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Stranger Things Analysis

Costume:  The boys at the start are wearing casual 1980s clothing which suggest to the audience that the boys are lower class and not professional or serious about their job. This contrasts against the person in a white lab coat and this suggests that he is a professional scientist unlike the boys sitting in a basement playing a board game. The connotations of the white lab coat of the scientist shows that his is looking for perfection and peace which ironical compered to what happens to him Lighting:  In the opening scene, the lighting was turquoise similar to the colour that is often used in hospitals. This shows that the scientist was potentially working on dissecting a animal or being in order to create something but that went wrong and it made the monster that he was running away from. The lights were also flashing and flickering which showed that something was going wrong or a alarm went off but also it raised the audiences heart beat making them want to stick to the show Setting
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Denotation and Connotation

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  Denotation: There is a kid that is sad. There is text that says dig toilets not graves. There is a logo that promotes the charity. There are houses behind him Connotation: The child is sad because he doesn't have clean water and one of his family members might of died because of a disease spread by dirty water. The houses look like they are made out of cheap material suggesting he is in a developing country Analysis: The advert helps the audience understand the struggle that people in developing countries go through so it would help them a lot if they had clean water to drink from. In addition, the text across the side of the advert (referring to a ‘graves’) uses seriousness to add to the struggle that people are going through. The author thinks that we should donate money to this charity in order to help out and potentially save lives. Denotation: There is a journalist called Trevor McDonald and he looks quite happy. On his desk there is a cup, some papers and a pack of digestiv

First blog task

1) Which part of Media are you looking forward to the most? Course work. 2) What knowledge and skills do you hope to learn in Media? Editing and Debating. 3) What grade are you realistically hoping to achieve in Media? 8. 4) What device do you use most to access the media? (The media = news, TV, music, film, social media etc.)  Phone. 5) What is your average 'screen time' (or equivalent) on your phone each day. Is this about right, too little or too much? Why?  3hrs. I would say this is about right. 6) What was the last TV programme or film you watched? I re-watched Jumanji. 7) What device or subscription do you use to listen to music? Spotify Premium. 8) Do you play videogames? If so, what do you play games on and what is your favourite game? Yes, right now my favourite game is Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege. 9) Are you on social media? If so, what social media do you have and why do you like it?  Yes I use tiktok and Instagram. 10) Finally, do you think the media is a pos