Natasha GCSE Blog

 Wednesday 20th of October lo: to explore possible film industry roles and career paths  Starter:  1. Floor runner - They run errands, convey messages look after cast and crew make drinks and provide food  2. Gaffer- working closely with the director of photography, they help bring the film to life  3. Grip-  The make sure that the director and the director of photography want to achieve on a shoot is possible  4. Tucker-  doesn't exist  Words to describe the atmosphere in the trailer, not ]time to die: - tense               -violent  - mysterious     -suspenseful  - exciting          -action  Which moment has the most tension in the trailer: -In the beginning when he was being chased  Prediction:  prediction- 26 cuts       in 30 seconds  answer- 25 cuts            in 30 seconds  Do you agree or disagree with this statement?  The greater the frequency of cuts the greater the tension? or is tension also created in other ways?   I disagree, because you can create tension by using s

 Monday 11th of October Lo: To explore the use of characterisation in a film  Don now task: 1. Clint Eastwood ✔ 2. Ralph Fiennes ✘ 3. Al Pacino ✔ 4. Tom Cruise ✔ 5. Samantha morton ✘ 6. George Clooney ✔ 7. Leonardo dicaprio ✔ 8. Patrick Stewart ✔ 9. Sean Connery ✔ 10. drew Barrymore ✔ 11. Daniel Radcliffe ✔ 12. christian Bale ✔ Case Study Characters:  • Protagonist (hero) • Antagonist (villain)  • sidekick  Maze Runner   main character actors - Tomas, Teresa, Newt, Minho, Chuck, Alby Protagonist- Dylan O'Brien (Tomas) he is 30 years old, job was to get him and his friends out of the maze, personality: brave, strong, fearful  Antagonist- Ava Paige she puts them in the maze. Gally kills Chucky and keeps Tomas locked up.  Sidekick- Newt and Minho, the help Tomas to find the way out.  Hero-  Generally leads the narrative;has a quest or has to solve something; want to succeed; can be any gender  Villain-  Struggles against the hero; seen as morally bad; attempts to stop hero from ach

Wednesday 6th of October  Lo: To analyse a media text using media language Camerawork -The camera shot is a medium long shot  -I think they have chosen this camera shot to hook more people into watching the film, as he is wearing different style of clothes then he what he normally wears. Also to capture more detail like facial expressions, him holding a gun in his hand, holster, shadows and more. If they had did a mid shot or a close up you wouldn't seen much of the detail such as the: holster, gun and style of clothing.  Mise-en-scene -The clothing in the poster gives us the feeling of him being a hitman as he is wearing casual clothes, with black gloves which could surgests that he doesn't want to leave any evidence behind like some sort of spy. He is also wearing a watch which links with the title (no time to die) giving us the impression that there is some sort of pressure of time like a bomb or a mission that is limited in time as the font is military based suggesting his