Media A Level

Write a diary of your media consumption and involvement. What are you watching, listening to, playing and reading?

Write a paragraph (500 words) on the recent developments in the media industry.

Go to Nordic Noir and Beyond to familiarise yourself with the themes and style of the genre. You’ll be studying The Bridge, so keep hold of your notes.

Please create a brief PowerPoint/Google Slides presentation using images you have taken around your home to illustrate a range of shot types.

1. Look at this website to help you start familiarising yourself with these key terms.
2. Create as many examples of the following shot types as you can.
   • Long Shot
   • Cowboy Shot
   • Mid Shot
   • Close-Up
   • Extreme Close-Up
3. Screenshot (or use Google images) find professional examples, from film and TV shows, that use these shot types.
4. If you are feeling confident, can you ascribe meaning to these shots? (i.e., what message is it trying to convey and how are elements, such as lighting, used to tell a story?)

Please ask willing family members to be your subject(s), you should be behind the camera. If you are struggling pets, action figures, etc. will do just fine!

Please think carefully about how you present this information, think of creative ways to use PowerPoint/Google to create dynamic presentations.

YouTube is a fantastic way to get acquainted with filmmaking practices. See if you can find some videos that explain basic shot types and include links in your presentation.

• Filmmaker IQ
• Film Riot
• Indy Mogul

We will be asking for this work on the first day of College so please be ready to submit this digitally on the first day once you have been assigned login details for Google Classroom.