Y12 Media: Thriller Conventions

What conventions of the thriller genre can you identify at the beginning of Face/Off?
How are the roles of the protagonist and antagonist established?
How is film language used to create meaning?

Y13: Contemporary Media Regulation

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1220756/A-strange-lonely-troubling-death--.html
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/media/article6881055.ece

Contemporary Media Regulation: a free press?
•Which codes of practice did the newspaper(s) infringe?
•Does another newspaper have a right to create news by taking the so-called moral high ground?
•What ethical, moral or legal issues have been raised by the Stephen Gately story?

Y12 Media Studies: Shot reverse shot

Y12 Media Studies: how is meaning created using film language?

How is meaning created in the following clip from the TV programme Mad Men?

In your response, you should consider all aspects of film language:

• lighting


• sound (diegetic & non-diegetic)


• use of camera (framing & movement)


• mise-en-scene


• editing

Y12 Media: Camera Movement

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein: 'Victor's Experiment'

Y13 Media Studies: CD Cover Design

Create a CD cover for the track Ultraviolence by Mr. Moods.
Apart from the visual construction, you should include an analysis of the cover that addresses the following:

• Genre
• Composition (the balance between text and illustration)
• Signifiers used to create meaning (visual information/ font/ colour)

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Mr_Moods/

Y13 Media Studies: Poster Design

Create a poster for the short film 'Open Skies'. Apart from the visual construction, you should include an analysis of the poster that addresses the following:

• Genre
• Composition (the balance between text and illustration)
• Signifiers used to create meaning (visual information/ language choices/ font/ colour)

Y12 Media Studies: Framing and Angle Analysis

Look at the still from the film LEON:
1. What type of shot is it? (Think about both camera distance and angle.)
2. What parts of the image are emphasised by this framing?
3. The strongest shape in the image is that of the man's body. Does it follow a horizontal, vertical or diagonal line within the frame?
4. What effect does this have on the overall composition and balance? Why do you think this image was framed in this particular way? What was the film-maker trying to do?