Wednesday, 16 October 2013

10W Mr Smith Thursday


  • Finish your magazine cover.
  • Save as a JPEG and email to Mr Ford
  • Annotate the magazine cover using the correct terminology. Use the handout you were given.
  • Apply LIAR to your magazine cover.
  • Print out your work and stick in your exercise book.
Extension task:
  • Print out your CD cover work and paste in your exercise books.
  • Print out any other saved work and stick in books.
THEN
  • Research The Hunger Games (2012) directed by Gary Ross


1.) An explanation of the films plot

2.) The films genre (who do you think would want to watch it? Teens, Adults, Males, Females etc)

3.) The films rating (e.g, is it 15, 18, PG?)

4.) The films budget (i.e. how much it cost to make)

5.) Who directed the film (is this film typical of their work?)

6.) Who starred in the film (are they major stars or relative unknowns? What films have the previously been in?)

7.) Which Studio(s) produced the film (and more importantly WHO owns them?)

7.) The technology involved (was it filmed on ‘film’ or digital, is it 3D? Does it use CGI? etc)

8.) Which studio(s) distributed the film (and once again who owns them?)

9.) The films release date in the UK and the US

10.) How many screens was the film shown on? (This is a tricky one)

11.) FIVE different examples of how the film was marketed (e.g. Posters, trailers, premiers etc).

Thursday, 10 October 2013

Photoshop activity

Making a Magazine Cover

Thursday, 3 October 2013

Creativity CD Cover Analysis

Once you have produced your CD cover following the 'creativity' instructions, print it out in colour, stick it into your books and analyse your CD cover using LIAR

Language
Institution
Audience
Representation

Refer to your books or the SlideShare presentation on my blog to help remind you of  the definitions.
Work on a word doc. and stick the finished creation in your exercise books.