Lauren GCSE Blog

 Tuesday 28th February 2023 LO:  To explore the concept and format of news. Types of News: Science - Marine reserves off England to get full protection Politics -  Climate - What is carbon capture and can it fight climate change  Education - Thousands of schools face teacher strikes Entertainment and Arts - The Weeknd sets new Spotify listening record Family - When do parents find about secondary school places  Sport -  UK World Business Tech Health Local  Celebrity Human Interest Fake News  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:  The people who want you to believe the war in Ukraine is fake French TV host suspended in "news for hire" scandal Could AI swamp social media with fake accounts NFL's Hamlin in surprise appearance for award Investigating false pos...

 Thursday 9th February 2023 LO:  To plan, film and edit an effective sequence. Me and Poppy fell in love and I proposed to her at the end. George filmed the scenes. We worked outside by the animals and near the goats pen.  We used a few props.

 Thursday 26th January 2023 LO:  To plan and construct an effective green screen scene. -George  -Poppy  -Lauren NEWS REPORT In the news studio Lauren: Tonight, there has been an unfortunate turn of events for Lloyds Bank (by your side) down in London. Where it was unfortunately robbed 2 hours ago by 2 males dressed as Barbie and Ken. The police have arrested a suspect however we don't have any information current- Poppy enters  Poppy: HIIII exusez-moi do you know where the nearest Costa is? I could really go for a latte right now. Lauren: Wow, it's not like i was doing anything! Poppy: Well I'm sorry but I need my latte!I'm going through a crisis. Lauren:I don't care about your probably stupid crisis. Poppy:Well if you must know, Asda closed down, I need a few days to mentally recover. Lauren: As I said..... stupid Tuesday 31st January 2023 In our scene I play a news reporter who is continuously interrupted by Poppy who then takes over the report. We are going ...

  Thursday 12th January 2023 LO: To explore the different features of iMovie and experiment with different genre features. Tuesday 17th January 2023 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - Fantasy  I am going to change it to a Romance Tuesday 24th January 2023 Do now: I changed Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban into a romance by adding some music that set the scene and I also added title pages to add a storyline. WWW: I used multiple different techniques within iMovie. EBI: Next time I could use some different transitions to add different effects. SFX LO:  To create a realistic green screened clip using iMovie. Special Effects CGI Stop Motion  Motion Control Prosthetics Pyrotechnics Green Screen CGI - Computer Generated Imagery (special visual effects created using computer software) Created only with a computer

 Tuesday 10th January 2023 LO:   Film Outline: Character Outline: Protagonist - Rose/Actor Protgonist best friend - Daisy/Actor Antagonist -  Recipe for an action/adventure: Ingredients: A hero A side character that saves the hero A villain who is trying to kill the hero An animal companion  A weapon Bombings and fire Dramatic music  A busy city where the hero has a mission to complete Method: Have the unsuspecting hero go on a dangerous journey they are not aware of (they have to figure out how to solve the mystery) Add a villain who is attempting to kill the hero The animal companion gets hurt but the hero saves them The hero gets injured in the blazing fire and the bombings  The side character protects them  They complete the mission and kills the villain  

 Tuesday 6th December 2022 LO:  To explore the concept of film genre. Do now: Film Genres  Horror  Sci-fi Fantasy  Comedy Christmas  Action Adventure Romance Musicals Thriller Drama Documentaries  Animation Crime  Dystopia Period Drama Rom Com  Genre - A style, especially in the arts, that involves a particular set of characteristics. Hybrid - A mixture of 2 or more genres. Sub-genres - Categories that genres can be divided into. Fantasy: Frozen The Wizard of Oz Beauty and the Beast The Little Mermaid  Cinderella Harry Potter Tangled  Fox and the Hound Snow White  Princess and the Frog Lady and the Tramp Lion King  Aladdin Moana Alice in Wonderland The Jungle Book Animation Romance Musical Fantasy Research Conventions: Magic Myth Good vs Evil Tradition vs Change Love They use a colour palette of blue, purple and white Directors: Tim Burton directed Alice in Wonderland Peter Jackson directed The Hobbit Ridley Scott directed...

 Tuesday 29th November 2022 LO: To refine and develop Photoshop skills. Do Now: Great work Lauren WWW: you've included all of the main elements of a horror poster EBI: think about the size and placement of your text elements Fantasy   The title is in the middle or the bottom of the poster Colours - Blue, white and purple Gold or silver details A certain setting to show important parts of the movie Thursday 1st December 2022 Do Now: Tron: sci-fi because they use a lot of blue and white colours and the font they use expresses science fiction. Looks as if it could be set in the future. Judgement of Paris: action/adventure because the background looks as if something catastrophic has happened and the outfit he is wearing looks as if he's on a mission. There are also explosions in the background. Pan's Labyrinth: fantasy because they use a colour palette of blues, purples and whites which is a common convention of a fantasy film. There are also black silhouettes as the main ima...