Year 9 Media Studies

Comment on the effect of media language in this extract from Ready Player One. You may wish to comment on: Camera Sound Mise-en-scene Editing This is your assessment question. You will watch the scene four times, making notes on a textual analysis grid in your assessment booklet. You need to write your analysis, using the what, how, why structure.   You will have two lessons to complete this task. This question is asking you to write all about effects on the audience, so comment on what the director's intentions are and what the audience understands about how the characters are represented to create appeal for the family audience.

Label the different elements used to create the message in this film marketing poster for Ready Player One: 1. Media Language - pick out the codes and conventions of film posters and label them around the image. Image Title - comment on the font or colour too Graphics Director, Actor, Producer names (if they are part of the film's Unique Selling Point - they are so well-known that will help sell a film) Critic Reviews and Awards Taglines or Straplines Release Date Billing 2. Mise-en-scene - pick out the elements used on the image to explain about the film's Unique Selling Point or the film genre. For example, how does the image suggest that the film it set online, in a computerised world? 3. Connotation and Denotation - what messages about the film are made clear by the film poster? 4. Representation - How are teenagers being represented on this film poster? It would be helpful for you to find the names of the key actors and characters from the film. ...