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Videogames: Lara Croft Go blog tasks

  Language 1) When did Lara Croft first appear in a videogame? 1996 2) What classic films influenced the creation of Lara Croft and the Tomb Raider games? Indiana jones 3) How has Lara Croft and Tomb Raider moved beyond just being a videogame? featured in films and magazines 4)  What devices can you play Lara Croft Go on? phone and laptop 5) What type of game is Lara Croft Go? adventurous and puzzle 6) How does Lara Croft Go use narrative (storyline) to make the game enjoyable for the audience? 7) What iconography can be found in Lara Croft Go? How does this help communicate the  genre  of the game? Think about mise-en-scene and setting here. spiders snakes and treasure  8) What other characters or enemies feature in the game? snakes  9) What is the setting for Lara Croft Go? How does this compare to previous Lara Croft or Tomb Raider games? rainforest its less sexualised  10) Read this  BBC article on the history of Lara Croft and Tomb Raider . H...

Updated Statement Of Intent

  The health drink I will chose is Volvic. My slogan will be "sip, smile, repeat" my aim for this is to motivate the audience to drink healthy when they feel low in energy. I plan to meet my brief of 40- 60 seconds by having two teenagers girls who are 15 and 16. In my first advert the narrative will be me studying in the library with low energy and no motivation. Showing this idea that without the Volvic drink you cannot be energised or feel awake. The shots starts off of me working with my back slouched and my hands on my head showing I'm tired and have a headache. Then its a close up shot of my drink as I take it out my bag to show the drink properly.  I am going to be the girl (a young teenage girl) which can make the audience  relate and get inspired. My slogan for this advert will be "sip, smile, repeat" as its a short and snappy but catchy phrase which can make the audience feel motivated to drink Volvic. For my second advert its going to be set in the li...

statement of intent

 the first advert will be 40seconds -1min min long .For the first advert I'm going to be in the library working, feeling tired and exhausted while this random girl next to me is energised and looks very ready to learn. i decide to ask her how she's so energised and she shows me this health drink 'volvic'. i consider buying it so the next day i buy it and come back to the library. this time I'm fully energised and very awake. My second avert will me reading my book and I'm falling asleep, i get up to walk out and a random stranger recommends a 'volvic' drink to me as she can see i am not energised, the next day i buy the drink and i am more awake and i go up to the girl and thank her for the reccomendation of the volvic drink..     I will use a pack shot in both of them to show off my product .I will also use long shots + medium close up shots to show off my characters facial expressions which will help to show the effect of my drink . I will also add die...

Paper 1 Assessment: Learner Response

  1) Type up your feedback in full (you do not need to write mark/grade if you do not wish to)   WWW : a fair attempt at the black widow film industry csp .some knowledge of advertising conventions.  EBI: in places you are describing what happened in CSPS eg. Galaxy advert- instead you need to analyse and comment on how theories can be linked with examples. also not enough detail which suggest gaps in knowledge 2) Look at the  mark scheme for this assessment . For Question 2 (12 mark unseen) use the indicative content in the mark scheme to identify three points that you could have referred to in your answer. costume- sportswear, t shirt, shorts and trainers. Red links to logo (brand identity- fierce, bold, aggressive intense l lighting- rugby player is lit by high key lighting(technical code actor- deliberate choice to feature a male sports athlete to reflect their brand  3) For Question 3 (Galaxy - narrative features) use the mark scheme to write down...

Preliminary Exercise Tasks: Health Drink Advert

  1) Write a 100 word statement of intent explaining what you are going to make for your preliminary exercise. i am going to do a 30-40 second video. Im going to be in the gym working out doing weightlifting, without being energised and i look next to me and  shymia is drinking this innocent drink which is giving her energy which is what i need. The next morning i go to the shop and buy it for myself to see if the drink is effective. The beginning will be me doing leg machines and I'm not energised. Then i see a girl on the treadmill who's fully energised drinking innocent. I'm going to set this in the day morning time so it looks more realistic and relates to peoples daily life as many people go gym in the morning to start the day off being productive In the middle of the advert im going to be located in tesco to go and collect the drink that i want to get showing the packshot of the health drink. I will be looking for it and then go outside. Then im going to try the drink...

Summer Project Tasks

  Summer project tasks 1) Research: health drink TV adverts  Watch the following adverts and answer the questions below. Innocent Drinks 1) What is the  unique selling point  of the product?   the unique selling point is the fruit are freshly made. 2) What  audience  do you think this is aimed at? Add as much detail as possible (e.g. demographics, psychographics) and explain  why . the demographics are ages between 15 and over just becuase kids under age of 15 arent as interested in healthy drinks like adults and teens would be. The physcographics of this advert is they like to be healthy or theyre contributing to help donating to different countries. 3) What do you notice about the  technical construction  of the advert? Pick out one thing you like about the advert from camerawork, editing, sound or mise-en-scene. You may want to focus on TV advert  conventions  such as voiceover for example.  In the advert they are ...

KISS FM Breakfast show CSP: blog tasks

  Audience Answer the following questions: 1) Read page 2. What is KISS FM's mission? KISS FM's mission is to entertain 15-34 year olds than any other Bauer media brand and is influential amongst this hard-to-reach demographic by delivering the latest trends across each platform.  2) Look at page 3. What is the target audience for KISS FM? As well as writing the key statistics from the media pack, try and suggest what  psychographic groups  would fit the KISS audience too. How does the show target its audience? Look at slide 12 of the slide show attached.  The target audience for KISS FM are 15-34 year olds male and female and the type of people would fit the KISS audience are interested in music that's released. How does the show target its audience.  3) Now look at page 5 - The KISS network. How does KISS use digital media and technology to reach its audience?  by having an app to connects with it's audience through different platform to watch t...