Gracie Media Blog

 Tuesday 28th February 2023 LO-to explore the concept and format of news. Types of News - climate             - health  - education  - world  - politics  - war in ukraine  - coronavirus - business - cost of living  - science  climate- government green heating plan 'seriously failing' health- manipulated about abortion business- strikes for pay rise  cost of living-  why are prices so high? world-   investigating poisoning  fake news- false information used to shape your views, opinions or ideas. The information is often exaggerated, heavily biased or simply not true. It is often intentionally misleading. It can also be known as propaganda.  fake news   -assuming death -bribes in return for money  -scams and hackers -manipulating news [race/sexuality] -misleading with no answer Tuesday 7th March 2023 LO- to understand what news is and where to find it   ideas -teache...

 Thursday 9th February 2023 LO- to plan, edit and film an effective sequence. our trailer is about two people coming to kill two innocent young girls.

  Thursday 26th January 2023 LO- to plan and construct an effective green screen scene. idea 1 -late at night -ella may starts a fight  idea 2 -music video Tuesday 31st January 2023  The scene we are filming is a music video.  audio- call me maybe 

  Thursday 12th January 2023 LO- to explore the different features of iMovie and experiments with different genre features. TUESDAY 17th January 2023 i chose titanic which is a romance.  Tuesday 24th January 2023 🌸 SFX LO- to create a realistic green screened clip using Imovie  Special effects include; mechanical effects —such as pyrotechnics, miniatures, and prosthetic makeup—and optical effects, such as motion-capture photography, matte paintings, and stop-motion animation . CGI - computer generated imagery (effects created with the computer only).

  Tuesday 10th January 2023 Film trailer  ingredients for horror;  horror background music jump  intimidating characters innocent characters twists in the story  unexpected scenes horror inspired films .jaws .scream .it .smile planning a horror film setting- dark scenes, loud sinister music.

 Tuesday 6th December 2022 LO-to explore the concept of film genre. Genre-a style, especially in the arts, that involves a particular set of characteristics.  hybrid-mixture of two or more genres.  home alone    mean girls mary poppins  instant family  minions     mamma mia parent trap    1. the main genre conventions for the comedy genre are exaggerating the amusing actions, characters and scenarios. 2. three directors for comedy films are, Adam McKay, Paul Feig, Woody Allen. 3. movie stars that have been associated with comedy films; Lindsay Lohan, Amanda Seyfried, Macauley Culkin Tuesday 13th December 2022 LO-to implement genre codes and conventions. Angry neighbors, Christmas In Paradise, A Christmas Karen, Most Guys are Losers and Divorce Bait.  Example Recipe for a Comedy Trailer Ingredients: feel good music funny scenes funny scenarios amusing and likeable characters a few unlikeable characters for interesting scene...