First Blog taski

 1) Which part of Media are you looking forward to the most?

If drawing media was a thing then I would definitely look forward to that but i guess it would have to be video gaming. 

2) What knowledge and skills do you hope to learn in Media?

How to write like a blogger and be known by others

3) What grade are you realistically hoping to achieve in Media?

Possibly a grade 8-9.

4) What device do you use most to access the media? (The media = news, TV, music, film, social media etc.) 

I use my phone to watch Youtube.

5) What is your average 'screen time' (or equivalent) on your phone each day? Is this about right, too little or too much? Why?

 

From midday to evening. Because i start to get bored watching TV.

6) What was the last TV programme or film you watched?

Godzilla : King of Monsters

7) What device or subscription do you use to listen to music?

Youtube or on my playlists.

8) Do you play videogames? If so, what do you play games on and what is your favourite game? I do but i don't have a favourite game but i play Brawlhalla a lot.

9) Are you on social media? If so, what social media do you have and why do you like it?  I have a Youtube channel if that counts.

10) Finally, do you think the media is a positive or negative thing for young people? Why?  I think it is kind of negative because there are people out there that will turn against what you do on social media.

Why was the casting of Ncuti Gatwa a significant moment in the history of Doctor Who?

It was the first time they had a black Doctor Who(?)

What aspects of this scene do you think an audience might enjoy? List at least three things and explain why the audience would enjoy each aspect. The TARDIS, and huge lightings.

 

How is this scene constructed to tell the audience the history of Doctor Who? Think about the script, camerawork and acting.

Close up views and music.

What can you spot in Doctor Who that you will find in most television dramas? (E.g. characters, dramatic music etc.) These are called key conventions - list as many as you can think of. 

. smilings

.Slightly raised voices

. gestures

What would a Doctor Who fan ('Whovian') like or dislike about this scene? 

They would like the temptation to find out what happens next(?)

Create a new blogpost in your GCSE Media blog called 'Denotation and connotation'.

1) Write an analysis of the WaterAid advert above using denotation, connotation and analysis. What can you see? What are the deeper meanings in the advert? What does the advert communicate to the audience? How might an audience react after seeing the advert?

Denotations: A young boy standing looking sad close to the camera in a village(Symbolic Code).

The brand "wateraid"(Symbolic Code)

Slogan(Written Code)

Colours; Blue and White, representing water.(Symbolic Code)

Connotations: The image shows a likely upset boy staring at the fourth wall(camera)this can make the audience rather emotionally and make us engage in helping. The slogan means that that we need to help to save them and avoid death from illness or diseases.

2) Now choose your own choice of advert from Google images. Save it to your documents, insert it into your blogpost and write an analysis using denotation and connotation, explaining what the advert is communicating to the audience.

Transformers One (2024)

Denotation: futuristic city(symbolic) robots (symbolic) various colours (symbolic)

slogan (written) glowing backgrounds (symbolic)

Connotations: the image shows 5 robot figures standing heroically which shows its an action thriller type of film, plus the big golden letters as the title card, the one means that its the 'beginning' of this franchise. Also the blue glow in the centre represents that it plays an important role in the movie.

Analysis: They possibly could've chose this poster to get the audience who is possibly into this type of genre (like me :)) like action, the prediction of the future and sci-fi.the slogan could also mean the things that were seen before a rivalry between the first two characters that were rather friends than enemies.