Unit 4 and 9 Prep

Unit 4 Prep - Building and Creating a Website Develop the first page of a website for an environmental cause ( you can choose cause ) Aimed for ages 15-18 years old Environmental cause - Deforestation Revenue How can a website make money? Advertising Affiliate Marketing Donations Sponsors Sponsored Content Online Store Membership fees Online Courses and E-books Consulting Services Pay-Per-Click Companies that would be interested in advertising to my target audience Patagonia - known for its commitment to environmental causes and sustainable practices The Body Shop - Retailer that focuses on ethically sourced and sustainable beauty products TOMS - A company that supports various environmental and social causes, including reforestation Seventh generation - Brand that offers eco-friendly cleaning and personal care products Ecosia - Search engine thats ad-revenue goes to planting trees a reforestation projects Legal and Ethical Issues What do i need to be aware of when im creating and desi...

Unit 4 Prep - GUI, SEO & Sitemaps Interactive Media Products A website - Wikipedia - to gain information -  search box, login option, images A blog - Blogger - to read about other people's work/ lives -  home buttons, font and design option    A mobile website- Youtube - to gain information and watch created videos - links to other videos on the website An app - Spotify - to entertain and gain knowledge - play/pause button, volume button, like button An app - Vinted - buy and sell clothes - sell, like, and message buyers and sellers A streaming TV site- Prime Video -  to entertain - search, home, play/pause, add to list  YouTube:  You are able to watch, like, comment, and share different videos with your friends. The application allows users to upload videos and create original content for their viewers. Allowing users to comment and share videos with their friends makes the app more interactive and fun for audiences as they can share and learn dif...

Unit 4 Prep - Interactive Media Interactive media , any computer-delivered electronic system that allows the user to control, combine, and manipulate different types of media, such as text, sound, video, computer graphics, and animation. KEY TAKEAWAYS Interactive media refers to the ways in which people process and share information. It's meant to engage the user and interact with them in a way that non-interactive media does not. Social media, virtual reality, and apps are all forms of interactive media. Television and radio are the most common examples of non-interactive media. Interactive media arose through the Internet revolution of the 1990s and improved technology, such as smartphones. The uses of interactive media are far and wide, ranging from education and networking to video games EXAMPLES OF INTERACTIVE MEDIA PRODUCTS Social networking websites such as Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), and Instagram are examples of interactive media. These sites use graphics and text to a...

Lesson 9 - Cross-Media Promotion Franchise - "A media franchise, also known as a multimedia franchise, is a collection of related media in which several derivative works have been produced from an original creative work of fiction, such as a film, a work of literature, a television program or a video game." Cross-Media Promotion - Advertising across different media platforms Cross-Promotion Movie - Venom: Let There Be Carnage Comic - Absolute Carnage #79,640 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #301 in Marvel Comics & Graphic Novels (Books) #1,075 in Superhero Comics & Graphic Novels Tv show - Spider-Man: Unlimited Franchise - Venom Rotten Tomatoes - 50% Cross-Promotion for my media product Turn it into a movie, set in a different timeline, possibly moved on from after he saves his planet with the chocolate bar. I could also turn the character of Ardkem into his own franchise, as well as making the other characters, such as his nemesis, into another character in the fran...

Unit 9 Prep - Creating a Comic Use a brief to plan and produce the first 6 panels of a comic story. Brief: You are producing a digital comic for an age group of 15-18 The environment is set in space and an alien has found a new chocolate bar that could potentially save his planet from starvation! You will have two lessons: Lesson 1 - Brief Planning & Comic Life Lesson 2 - Comic Life Ardkem : The Last Bar Briefly plan the synopsis of the plot In the thrilling digital comic set in a galaxy far far away, an alien, Ardkem, discovers a mysterious chocolate bar that holds the key to saving his planet from extinction. As the alien delves deeper into the origins of this extraordinary chocolate, eerie and unsettling events begin to unfold. Sinister forces lurk in the shadows, determined to prevent the alien from using the chocolate's powers for good. The alien must navigate a treacherous path filled with suspense, horror, and unexpected twists as he races against time to ...

Unit 9 Prep - Comic Scripts & Flesch Reading Different ways to access comics Phones, Tablets and hand held devices Desktop computer Physical Comic E-comics Optimisation  -  making a product or things as fully functional for a certain purpose as possible Scripting The format for a comic script is very different to a film/TV script​ You must state what is happening on the specific panel using words to describe the picture and then the dialogue that would feature in the comic​ You need a title panel and then you describe the action for each panel and each page Comic Script Structures Micro-structures: inter-frame relationships: shot-reverse shot, repetition, contrast, Q/A, non-sequitur, flash-forwards, flashback​ Macro-structures: narrative structure:​ Comic strip narrative structure is often similar to that of mainstream film and television e.g. Todorov’s narrative stages (equilibrium, disruption of the equilibrium, reinstatement of the equilibrium), utilises Propp’s ...

Unit 9 - Writers and Pencillers Famous Writers, Pencillers and Colourists Stan Lee - Superhero Jack Kirby - Superhero Bob Kane - Father of Batman Will Eisner - Black and White Osamu Tezuka - Godfather of Anime Alan Moore - Shadows and Clear colour palette Beano vs Superman Beano is a comic written by D.C. Thomson and illustrated by David Sutherland, who is also responsible for coming up with the idea of Denis The Menace. This British comic came out in 1938 (just before the golden age of comics) and uses a more comically animated art style. This comic was primarily targeted at children and therefore uses more youthful themes for the storyline and art style. Beano's were not usually given titles, but just given the name Beano and then the number of the issue.  In addition, the colours used throughout are more bright and bold to appeal to young kids as they often enjoy looking at brighter/ happy colours. Finally, the way the characters have been drawn uses less realistic detail a...

Publishers & Companies Many different publishers in the comic industry Two of the most popular, taking up almost 80/90% of the market. DC Comics (owned by Warner Bros.) and Marvel (owned by The Walt Disney Company) are often referred to as 'The Big Two' Others include Manga Entertainment, 2000 AD, Fleetway Press, Image Comics, Dark Horse Smaller publishers have started to build a big presence in the comic book world and are growing - pushing the boundaries of comic book content and creator owned content (e.g. Image Comics and 'The Walking Dead')  Examples Of Comic Publishers and Companies: Manga Entertainment Manga Entertainment was a producer, licensee, and distributor of anime in the United States and the United Kingdom. Originally founded in the UK in 1987, the UK branch became Funimation UK and Ireland in 2021, also currently known as Crunchyroll Ltd. since 2022, while its U.S. branch was absorbed into Starz Inc. (now owned by Lionsgate). 2000 AD 2000 AD ...

Unit 9 - Comics and Graphic Novel Story Telling An intro to comics Marvel dominates the comic industry owning over half of the market share They created comics first 1939 - Marvel released first ever comic Released during ww2 with comics based on heroes Purposes of comics Inform, Educate, Promote, Advertise, Entertain Express ideas with image Entertain by telling a story Escapes from reality Promote new characters and stories Promotes the company Helps to broaden imagination Inspires and sets role models for young children Formats Comic book - The comic book is a soft cover magazine of sequential artwork (a number of pictures in colour) and words that when used together tell a story. Comic Strip - This is what you would find in a newspaper such as Garfield, and what was originally referred to with the term, "comic". Graphic Novel - A thicker, and glue bound book. This format has been used by some publishers to distinguish the content from comics with more mature conten...