Noam From The Vault!

 Hello everyone! Welcome back to my blog! Today in class we took our first mock exam for paper 1 media studies. We watched the clip four times and had two minutes in between to write down our thoughts and any elements we had seen.  The movie excerpt we watched was from Agent Carter. Here was my entry of how elements work together to create the social significance!     In Agent Carter the social significance is about a woman, in the post civil-war era, in a male dominated field being undermined, because of her gender. Throughout this excerpt we see Peggy, the female protagonist, in an office, only filled with men being talked down on and referred to as "sweetie" or "darling" rather than what she truly is, which is agent carter. The representation, which focuses on the way individuals and groups are portrayed to the audience, is the imbalance of power between men and women in the workplace during that time period, as that was the gender norms.  Throughout the clip...

Hi everyone! I hope all is well. Today in class we were learning about editing and transitions and we had to pick a scene from a show/movie and identify ten cuts in a scene. For my specific scene I chose the opening scene from The Dark Knight! Here is the clip  1. Straight Cut (0:00-0:18)- The scene cuts right from the studio logo to a wide shot of Gotham City. It sets the location and gives a serious vibe. 2. Insert Shot (0:19-0:29) We get a close-up of the glass window breaking from the grappling hook. This shows that there is a heist happening and it grabs the audiences attention 3. Match on Action: (0:43-0:51) The camera cuts from the grappling hook hitting the building to the robbers zip lining across. It keeps the action smooth and makes the moment feel very fast, kind of like a feel of adrenaline. 4. Cross- Cutting (0:52-0:58): The scene switches between the rooftop robbers and the clown masked guy in the car below. This shows that the heist is happening in multiple places a...