Archie's GCSE media blog

  1) What information do media companies use to create a demographic profile of their audience? Age, gender, income, education, occupation etc. 2) Why are media companies and advertisers increasingly using audience profiling and not just demographics? to be able to target their audience in a much better way which will lead to them making more money.  3) What psychographic group or groups do  YOU  belong in? i would say im the 'explorer' as i am up for trying new things and helping people even though i might not being 100% on it and i enjoy being outside and discovering different parts of London/ the world.

  1) Pick three  aspects of  camera movement  in the Minority Report clip. Identify the type of camera movement and write about why the director chose to use that camera movement in the scene and what effect it has on the audience. 1 - crane: the director may have chose this  so he can show all around the character / setting without keep on cutting. 2 - pan:the director would have chose this to make sure the character is in the centre of the screen. 3 - tilt - when the man is climbing up the building and hitting the police the camera is moving every time one of them is hit like the camera is getting hit. 2) Pick  two  aspects of  editing  in the Minority Report clip and write about what effect it has on the audience. 1 - pace: when the main character is running the camera is going the same pace from behind so it becomes more intense. 2 - cut: it cuts alot in this short scene the director may have done this to show the different angles of what is happening and also i noticed that in the

  WWW: I’m so pleased with the brilliant start you’ve made to GCSE Media – well done! Your opening questions are answered honestly and accurately, your fruit bowl is absolutely stunning and it’s so good to have a fully up-to-date blog from the very beginning of the course. Keep up the good work!    EBI: One thing to keep an eye on is your written English e.g. capital letters, sentence structure, grammar etc. It’s vital that this is accurate across all your subjects at GCSE level. Secondly, over the next two years we need to increase the depth and detail of your media analysis. This means discussing the different possible connotations on media products and how certain messages are being communicated to the audience.  LR: Create a new blogpost on your Media blog called ‘Blog feedback and Learner Response’. Copy and paste this WWW/EBI feedback into your blogpost then complete the LR tasks/questions below.   Reflect on your first month of Media. What do you feel is your strongest piece of

  1) Pick  three  camera  shots  from the Doctor Who scene and explain what type of shot it is and what meanings or effect they have on the audience. 1. over the shoulder shot - it is showing the lady and showing the fact that she is speaking tp someone on the laptop. 2.medium shot - its showing the ladies facial expressions as the person is speaking on the laptop and also you can see the lady get up in the background. 3.establishing shot - it is showing where and how the lady is working. 2) Pick  one  camera  angle  that is used in the scene and explain the effect it has on the audience.  it is showing the audience the ladies work environment and how serious she is when she is in meetings. it also shows us she is by her self. 3) Pick one aspect of  mise-en-scene  from the scene and explain what connotations are being communicated to the audience. when the man is standing next to the advanced technology it makes him look vulnerable as he is standing right next to a giant, advanced tech

 costume : the costume of the scientist suggests that he is in a lab and may have been working on something and it had gone wrong and what he created may have attacked him. That scientists facial expressions also helps to communicate this story line as at first he was really worried, scared for his life and then he thought he was safe until the elevator doors shut and the creature attacked him. Lighting:  when the guy scientist is running, the lights are flashing on and off for more suspense. This is suggested because at any point, whatever he is running from may attack him when them lights are going on and off. Also, every time the lights go off and it gets dark, the scientist is getting closer and closer, this suggests that he is running for his life. props : in the scene where they are in the basement playing games, this suggests that it is set in the 80s as they are playing dungeons and dragons with no electronics. Also, they character in the game they were talking about may have a