Blog Feedback and Learner Response

WWW:

  • Deeqsan, interesting that the last TV show you consumed was Doctor Who, this is great, as this TV show is one of your close-study products that we will study at the end of Year 10.
  • You are attempting to include Media subject terminology in your responses e.g. in your ‘Denotation and Connotation’ and ‘Mise-en-scene’ blog posts. Keep this up!

LR:

1. Create a new blogpost on your Media blog called ‘Blog feedback and Learner Response’. Copy and paste this WWW/EBI feedback into your blogpost

2. Reflect on your first month of Media.

  • What do you feel is your strongest piece of work so far?
  • Key Concepts film poster analysis
  • What is your weakest?
  • Introduction to Photoshop because I only did one parrot instead of two, but that's mostly it.
  • What specific skills or knowledge do you need to develop over the rest of the course?
  • I'm not sure, maybe more paragraph structures when I'm giving my analysis.

Mise-en-scene

How has lighting been used in this scene? Take a screenshot of a specific example of lighting and explain the effect that is has on you as the audience.



The protagonist is enveleoped in the orange light he's associated with but also with hints of a contrasting blue, which represents the antagonist. Maybe this is because he's inside the enemy's territory. 






Look at the costumes of the two lead actors in this scene. How have their costumes been designed to present one as the hero and one as the villain? Consider use of colour, masks.



The side of the protagonist is orange and the side of the villain is dark blue. Plus, the villain's silhouette is masked so you can't see him clearly. That might be symbolising how he hasn't revealed his identity. There's a bright white light in the background in between them - maybe to show the barrier/difference amid them.




Camera Shots & Angles


Find an example of either a high or low angle shot. Take a screenshot of your specific example and explain who/what the shot focuses on and how it presents the power dynamic within the scene.



It focuses on the protagonist falling down the stairs right after his lightsaber gets knocked out of his hands. Low angles are supposed to stress the fact that a character or scenery is in a vulnerable, weak position. The low angle is there to emphasise the fact he's currently losing. 







Find two examples of different camera shots from the scene. Take a screenshot of your specific example and explain who/what the shot focuses on and what effect this has on the readers perspective.




Shot - Close up
It is focusing on the protagonist - Luke Skywalker.
Effect on the audience - It shows us his emotions so we can sympathise with him in the moment because they both unsceathed their lightsabers sparking the start of a fight.









Shot - Over the shoulder
It is focusing on both the antagonist & the 
Effect on the audience - Darth Vader is bigger in the frame so it's suggesting he's currently winning (linked to the stairs photos).






Audio

  1. How have sound effects been used in the scenes? What are they added to? What effect does this add to the moments that they have been added to?

    Lightsaber sounds are scattered across the clip. The are added to the clashing between lightsabers and when their unsceathed. This adds tension to the moments they have been added to.

  2. How has silence been used in the first half of the scene? How does it affect the tone and atmosphere of the scene?

    Silence was used to build suspense up for the upcoming fight. I'm not entirely sure how the tone & atmosphere are affected.

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