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. ...

Year 9 textual analysis assessment from Mrs Downie

Do you have an eye for film? Media Studies is all about how meaning is created by directors. They make choices about how to use the tools of film making: Camera Sound Editing Mise-en-scene By deconstructing these elements of any moving image text, it is possible to explain the effect on the audience and explore the director's intentions or message behind the product. Task: You are going to look at a close textual analysis of a key scene from The Hunger Games film. The Reaping Scene is where Katniss steps in to protect her sister Primrose. You are going to use the Moving Image Glossary to analyse what the scene suggests to the audience. You will need to make notes based on all four film elements above. In the freeze frame of the clip here, you could look closely at mise-en-scene through the costume, colour, lighting and framing of the characters in the medium shot. It is clear that Katniss is at the centre of the action, positioned in the centre of the frame, lo...

Glossary 120701153506-phpapp01 from Mrs Downie

Narrative 12/15 certificate, maximising youth audiences Often hybridised with Sci Fi/Adventure/Romance Major Hollywood studio produced and distributed High production values including CGI FX. Fast paced editing Classic Hollywood 3 act narrative structure Predictable chain of events – cause and effect Single stranded, linear, closed narrative Dramatic non-diegetic sound (soundtrack music) Clear binary oppositions (good v evil) Star Marketing: Audience identification/expectations (Cruise/Pitt/Johnson/Thurman/Jolie/Tatum/Craig/Di Caprio/Damon) Generic Typecasting and Secondary Persona apply (stock characters) Romantic sub-plot, humorous dialogue Relationships with new technology (youth audiences) Use of close ups Dominant representation of gender: male/female action hero. Narrative led films contain tightly woven story arcs, where the dialogue drives the plot rather than builds character. An action adventure film is essentially one long quest with a succe...