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introduction to photoshop

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  Autumn I chose the picture of autumn because it could possibly represent the habitat of the parrots and the colours kind of match the usual colours of a parrot. I enjoyed this task very much because it was very creative and it let me pick what I wanted but still I was allowed to do what I wanted to do( I had creative freedom).  Layer Test Transform Test

Denotations and connotations

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 Task 1: The Water Aid advert communicates meaning to an audience through the use of a symbolic media code. The child in the picture is being shown to the audience to make us feel sympathetic for them so that Water Aid can receive donations from the public to support their cause. The text ' Dig toilets Not graves ' is the only text and is in big letters which could be there to make sure that the audience can see it and feel bad for the people/children and want to help them, the text could also try to connote that without having access to clean water many people are suffering and or dying due to not having sufficient water. The producer's message could be to communicate that this situation is dire and the children are suffering . Task 2: The Cadbury's advert communicates meaning to an audience through the use of symbolic media code. The milk in this advert is being shown to the audience to make them feel like sharing. The text of 'There's a glass and a half in ev...

Key Concepts film poster analysis

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  Language: We know that this is a film poster because the poster has Disney all over it showing us that this is a Disney production and this isn't a scene from the show meaning they made the picture jut so people could see who is in the show and what it is about.  The key conventions of a film poster is that it has a picture of the protagonist/s on the front and a setting in the back which shows the audience where the movie has taken place and in this example it shows a lot of clouds which can tell us that a lot of this series is based in the sky . It also show us the release date and the billing block which tell us what company has supported the show or movie.  Industries: The companies behind this show is Disney+, who have made the entire Percy Jackson and the Olympians series based on the novel written by Rick Riordan.  The directors of Percy Jackson are James Bobin alongside Jet Wilkinson and Anders Engsrom. The main actors are Walker Scobell, Leah Jeffries and ...

First 10 questions

  1) Which part of Media are you looking forward to the most? The part of media that I am looking most forward to is learning all about the different types of media and what different cameras there are to making a movie and how people come up with ideas for different types of content.  2) What knowledge and skills do you hope to learn in Media? How to make blogs and know how the movie and tv industry really works and how to use different apps for making posters or photoshop. 3) What grade are you realistically hoping to achieve in Media? Realistically, the grade that I am hoping to get for Media is a grade 8 or hopefully a grade 9. 4) What device do you use most to access the media? (The media = news, TV, music, film, social media etc.)  The device that I use the most is my phone and my tablet for pretty much everything.   5) What is your average 'screen time' (or equivalent) on your phone each day. Is this about right, too little or too much? Why?  Usually on a...