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Gratification and Uses  28/06/18  Blamer and Katz researched how and why people select certain media products over other  They came up with four main uses  - Identity -Relationship -Personal Information -Entertainment

Photography Challenge 1 25/06/18 Lo: To experiment with perspective and composition      

The Lego Movie   20/06/18 LO: -To use Intertextuality in The Lego Movie         -To include how The Lego Movie is marketed         -To use and explain Postmodernism        The term Intertextuality refers to the process of creating references to any kind of media text via another media text. In other words Intertextuality essentially means for a type of media(film,television,music etc) to pay homage to another media text. One way that The  Lego Movie shows intertextuality is by when it starts it shows a main city with domain characters in just ordinary people doing the same routine. The way we find out about the main character is all the other builders leave apart from Emmet showing that he is different ( the maim character ).  The main theme of the movie is to give feel that everybody should be treated equally and not hate people. Also shows that you sh...

The lego Movie : Video Game  14/06/18 LO: To explain how vertical integration benefits companies; to analyse using uses and gratification theory  5 Examples of the films/video games releases Super Mario Bros Frozen Barbie Harry Potter Moshi Monster -Making money ( profit maximised ). For Example more and more people will tell others how good they game is . -Familiarity.  -Extends the pleasure of the film. -The promotes the film, the film the game.

11/06/18                                             Skill Development Photoshop LO: To explore and develop creative techniques in photoshop  Colour Popping Gradual Fade  Liquid y 

What are the building blocks of success? What did Lego do right? Company brought in Phil Lord and Christopher Miller (of 21 Jump Street and Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs fame) to create a genuinely funny and clever movie. How has it laid the foundations for future success?  The benefits of this Lego film are not just limited to the supportive spending of adults either. What makes a children's movie such an enduring legacy is that it firstly finds its excitable audience in the cinema, then the young viewers eagerly snap up a DVD that can be viewed several times over and will probably sit in the DVD collection for years. How has it got heart? They do it to laugh, to cry, to get angry, sad and to experience the millions of shades of emotion that lie in between these broad categories . How is it all about ‘you’? We mentioned above the core theme of the movie: the difference between those who create and those ...