data  section of this site offers a number of ways to access television audience figures. Both historical data and the latest audience figures are available as weekly and monthly viewing summaries, based on the Individuals aged 4+ audience category. There are also top 10 and top 30 weekly programmes lists, quarterly channel reach reports and various trend graphs. What BARB do is analyse the statistics of how many people are watching a channel and when they watch it. This is crucial to them as they pull all of the data and analyse the demographic and its main cate...

LO2 End Test October 17, 2019 17/10/19 1) With examples, what are the key differences between Traditional and Digital media? Traditional media is when a company decides to advertise their product through more conventional and cheaper methods such as posters and merchandising.  An example of this is when a Company like Marvel Studios put up a poster for their latest film. Where as digital media is when the company decides to advertise their product on digital platforms such  phones and laptops, this means that any type of advertisement can be viewed on these devices instead of on a poster. [2/4] This is too brief Zoey. Try to expand on your response with more specific examples.  2) Explain the key differences between above and below the line advertising? Below the line advertising is more direct and towards a target audience  such as targeted mail advertising or targeted search engine advertisements. Whereas above the line advertising is when a company wants to...