Jaspreet - media blog 2 - coursework - Mr Bush

 My video link: https://youtube.com/shorts/UEMq9-koHfQ Description: I did a montage of images under the violin version of a pop music sound that connoted elegance with the violin sound but also brightness, confidence and happiness due to it being a pop music sound. This genre often emphasises excitement and energy into a media text. The first couple of images in my video are contrapuntal to the sound used as they are in black and white so they connote depression, sadness, and gothic vibes, which contrasts the sound and the following images of pop art and colourful pictures that are more parallel to the music playing in the background.

  Lighting blog tasks You'll need to use the  Film Language Powerpoint  to work through the Lighting tasks.  1) Still image analysis Look at the still images on slides 33-37 of the Film Language Powerpoint linked above. Copy the images into your blog and answer the following questions for  each  image: Identify examples of  high  and  low-key  lighting. Say which depict  top ,  back  or  under lighting . What  effects  are created by the lighting in each image?          Low-key lighting: showcases the power of the character in the still image and emphasises the key light that influences the strength og the woman in the frame (could be crime genre) You can see back lighting, which is lighting up the smoke coming out of the cigarette to emphasise her being covered or hidden and shrouded in mystery pretending to possibly be someone she is not (enigma code) This creates the effect of fem...

Mise-en-scene recreation: Learner response Create a new blogpost called 'Mise-en-scene video feedback and learner response'. Make sure your completed recreation video is uploaded to YouTube and embedded in the blogpost. 1) Type up your feedback from your teacher in full. WWW: use of original video good editing very good facial expressions/body language exterior location very good planning good cinematography lighting included props EBI: some editing dialogue not in sync with clip (camera quality) 2) Type up a summary of the feedback you have had from the rest of the class - bullet points is fine. WWW: good lighting, setting, sound track, acting, facial expressions and use of props such as the invitation and cinematography EBI: Audio dubbing wasn't fully in sync at the end and the location could have been better 3) Use all the feedback you've been given to write your own self-assessment of your video using WWW (What Went Well) and EBI (Even Better If...) WWW: good lighti...

 I ordered the Mark Dixon A-level media theory book on eBay and I ordered the AQA media close study products textbook on Amazon because they seem useful and I can use the textbook to revise each of the CSPs we learn and make notes/flashcards on each one. I can also use the media theory book to memorise the key concepts of each media theory we study.