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Introduction to Photoshop: fruit bowls

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  1) Save your fruit bowl as a   JPEG image  in Photoshop - remember to save it in   your own folder   on the Media Shared drive in the   Student  folder. To save as a JPEG image, go to 'Save a Copy' and then use the drop-down menu for 'File type' and choose JPEG. 2) Post your fruit bowl (or fruit bowls if you did more than one) to your blog by clicking the 'add image' icon and locating the correct JPEG image from your folder on Media Shared. 3) Write a short explanation of the colour palette you used and the effect you were trying to create when designing your fruit bowl. I used a winter palette which consists a mixture of pale colours as well as dark colours to make it look almost frozen. I used an image of the universe which consisted a variety of cold and warm colours. the use of dark colours makes the fruits pop out more. I Used an image that consisted a variety of different colours so that it'd look colourful and less dull as well as mixing blank colou
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Denotation & Connotation blog tasks: advert analysis

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Denotation & Connotation blog tasks: advert analysis 1) Write an analysis of the  WaterAid advert above  using denotation, connotation and analysis. What can you see? What are the deeper meanings in the advert? What does the advert communicate to the audience? How might an audience react after seeing the advert? 2) Now choose your  own choice of advert  from Google images. Save it to your documents, insert it into your blogpost and write an analysis using denotation and connotation, explaining what the advert is communicating to the audience. Extension: Print advert research Read  this design blog on some of the best print adverts of all time . Choose one advert that you feel is particularly powerful in terms of its use of connotations and analyse why it is so successful 1) Denotations: This image consists a child of colour (symbolic code), the background image is blurred but looks like it is located in a dry area (Technical code and narrative code). It also features a logo on the
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First blog task

  1) Which part of Media are you looking forward to the most? I am looking forward to making videos or adverts. 2) What knowledge and skills do you hope to learn in Media? What makes people successful and how to get successful. 3) What grade are you realistically hoping to achieve in Media? Highest possible grade i can get. 4) What device do you use most to access the media? (The media = news, TV, music, film, social media etc.)   social 5) What is your average 'screen time' (or equivalent) on your phone each day. Is this about right, too little or too much? Why?  14-10 hours on tablet. 1-4 hours on phone. 6) What was the last TV programme or film you watched? The weather forecast. 7) What device or subscription do you use to listen to music? Phone or tablet. 8) Do you play videogames? If so, what do you play games on and what is your favourite game? Roblox or minecraft. Roblox has a lot of games but minecraft is where I can build nice stuff. 9) Are you on social media? If so,
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