Trailers and Genre

28th Nov 2018

L/o To explore the different features of iMovie and experiment with different genre features

 WWW it looks a lot like a horror film 

                                                                        EBI It needs lot be a lot smother during the transitions     

               

Verbal feed back
Use the same fonts on graphics
Add a jump scare to the end of the trailer
Add / keep some dialog in the trailer
Add some sound effects
SPELLINGS

DIRT

21st Nov 2018

L/o To show development of photoshop skills and understanding of genre and layout

EBI - check your film sub-genres at the top. Some of them slightly odd!

Re - Try
Comedy
Sic-fi
Crime
Western
Cartoon
Monster
Murder
Gore

EBI - the magazine cover - you said what it was advertising. What values is it saying are important to its readers then?

It is saying that muscles are good as well as being on a healthy diet and family diets

WWW: I have mad it better by adding non-animated characters
EBI : I need to add a few more things like tag line , and refining edges a bite more.

Peer assessed connor kent-matthews
WWW:You have used a lot of pictures to bring together a good movie poster.
EBI:Would have been better if you could have blended the people in so it looks more realistic.

Skills development : Photoshop

16th nov 2018
L/o To explore and develop creative techniques in photoshop


- Colour popping
Select - colour range  - select colour - select - inverse - image - adjustments - black and white - done
 MY GO 

Graduated fade
Two images - on top place mask on layer ( at bottom of layers tab) - gradient tool and draw lines done

-Clipping masks
unlock - new layer underneth and colour - horozon tal mask tool - draw tex box - chose text caps - put in posision - cmd c cmd v done

-Layer masks
cover backround - copy backround and place on top ( cmd j to copy layer ) - add layer mask to top layer - have black on top and white on bottem ( at bottem of tool bar ) - paint brush and paint black over face - if gone wrong use white to get rid of - change opacity done

 Tip
play around with blends





 I have improved this by adding characters

Photoshop skills development and Genre

14th nove 2018

L/o To use and develop photoshop skills

Film poster layout

Action movie poster

 
What do all action movie posters have?
Main characters(s)
All bold
Blue and or red
Actors names at the top
Credit block
Tag line
Bright colours
Guns , Explosions
Characters in bright or dark cloths
What sort of setting the movie is based in (E.G City , Different planet)
Black, orange, red, yellow
Actors names

This is my attempt at a movie poster that is not finished
 WWW : This is looking like a real space scene
                                                                           EBI : It needs to be finished and blended better

Key Terminology

7th nove 2018
L/o to review and explore key subjects and concepts

Definitions
Basically there are certain words and phrases that you should familiarize your self with

Connotations
The hidden attached or associated meaning of an image symbol colour ....

Conventions
The unwritten rule of a media text the thing we have come to expect from media products

Genre
The type the category or kind of media product

Ideology
The ideas values and beliefs that are promoted and encouraged by a media text

Institution
the company responds for creating and or disturbing the media product

Representation
The way a person place or idea is made to look or is shown to the audience

Target audience
The specific people the product is aimed at

Text
The actual media product being studied

Connotation Task
Red rose,  Romance , Death
A football, Sporty , Active , Boring
Baseball cap,  "cool" , Descises , Gangs
Stethoscope,  Medical , doctor , Safe crackers
Gun, Police , murder , crime ,battle/war , video games
The colour pink, Female  ,  Goo

The unwritten rules 

Romantic comedy
Male and female lovers
Funny Love moments
Male and female main characters kiss
Main characters not aloud to be together
Man and woman nearly don't get together


Action
Hero wins
Villan in jail
Lots of fight scenes
Villan Human or animal
Car chase

Horror
Screaming
Death
Evil sycopath person/thing
Lots of death / murder
Jump scares / haunted things

Children's
Good guy (mostly male)
Bad guy (mostly male)
Good guy side kick (mostly female)
Simple story line
Low level comedy / bright colours

What is the magazine cover promoting
Diet plans
Wight loss
Looking good
Cloths
Muscles
Family diets
body "hacks"
"Thinner is better"
Fitness ideology

Eastenders organizers
BBC

Fortnite organizers
Epic games, people can fly

Avengers organizers
Marvel , Disney

What are these stereotypes

Gay - Playing with doll (feminine), Childish, very camp, uncomfortable around girls behave over the top gay.
Dumb blond - Licking hand, Have small brain, has little amounts of friends, childish behave stupidly.
Smart/goofy - Glasses, intelligent, no friends,  pristine clothes , childish behave very weirdly and like a child.