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stranger things

  Costume: The four boys were wearing casual 1980s clothes. This suggests to the audience that it was a causal day for them and nothing unusual was happening. However, it contrasts to the opening scene of the scientists wearing a white lab coat. The scientists white lab coat may convey the beginning of the strange things that will occur.  Lighting: In the opening scene, the light was flickering a lot which could suggests the dangers that was about to happen. We see this flickering of the light again when Mikes dad tries getting the tv to work, and in the end when Will was being chased. Therefore as the audience we might predict that the light will play a significant role through out the series. Also, there were many times where we couldn't see much (e.g. when Will was being chased) the use of darkness creates suspense and it wants the audience to watch more to find out what was happening.  Setting:  The setting of the opening scene was in a government labatory, the idea of starting

photo shop

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  I used a Autumn pallet on the fruit bowl. 

denotations and connotations

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 Denotations-  I can see a boy who seems upset or hurt. Behind him there seems to be a hut. The writing says Dig toilets not Graves. The water aid logo suggests that he may be unhealthy. Connotations-  The writing may suggest that this boy and his community may not have toilets to be able to flush or even have the facility of a toilet. The impact of 'not graves' conveys that people are dying because of the lack of water/facilities this boy receives. The use of the white colour of the text may be showing sympathy or peace towards this boy.  Analysis- 

First Blog

1) Which part of Media are you looking forward to the most? editing and creating videos  2) What knowledge and skills do you hope to learn in Media? Editing and debating  3) What grade are you realistically hoping to achieve in Media? 9 4) What device do you use most to access the media? (The media = news, TV, music, film, social media etc.)  my phone  5) What is your average 'screen time' (or equivalent) on your phone each day. Is this about right, too little or too much? Why?  5 hours on a school day which i think is about right and 7 hours on a normal holiday  6) What was the last TV programme or film you watched? Sky Sports  7) What device or subscription do you use to listen to music? I dont listen to music  8) Do you play videogames? If so, what do you play games on and what is your favourite game? Yes, CRICKET 24, on ps4 9) Are you on social media? If so, what social media do you have and why do you like it?  yes snap chat  10) Finally, do you think the media is a positi