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Film & TV Language: Mise-en-scene blog tasks

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 1-  Costume - Jamie is wearing a white tee with dark blue jeans, While the psychologist, a baby blue blouse with jeans also. Lighting - Dark lighting with bright window from the jail room. Actor - Jamie is took up in front of the psychologist to make him look like a bigger yet scary person to the psychologist. While on the other hand, the psychologist is sat down  looking up at Jamie with fear in her eyes as if he is a mental person. Makeup - Simple + plain makeup. Props - green + blue bean bag chairs are seen in the left hand corner, and a black sofa on the right. With a table in the middle where the psychology and Jamie are sitting in. Setting - Dark room, which is empty which connotates fear and evil. 2- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amgPXKrFZVg&list=RDamgPXKrFZVg&start_radio=1 Costume - Glinda is wearing a hot pink maxi dress, with Elphaba wearing a black outfit and round thin gold glasses Lighting - Dark / Mood lighting with dim lighting. Actor - Both...

Film & TV Language: Mise-en-scene recreation practical task

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1 - Tara(Jade)  Alezey(Tori) Jasmeet(Cat) Zaawiya(Andre) 2 - CLAMPS Costume - Jade is wearing a black cardigan with blue jeans which connotes the idea of an school enviroment. Cat is wearing a pink and purple hoodie which connotes her personality of being bubbly and playful. Tori is wearing a brown hoodie to match what is she wearing in the show, victorious. Andre is wearing a blue tee to convey his casual yet relaxing outfit Lighting -  The high key lighting and high  saturation around the scene conveys the school/ child like surrounding. Along with at the end editing the lighting such as adding a pink hue to the scene. Actors - we tired to follow their movements such as Jade playing with her bracelets on her hand as walking and Tori closing her locker and grabbing a book such as in the victorious scene. Makeup - Natural + simple makeup looks was used to match how they looked along with hair colour. Such as Cat with red hair Props - we created props at home such as the p...

First blog task

   1- One reason I chose Media A levels is because I am very passionate about filming such as music videos, which is my favourite media. I also found out it can be a useful subject for law as it involves essay writing. 2- No, I did not take GCSE Media Studies  3- No, I did not take GCSE Media Studies  4- A* 5- I want to complete a degree in LLB Law at a top university and hopefully do a masters in Law after that. 6- I believe the biggest media story of 2025 is the chance of world war 3 to happen. This is because this scared many people, such as the news channels telling people to pack a 'safety kit' full of supplies. Along with the possibility of Russia bombing London.  7- Instagram and as scrolling on youtube home page  8- Unknown number: The high school catfish 9- never have i ever  10- During a school day, I spend around 3 hours a day. On the weekends I spend around 6 hours. I believe it is too much because out of the whole day, 3 hours is a lot of ...

Media consumption audit: blog tasks

  Newspapers Which daily newspapers (if any) do you read? -  None What sections of newspapers do you turn to first, and why? - None What sections do you never read, and why? - None What kinds of stories do you usually read and why?  - None Do you, or someone else, buy the newspaper you read?   - None Do you look at the online versions of any newspapers? Which newspapers? Why do you visit their website and not others?   - None Magazines What magazines (if any) do you buy regularly?  Why/why not? - Fashion magazines such as Vogue, Elle and Vanity   What sections of the magazines do you read and not read, and why? - I don't tend to read the articles of the magazines because they often go off topic on fashion and instead look at lifestyle. I read the main fashion pages such as new items or trends. Television Approximately how many hours a week do you spend watching television? - 8-9 hours What device do you use to watch television? - TV What...

Film & TV Language: Film poster analysis

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  BLADE RUNNER From the film poster, 'BLADE RUNNER' suggests the genre of the film is Sci-fi / Action through the use of  mise-en-scene  and  iconography .   One way this is achieved is through the serious  expressions  among the characters such as the guy holding a cocked gun and sweating from his forehead, which communicates a sense of serious and danger in the Film. Additionally, we can tell the male is the  protagonist  because he is contracted with the female in the dark light, holding a cig. Which  communicates  an addiction, smoking is often associated with negative meaning, which may make her the  antagonist. Moreover, in the right hand corner a  solgane/ tag line  is shown, "man has made his match.....now time to face the problem" the verb, "made" suggests he has made the  antagonist . She is a robot made by the protagonist. Such as for helping him with his missions or  in a romantic/ sexual relatio...