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WWW: This is a seriously impressive first assessment - well done! You write in depth and use media terminology accurately throughout.  EBI: Very simple: question focus on the higher-mark question. Using a paragraph will also help show the examiner you are making multiple points. Q1: 1/1 Q2: 0/1 forgot what low angle was. Q3: 2/2 Q4: 2/2 Q5: 2/2 Q6: 3/3 Q7: 1/2 Extend my answer for my first point.  Q8: 4/4 Q9: 4/8 Write a second paragraph with an another example with a kid on it.   3) Did you get any  media terminology  wrong in the assessment? NO 4) Identify one of your  stronger  questions. Why did you do better on this question? Questions 8 and 6 because I could find and explain the denotations and connotations of the questions properly. 5) Identify one of your  weaker  questions. Why did you score lower on this particular question?  Q7 as I didn't write my first point in detail and the last question I didn't write a second media adver...

  WWW: Wow – what an absolutely brilliant start to GCSE Media! It is such a pleasure to read your blog and the range of skills you are already displaying. I completely agree with your opening blog post regarding aiming for a 7+ grade – in fact, I think we should be aiming for 8 or 9! The depth of analysis you offer for the film poster key concept work and the Stranger Things analysis is so impressive and very unusual at this stage of the course. If you can keep developing this level of detail and analysis throughout the two years I’m very confident you can achieve that top grade. Your fruit bowl is wonderfully creative too!   EBI: The key message is very simple – keep writing the detailed, in-depth analysis that you’ve offered in some of your work already and make sure it is consistent across everything you do in Media. You’ll notice as the course continues that we set grade 8/9 extension work – usually A Level reading – to really push students towards those top grades. I stro...

1) Pick  three  camera  shots  from the scene and explain what type of shot it is and what meanings or effect they have on the audience. The medium close up shot at 1:24 clearly shows the character, who seems like the leader of the mission to find the doctor and this allows us to know the mission is very important. The prime minister is serious and motivated about this by the look on her face. Plus she is ready to give her life up for this mission connotes this mission isn't to be taken lightly. The over the shoulder shot at 2:18 implies that they all are a team and after the same goal which is to find the doctor so he can save the earth from this disaster. This also connotes that the doctor is very important. Finally the two shot and close up shot show the couple is judging the prime ministers decision and disagree with her by the looks on their faces. 2) Pick  one  camera  angle  that is used in the scene and explain the effect it has ...

1) What do each of the letters in CLAMPS stand for?  C-  costume & makeup    L -   lighting & colour A-  actors placement and movement M-  makeup P-  props S-  scene &  setting 2) What TV genre is Stranger Things?  The genres of Stranger Things is horror, sci- fiction and fantasy. 3) Choose THREE aspects of mise-en-scene and write a short paragraph for each about the denotation and connotation in the opening 8 minutes of Stranger Thing s.   The mise-en-scene help to communicate the genre of Stranger Things is sci-fiction, horror and fantasy because of lighting, setting & props and actor placement/movement with some of bits of costume & makeup.  Lighting & Colour At the start of Stranger Things there are flickering light in different places like elevator, garage, bike lights, shed and lab which shows the audience that there is danger and the ominous c...