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  Friday 13th December 2024  Section A possible texts: This section assesses media language and representation in relation to two of the following print media forms: magazine (vogue and GQ) marketing (film posters) newspapers print advertisements. (quality street and this girl can) there are two questions in this section: one question assessing media language in relation to one set product (stepped). one two part question assessing representation in relation to one set product and one unseen resource. JUDGEMENT are the covers similar or different Tuesday 17th December 2024 Do now 1. indicates 2. the meaning behind the circumstances 3. men between 25-45 4. 3 paragraphs 5. the way in which something is usually done 1. social contexts are the circumstances of society at the time the product was produced 2. The rise of the feminist movement 3. Black lives matter movement, racism in football Q2: part a stick to one set text, part B overall representation comparison Q3: revise the ...

  Tuesday 12th July 2023 lo;to explore and understand indesign for magazine layouts Thursday 13th July 2023 lo:to create an effective magazine cover using appropriate cover using codes and conventions

  Tuesday 4th July 2023 Lo:To use adobe illustrator to create an effective magazine masthead Do now:90% 1.My magazine sub genre is guitar 2.The title of the magazine is shred magazine 3.The masthead conventions I need to use is have the masthead get covered by the main image usually of the musical instrument, to use less vibrant colours and to use sans serif bold font.

  Tuesday 27th June 2023 lo:Explore the use of Adobe illustrator to create a magazine masthead or logo Do now:100%   Thursday 29th June 2023 lo:Explore the use of Adobe illustrator to create a magazine masthead or logo Do now: 100% The things in common with the mastheads of these magazines is that they are all partially covered by the main image I am going to call my magazine music weekly

  Tuesday 20th June 2023 Lo;To identify the features on a magazine front cover and to explore genre codes and conventions categories The genre that i picked was animal magazines. .all animal magazine's have a similar bright colour scheme that uses many of reds oranges and greens .They also have the pet that the magazine about as the main image Subgenre music subgenres .metal .hip hop .alternative .punk .pop .rock .reggae .electronic .classical .jazz here are some images of metal magazine's I think they use dark colours and harsh looking fonts to give the sub genre a distinct personality 1.The subgenre I chose was guitar magazines 2.covers are above 3.the colour palettes of my magazine covers are mostly black, white and red 4. the main images of my covers are usually newly released guitars or other music gear 5. the typography of my covers have fonts that are a mix of sans and sans serif since the logos of the magazine are in sans serif whereas the actual content of the magazine...

  Thursday 15th June 2023 Lo:To identify the features on a magazine front cover to explore genre codes and conventions Masthead It is the title of the comic and is at the top of the page Dateline it is the number of the issue of the comic and the date, it is found at the top right of the design main image The main image is the picture of the person or thing featured in the comic and it takes up most of the space in the page. cover lines Cover lines are the sentences that cover over the main image to show what the contents of the magazine will be it is usually on the left or right centre of the comic design  Bar code The bar code is what gets scanned so the magazine can be bought it can be found near the dateline. or at the bottom Tagline/Strap line The tagline is the piece of writing underneath the main title  and is found at the top of the page underneath the title/masthead Pull Quote A pull quote is a quotation by a person featured in the magazine that can hook readers ...

  Tuesday 6th June 2023 lo:to build an effective website https://kirstiedavies831.wixsite.com/andromedatechnologie Tuesday 13th June 2023 Lo:to refine and evaluate my website https://kirstiedavies831.wixsite.com/andromedatechnologie Thursday 15th June 2023 Website evaluation https://kirstiedavies831.wixsite.com/andromedatechnologie 1. My company is a telescope and camera based company that manufactures astronomy gear and researches telescopes 2. To create my website on WIX I selected a template and replaced the text and images to fit my website. 3. I am pleased with the architecture and different pages of my website because it is varied and has a good design 4.If i were to make my website agin I would add more pages included in my website rather than just have a home page

Thursday 25th May 2023   Screenshots of my website

  Tuesday 23rd May 2023 lo:to create effective logos and a clear brand identity I used the oval shape on the logo to represent the shape of the galaxy Andromeda and i gave the text an inner glow to make it look like stars. I used this colour scheme to represent space. I used my font to show that my brand is futuristic and foreword.I used the silhouette of the  telescope to not only make the logo memorable but to also show what my brand would sell. For this logo i replicated the colours of NASA's colour to bring familiarity to the 

  Thursday 11th may 2023 DO NOW 1. The colour scheme used for my genre of website uses mainly the colours blue black and white because this can link to the logo of nasa or just the colours of space in general 2.The information on the home page that is included is links to guides and news story's to do with its genre  3.links to news guides and reviews for astro equipment 4. there are images of different deep space objects (galaxies nebulae etc) and videos of guides on using equipment and reviews on telescopes, trackers and cameras 5. The brand is represented as a very clean and minimalistic design.  My brand name is going to be andromeda technologies and it is going to sell all technology relating to stargazing/astrophotography.(Telescopes,trackers,mounts etc) most of these brands share the same colour scheme of white black and blue and the shape of their logos are usually circles or other round shapes that aren't square and they show their USP by putting it to the front ...

  Tuesday 9th may 2023 lo:to research website design, genre conventions and terminology Brand name: astro targets Type of brand: astrophotography sky tracker for specific areas what we do: after inputting the area you will be looking at the night sky from the website can tell you what deep space objects are in the sky and for how long at what time aim of site: to make knowing where and what stars and nebula are in the sky easier site content: tips and tricks for locating certain nebula and galaxies advice on what telescopes cameras and lenses to use when photographing certain objects target audience: newcomers to astrophotography or stargazing unique selling point:

Tuesday 28th March 2023 LO; story writing For an interview I have decide to interview Mr S Cole  because he is a computer science teacher and mine and Luke's story is Chat GPT AI. Anchor introduction "Hello Im [insert name here] from BCTV and the world has been in shock after the release of Chat GPT one of the most realistic AI chatbots to exist, its ability to answer questions and have a conversation like a human is unmatched and due to its self learning code it can only get better, we now go to [insert who is reading main story]  for the main story on AI and robots" Main story "On the 30th of November 2022 Chat GPT was released and shocked the world with its advanced intelligence and ability to answer questions much like a human would. Whilst most of the interactions with this AI engine are relatively innocent a lot of people believe the more realistic AI and robots become the more in danger the human race is in and Chat GPT is not calming people down. Now its tim...

Tuesday 14th March 2023   Lo:to write an effective news report; to practice interview questions Do now: 60% I am doing my report on Chat GPT AI What happened? Open AI released a new AI chat bot Who was involved? The AI researchers at Open AI Where did it take place? San francisco , California in America in the pioneers building on 3180 18th streets When did it happen? November 30th 2022 Why did it happen? To revolutionise artificial intelligence how did it happen? Through using human interaction with the AI as a learning base. Anchor introduction "Good evening i'm Ted Davies for Bodmin news, at 11:15 last night a large fire started in Bodmin jail . 3 fire engines from Bodmin fire station's were dispatched and by 6:15 in the morning the blaze was put out. However it did not come without damages, 6 people were rescued by firefighters 2 of which were were taken to hospital and the main cell block in the prison is badly damaged. PC smith says "the damage to the historic b...

28th February 2023 Tuesday What is news? Do now:100% Types of news . uk . world . business . politics . tech . science . Health . Environment . Local . Sport . Entertainment UK: The young teachers demanding better pay World:cold snap leaves Barcelona covered in snow Business: Amazons uk workers strike for better pay Politics:New brexit deal restores balance to NI, says Sunak Tech: Musk defends Dilbert creator's racist triade Fake news is false information that is used to shape your views and opinions.The information is often exaggerated heavily biased or simply not true.It is often intentionally misleading.It can also be known as propaganda. Fake news 1. 5 examples of fake news is Pope francis endorses trump, Hillary Clinton voters get to vote by text, Canada is building a wall along its US border, Obamas mother charged with larceny and The Nigerian president died in London. 2.I think people write fake news so that no one can trust regular news therefore making it easier to hi...

  26th January 2023 Thursday lo:to plan and construct an effective green screen scene  Do now: 6/8 75% For my green screen scene i'm going to do a fight scene in a hospital. Tuesday 7th February 2023 I think in the future special effects are going to progress with VR so that a movie is a 360 ° experience . I also think that VR is going to get more realistic by adding things like touch sensors rumble controls and body trackers so that the movie can give a more immersive experience.

  Tuesday 24th January 2023 lo:to create a realistic green screen using imovie DO NOW for my movie trailer I turned the E.T trailer Into a horror trailer. I did this by cutting and slowing clips of the trailer to feel more suspenseful,i also changed the music. ON YOUR BLOGS  Special effects include all effects that are achieved live on set such as . mocap . pyrotechnics . prosthetics . stop motion Avatar is a movie that uses a lot of special effects Definition of cgi Computer-generated imagery is the use of computer graphics to create or contribute to images in art, printed media, video games, simulators, and visual effects in films, television programs, shorts, commercials, and videos.

13th December 2022 Tuesday lo: Changing film genre The film i'm changing genre for is "Willy Wonka and the chocolate factory" and i'm turning it into a horror film. Location: Assuming were going of the most popular film version "The film released in 1971" I would change the setting to be more like the original book and make the town Charlie grows up in to be a poor slum instead of the more fantasy like houses in the original movie.  Characters: For the characters i would keep them relatively the same to really add a sense of fear to the movie for these normal children to be attacked like this. Storyline: For the storyline I would i would change the golden ticket troupe to instead have Willy Wonka kidnap these children for him to tortue and test on. In this movie the oompa loompas aren't some made up type of human but instead Children that were "tested" on. The movie starts following all of the children's POV's until they are kidnapped w...

  5th December Monday 2022 LO:To explore the concept of film genres Starter: list as many film genres as you can Action Adventure Drama Horror Musical Historical Western Romance Comedy War Crime Science fiction List of action films: Jurassic world Nobody Bullet train Uncharted Godfather Deadpool Tomb raider  Mulan Total recall Pirates of the Caribbean The gray man No time to die Black widow Morbius Jason bourne  John wick List of action film subgenres: War/military Spy/espionage Martial arts Western Action hybrid Vigilante Disaster Science fiction action Action horror Action adventure Action comedy Main genre conventions for Action Movies: Large heists Military grade weapons Highly skilled protagonist Evil organisations Futuristic objects and weapons Main Blockbuster action movie directors James cameron Michael bay Peter Jackson Blockbuster film posters Which sub genres would teenagers prefer: I think that teenagers would prefer Military action films as it is not complete...

22nd November Tuesday 2022 Lo: Zombie movie overview Overview The summary of my zombie movie is about a lab leak that releases a virus in a densely populated city and affects most of the population with only few people left to survive and discover this viruses secret. Character profiles Derek Derek is  a scientist that used to work in the lab so his knowledge of biology are very useful to the surrounding group of survivors, though it seems that he is not letting on all he knows. What secrets could he be hiding. Quentin Is a 30 something nihilistic office worker that has nothing but cynicism and pessimism for the world around him and know with the apocalypse on the horizon he has to give up this lack of  love for the world to keep his now orphaned nephew as he seems to both Quentin and his nephew seems to be resistant to zombies. George George is Quentin's nephew and though only being 7 years he old he seems to have age beyond his years. George also seems to know a lot about th...

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