AS Media Studies

Diegetic and non-diegetic sound have been used in almost every movie to this day. Sound is used in film to heighten a particular mood, to provide the viewer with information about a scene's location, to help elucidate the plot, and to give the viewer further conceptions about characters in a scene. Additionally, directors also use silence in a film to create impact of an aftermath, to highlight a significant change within the storyline, to build up a scene's intensity or to foreshadow impending doom. These aspects  of sound help to shape a film to a  successful extent, thus also help...

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This blog post is about different types of camera shots and angles and the effects they possess. Having a variety of camera shots can make a video more interesting to watch and are essential to have in order to receive good reviews/feedback. Using a selection of camera angles can create mood as well as suggesting information about characters, the story, and future happenings in a movie.  However, due to the number of different shots as well as their definitions, effects and diagrams, I thought I would write about film openings & their effective shots in a different blog post.  Aerial...

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During one media lesson, the objective was to design costumes on paper dolls to suggest a particular genre. The rest of the class then had to guess which genre your paper dolls were attempting to portay through their clothing/accessories.    I was chosen to demonstrate a crime/police genre. Therefore, in order to make it obvious, I dressed the male paper doll with a stripey unifrom to simply  imply he is a prisoner. This also looks similar to  traditional prisioner unifrom in the early 1900's and late 1800's. I also added him with an eye mask to suggest he...

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The task was to recreate the scene of 'Natalie fucks up' from the movie 'Love Actually', a romantic comedy that explores nine intertwined stories which examine the complexities of the emotion of love. We were all given copies of the original script and were told that:  1) No AS & A2 media students (including those in our group) were not allowed to feature in our recreation  2) We were given 2 weeks to complete the task  3) We were not allowed to film on school premises during school hours  These rules did not affect our planning and casting process, although we...

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