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second past paper

Second past paper questions: 1a) The type of camera positioning is eye level shot. 1b) The purpose of the eye level shot is to engage the audience and allow them to view everything that is happening. It creates equality between the subject and the audience which also signifies why the characters are acting in this way. 2a) A stereotyped character in this video is the men sat on the dining table whom are talking about business and money, which has connotations of how men are important and how they earn for the family and women don't. 2b) The audience is likely to recognise the family as middle class stereotypes as they are dressed smartly and are constantly arguing, which is something that occurs in families today. 3a) The two sisters relationship Angela and sue are constantly arguing and very rude towards each other. For example, when they were using vowel language and swearing in front of the child, which connotates that it could impact the child negatively. Their attitude ...

Past paper questions

past paper questions: 1. The mother and child are wrapped in a red and gold blanket. These are both festive colours such as Christmas, the red and gold colours create a sense of love and belonging. This implies that using this blanket for advertisement signifies that it provides comfort at your own home and will also create a sense of happiness being with the people you love. Gold is a valuable and wealthy colour which has connotations of happiness. 2. The text in the centre of advertisement uses a child like font as there are capitals letter and blocky letters used. This irregular letters gives the impression that the text has been written by the child as it contracts with the bold font which further encourages parent to buy this blanket as it is a way of representation of love, warmth and care. 3. 1. Brand &logo- having a physical image of the product in the right hand corner. 2. Corporent colours pink red and blue. 3. Less writing which focuses upon the image of the mother...

Written analysis Media homework- Due Tues 7/05/2019

Written Analysis In the world of film industry there is a process of ways how films are made. They are development, pre-production, production, post production and distribution. This is from when the film is green lit to when it is delivered to the audience. An example of a successful film is Avengers Endgame as everything is clear and as it took time to be released signifies they were fully prepared before anything was leaked, to make sure the audience were happy and expecting the best, due to why it was so successful. The first production stage is 'development' which involves ideas being generated funding being secured. The second production stage is pre-production where storyboards are added and rehearsals are starting to take place. The third production stage is production where visual affects are being produced and edited which involves the integration of live-action footage and generated imagery to create environments which look realistic. The fourth stage is 'p...

Media homework

Media homework Past paper questions 1.       Explain one way that red has been used on the front cover of the Radio Times to create meaning for the audience. (2) Red has connotations of danger which suggests something is going to happen to the character. 2.       Explain one way that either the headline or strapline on front cover of Radio Times creates interest in the Doctor’s new companion. (2) One way is the headline is eye catching with the use of the colours and large font size which engages the reader quickly. The strapline creates interest as it makes the audience wonder who she is. 3.       Explain two ways that the images on the front cover of the ‘Radio Times’ generate meaning for the audience (4). One way is how it is showing different characters that are in the film and the front two are the main ones. Another way is the use of colour such as black, yellow red which connotates ...
Where does funding for the following come? Finance for films come through government grants and tax incentives combined with accounts for 21% of film funding. 27% of film financing came from private finance / high net worth individuals (stephenfollows.com). Tax incentives and government funding combined account for 21% of film financing for feature films. The producer is responsible for funding the film until that point and must pay any additional costs if the film goes over-budget. The producer will then take that contract to a bank for a traditional bank loan or to equity investors as collateral. The studio and producer will then share profits. An example of a commercial channel is Coronation Street which is sponsored by Compare the Market, which is the UK’s longest-running television soap. Coronation Street focuses on the everyday lives of working class people in Manchester, England. The funding for TV programmes comes from the customers wh...

Cuts and transitions

Cuts and transitions What the cut or transition is? In video editing a  transition  is what the author shows between two shots or clips. The joining of those clips is the  transition  from one to the other.  Transitions  can be an instant scene or image change, a fade, fade to black, dissolve.  https://www.webopedia.com/TERM/V/video_transition.html  A cut is an abrupt, but usually trivial film transition from one sequence to another. Different cuts and transitions: 1.      Whip pan is  a type of  pan  shot in which the camera  pans  so quickly that the picture blurs into indistinct streaks. An example is when something is being murdered and suddenly the knife drenched in blood is blurred out. It has been used in  Director Paul Thomas Anderson films such as Phantom Thread. Whip pan is used to see if the audience captures what they saw before it had blurred out. This makes the audienc...
Where does funding for the following come? Research task- Where does the funding for the following come? Films- ·        27% of film financing came from private finance / high net worth individuals ·        Government grants and tax incentives combined account for 21% of film funding. https://stephenfollows.com/film-financing-come/ accessed on 09:35 at 4 th March 2 019. -        Tax incentives and government funding combined account for 21% of film financing for feature films. -        The producer is responsible for   funding   the   film   until that point and must pay any additional costs if the   film   goes over-budget. The producer will then take that contract to a bank for a traditional bank loan or to equity investors as collateral. ... The studio and producer will then share profits. https://www.hg.org/legal-ar...