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Semiotic Analysis - Woman Magazine - Mr Hood

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Layout: Magazine features a dominant central image, attractive female, who can be relatable with the general public. (Conventional for Woman magazine, often shows different woman as main figurehead of each magazine.) Masthead: Magazine cover features prominent title 'Woman' at the top centre of the page (Conventional for Woman magazine) Word woman clearly draws in the target audience of the magazine, stating who this advert is for. Generalised word choice also means it will not appeal to a single class of people. Title written in 'Serif' font, to appear more inviting an less serious, so it will appeal to readers Cover Lines: Uses conventional mix of lower and upper case, which the magazine uses to introduce one of the main stories / features of the magazine "ALFRED HITCHCOCK" Which will give insight to the reader on what they will be reading. Blends into the side of the image, does not stand out too directly, which allows for the promine

Magazine Summary Review - Mr Hood

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Production Planning Document - Mr Hood

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1) What is a film treatment? A film treatment is an initial planning of the film, including description, dialogue, and camera movements, this is an early plan, and can be adapted during the filming process. 2)What are the conventions of a film treatment? Capitalise Character Introductions (Indicates to studio cast size) Capitalise Camera Actions First Page is a Title Page Time-line, Location, Time of Day - before each setting Use of adjectives for vivid settings description Speech written with standard punctuation (speech marks, line spacing) 3) What is a film script? A film script is a document which is written by screenwriters, and are the original work, which will include dialogue, settings, props, characters. And is formatted to be easily read (will be more formatted and less 'story like' than the film treatment. 4) What are the conventions of a film script? Scene starts with INT (interior) or EXT (exterior), location, time of

Video Production Task 1

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Targets: Need to work on smooth transitions between sequences, and perfect the timing of shots. Also make sure there is continuity between shots such as the "food trolley disappears!"; to achieve this check video more thoroughly.

NWA and Straight Outta Compton - Mr Allsopp

Which Rap artists comprised N.W.A N.W.A consisted: - Dr.Dre - DJ Yella - Eazy-E - Ice Cube - Mc Ren -Arabian Prince How successful were they? 'Straight outta Compton' - 3 million in sales 'Niggaz4Life' - 1 million in sales Ke moments/controversies? Reported to partake in criminal activities, such as gang violence and drugs. Why are they a significant media institution ? They are a very influential hip-hop group, who have greatly impacted the hip-hop style of music. They also forwarded the movement of joining the white and black communities. Supported through rappers such as Eninem paying homage to them, particularly Dr-Dre who helped them at the beginning of the career. Straight Outta Compton Produced by Legendary Pictures, distributed by Universal Pictures and direct by F.Gary Gray. The story follows NWA in 1980s America. (Ice Cube and Dr.Dre as co producers) The movie was a commercial and critical success, became the highest grossing music bi