Molly La Fosse's Media Blog

Last week in class we learnt about the meaning and use of ... Denotation - This is just what the audience sees , for example a word, colour or image. eg the blue sky It can also be called the 'signifier.' Connotation -This is the concept/meaning/associations that we can take from the denotation. eg the blue sky signifies calm. It can also be called the 'signified' Mise-en-scene - This is everything that is included within a frame, including... Setting and location Props and costumes, hair and makeup Actors, performances, facial expressions Lighting and colour 

In the studio last Friday we worked with the Black Magic cameras, learning how to set up the tripod and camera, as well as how to use specific settings on the camera. We learnt that to focus a zoomed-in image, you should zoom in first and focus next. Also, exposure decides how light or dark the image will be and to adjust it you had to move the small blue button -down to make the image lighter and up to make it darker.  The ISO setting is about how sensitive the camera is to light. On the cameras that we used, the ISO should always be 400. We were also taught how to 'bubble' the tripod. This was important because it ensured that the weight of your camera is evenly distributed to all three legs and levels the tripod. To do this we moved the camera until we could see that the bubble on the spirit level was in the center. We learnt that SA stands for 'shutter angle' and adjusting it can make a moving image less blurry, for example a running person or speeding car. O...

‘Alien’ is a 1979 horror/science fiction film about a crew member of a space merchant vessel who is attacked by a mysterious life form which emerges later on to hunt down the rest of the crew one by one. The target audience for this film would be an older demographic due to the scary nature of the film which makes it unsuitable for children. Therefore this poster has to make it clear what genre this film is and has to attract the target audience of teenagers and adults who enjoy a good scare. In my opinion, the film poster for ‘Alien’ does this very well. Firstly, the poster for this film includes the iconic tagline, ‘in space no one can hear you scream.’ This chilling sentence automatically establishes the terrifying tone and genre of the film -  full of fear and death -  and creates a lot of suspense, making the audience eager to watch the film. The predominant colours in the poster are green and black which are very effective. Green lighting and mist is comin...

Bastion of blood from Katie Emily -This was a group presentation. 

One of my favourite films is Good Will Hunting, which was produced by Miramax, directed by Gus van Sant, and written by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, who both also star in the film. Other cast members include Robin Williams, Stellan Skarsgard and Minne Driver. It was released in January 1998 and had a budget of $10,000,000. The film centres around Will Hunting, a young mathematical genius who works as a janitor at MIT and leads a fairly uninspiring existence in a sparsely furnished flat in an impoverished area in South Boston. He had a traumatic childhood as an abused foster child and as the film progresses we as an audience begin to see how he subconsciously blames himself for how he was treated. When he solves an extremely difficult maths equation in the hallway of MIT, his immense talent is noticed by Professor Lambeau, who ends up bailing him out of jail when he assaults a police officer - under the condition that Will agrees to study mathematics under his guidance and see...

I’m Molly La Fosse and this is my Media Studies coursework blog. I’m sixteen years old and live in Billingshurst. I last studied at Cranleigh School where I did GCSE drama, spanish, geography and classics, english, maths and science. My interests include watching films - my favourite directors being Alfred Hitchcock and Quentin Tarantino - and reading. I am also interested in feminism and environmental issues, as well as fashion. Media is an essential tool for me as all my hobbies and interests depend on its use. I can find out about issues, petitions, world events etc through the use of social media and newspapers. I also love photography, using digital cameras and Diana film cameras.  I think films are one of the best forms of entertainment as there is a genre and director for everyone and there are new films coming out all the time.   I also love acting and watching plays. I use media a lot, including Netflix, YouTube, and Instagram. On netflix I watch TV prog...