Grayson Perry

Grayson Perry is an English Artist who bases his work on capturing the lives and background of people and making a detailed piece of artwork on them

Running on channel 4 Grayson uses his artistic talents to firstly explore the person ie; what makes them unique/how they've lived their lives and after a matter of months produces a variety of different work for each person. One of the individuals named Jaz was going through a terrible time with the changing of gender, Perry spent time with the individual and learnt what he was struggling with! The final outcome of work was displayed in an art museum miles from their house! 

I learnt that appearance and personal life can be hard and you may be struggling but if you have people around you(whether that be celebrities or friends) you can achieve wonderful things! Also the overall show allows you to figure out who you are and forms your true identify!

Personally I think the idea of the show is amazing as it tells us to be ourself and not worry about others opinion! Grayson Perry really grabbed our attention with the emotion within the series.

Coursework1_Teen Horror Idea

For my idea I am thinking about;

Settling;

•Cave

•Labratory(science)

Characters;

•Group of Teens

•Scientist

•Camera Men

Genre;

•Horror

•Reality

Theme;

•Supernatural

•Friendship 

•Suspense

•Curiosity

Narrative;

Teen holiday to a rock climbing resort. When suddenly one of the teens loose footing and fall down a shaft between two rocks, leaving the rest of the group worried and debating how to retrieve help!The rest of the group venture down to help the teen but realize there is no way out.

When under ground they realize it is not just a normal cave as there are weird, off putting photos on the way and scientific objects laying around! Later on in the season the teens become intoxicated by fumes that have been let off by the owner of the cave which leaves them in a coma like sleep.

When they awake they are tired to different metal tables and realise they have had a variety off different tests and chemicals injected into them! We are introduce to the scientist during series 2/3 and he is portrayed as a crazy old man with a dirty apron and long facial hair! 

Series 3 and 4 consist of the teens trying to escape and further tests. And them discovering their new powers. As the series go on they escape from the chamber and experiment with their new powers, however in series 7 one of the teens go back to the cave to get 'answers' as to how the powers came about only to discover an empty room. 

After season one the Plot and Characters will completely change however the over theme of supernatural will stay consistent.

Why;

I got this idea of a book I read when I was younger however the whole idea of supernatural powers and a dodgy scientist was made up! I think this season will be effective as it will be full of Suspense and keep the viewers intrigued!

My idea is influenced from other films such as The Creep( a strange man who tortures people in the subway underground) also i was influenced by The Decent( a ground of friends go rock climbing and get lost underground) 

The Creep

 The Decent

DEADLINES!!!!

AS Media Studies Coursework Deadlines from ALEVELFILM

Prezi2_Race&Sexuality

Prezi_Representations

HimMagazine

HimMagazine is a male magazine based on the genre of games, music, sports and gadgets. Over the time period of a week we managed to produce a title page and a variety of different articles and adds on the pages within. As a group we were all designated different tasks, and mine was to assist on the creation of the front page. Deciding different fonts and layouts of the first page was the hardest decision as its main purpose was to attract a wide range of age groups.

We studied popular uk magazines before undergoing this task which really helped our understanding of how a magazine should look. We found out the correct positioning on the pin icon(bottom right). From analysing other magazines we also choose a realistic price(top right) and thought of an attractive name(HIM.)

This magazine was called HIM due to it being a male based magazine focusing on everyday male humour and hobbies e.g.:football.

I think our magazine overall turned out very well as it included all the articles that intrigued men and most definitely reached the expectations of the Alevel class. However, saying that I think the photo on the front cover is very low in quality as the density and detail is very blurred and hard to analysis. 

Testament Of Youth_James Kent

Today after a hour train Journey and an early morning start, we went down to Leister Sqaure to watch the first screening of film version of the real life novel 'Testament Of Youth'. Preparing myself for a boring and over lengthened production I was soon corrected. This 2014 film was made based on the first world war in 1914-1919 exploring the relationship and loss of loved ones and struggles the females went through when the males were forced to join up and serve the county. We are introduced to the main Suffragist female straight away as it shows us the present day of her life. After the 2 minute introduction non-linear is shown when we are taken back 4 years of her life to where the war and her biggest nightmare first began. James Kent used a large range of Mise En Scene with each and every character as they all had a variety of props/clothing and had to switch body language and emotion repeatedly throughout. I felt like James had tried to grasp the viewers and give them an idea of how living through the war changed people and ruined lives. We look deeper into the lives of thoses living in that century and the rules they had to follow eg:females cannot be left alone with a male unless a relative is constantly present. This shocked me when watching as teenagers these days can date and be free from young ages of 13, yet a well matured 17 years back in the 1900's was forbidden.  Personally I think he grabbed our emotional sides as we became connected towards the characters and understood their pain. i would most definitely recommend this new film to any and everyone as it had me in tears throughout and made me realize how lucky i our generation are to have the privileges we have.