Media Studies

Wednesday 20th July 2022 WWW - I think I added all the text in good places and the images :) EBI -  I could have made the barcode a bit smaller for room for more text.

  Wednesday 29th June 2022 L/O - To create an effective magazine cover & DPS using appropriate codes and conventions. Do Now:

Wednesday 15th June 2022                                    Shot Composition: L/O - To understand the basic rules of shot composition. Picture using the rule of thirds. Picture for leading lines. Depth of Field: Shallow Focus Deep Focus Photographing People: Wednesday 22nd June 2022       Shot Composition L/O - To explore Composition & Perspective. I think the best one is the second one because of the shot we got I thought the sun was in an amazing place and shone in the perfect place! I did like the place where I was in the sun however I think I could have tried to cover my eyes so I wasn't making a horrible face. Interesting Texture Interesting Angle Interesting Reflection Extreme Close Up Interesting Pattern 

Wednesday 8th June 2022 L/O - To explore the concept of representations and stereotypes  What is meant by the term representation? The media offers the audience an interpretation of the world. It is a RE representation of the events people and place. A stereotype is a generalised representation of a person,place or thing. They are limited and often offensive or used for comedy. Stereotyping: Nanny - Woman, Kind, Gentle  Nurse - Female,  Teenager - Loud, Obnoxious, Annoying Astronaut - Brave, Smart, Adventurous  Football player - Brave, Strong, Male, Sporty Opera Fan - Loud,  Teacher - Smart, Well Dressed, Male  Tattoo Lover - Male,  How are people represented? Student  - The year 9 girls are being represented as, disruptive, loud, obnoxious. Teachers - Represented as an entertainer, enthusiastic, energised , stressed How do people act? Students - Rude and swearing a lot Teachers - Kind but also shouty What do they say? The students will sometimes swear at each other What surprises me?

  Wednesday 25th May 2022                                                  In Design: L/O - To explore and understand how to use InDesign for Magazine Layouts. I think I did very well Miss Macdonald had to help me but I was okay!

  Wednesday 4th May 2022     Magazine Cover Design - Masthead: L/O - Explore the use of Adobe Illustrator to create a magazine masthead.  Fashion Magazine Genre: Similarities: All are women on the front. Women wearing trendy outfits. Bright colours blue,pink,red etc. All images are mid shots to show the outfit.  Differences: All the women have different hair colours, outfits etc.  Music Magazine - POP: Masthead - What do they have in common? They are all colourful and in bright colours, Hot pink, Yellow and Blue.  They are all really simple and not very big to make room for all the popular cover lines.  Most of them have the famous singer(s) names on them.            THE BIGGEST POP-ULAR MAGAZINE