GCSE Media Autumn Term Index

1) First blog task - 10 questions

2) Poster Analysis

3) Denotation and Connotation

4) Introduction to Photoshop

5) Mise-en-scene: Stranger Things

6) Camerawork - Doctor Who: Shots and angles

7) Camera Movement and Editing

8) Blog feedback and learner response

9) Demographic research

10) Demographic and Psychographic


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