Josh Lobb GCSE Blog

24/02/20 L/O: To explore the concept and format of news. What is the purpose of news? - Money -Educate -Inform -Spread awareness -Entertain Common types of news: -Sports (scores, transfers, match news etc) -Breaking news (Coronavirus, deaths, terror attacks etc) -Technology evolution (robots, new tech, improved phones and computers etc) -Celebrities (problems, new shows, doing good for the public etc) L/O: To explore the validity to news stories and their origins. What exactly 'fake news'? Fake news: False information used to shape your views, opinion or ideas. 5 examples of Fake News: -Boy who is 18 claims he is 9 and talks about being suicidal is exposed by the public and sent plenty of hate after he was caught lying about being bullied. -Man on the radio claims that he spots a UFO -Man claims he was attacked by a ghost. -People claim that Madeline McCann's parents killed their young daughter. -Russia claim they are not spreading the Coronavirus ...

10/02/20 L/O: To use and develop Photoshop skills The thing all these films have in common is they are all obviously all horror but they are also slasher films which according to the dictionary means " a horror movie, especially one in which victims (typically women or teenagers) are slashed with knives and razors". Other slasher films are Freddy Vs Jason, the Scream franchise, the final girls, hatchet, psycho and many more.

L/O: To build an effective website. 06/02/20 https://joshlobb06.wixsite.com/mysite I think that Ii have made a good website for a beginner and I put all my effort into making this background to what I wanted it to be. Also, I found the company to be good because most fitness places now-a-days are mainly for women so I thought that it would be good if I made a fitness company for men. The main problem with this is that I now look back on it and I wish i made a different type of company like a skiing company, a scootering company or even a new football brand. Finally, I give my website a 3.5/5 because I believe that it is good for my first website and it does look really impressive.

L/O: To explore the concept of branding and to create an effective brand image.                      06/01/20 Company: Name: Slimmy Jimmy. What it does (purpose): Dietary company. Unique Selling Point (USP): This slimming company is aimed mainly at men at the ages of 30-70. Target Audience: 30-70 year old men. Similar Slogan:"Snap into a slim jim!" Name: Refresh What it does (purpose): Chewing gum Unique Selling Point (USP): This gum is aimed at 9 and above Target Audience: 9 and above Similar Slogan: "Eat, drink, chew Extra!" I came up with this design because of the business being a weight loss company so i put a silhouette of a strong person. Also, it has the name of the company, the copyright R and the year the brand was found. I came up with this design because I thought the palm tree looked cool and I've added the name of the brand and warped the name, put in the copyright R an...

16/12/19 L/O: To create an effective film poster that uses accurate genre conventions and layout elements. Photoshop Task - Create a film poster for a new Christmas film. -It must have at least one person in it and contain all the elements a typical promotional film poster would have. List all the information a film poster should contain. -Age restrictions -Title -Quote -Tag line - WWW: I made a film poster that is Christmas related EBI: I could have cut out the 18+ picture and 

12/12/19 L/O: To explore using geometric patterns

L/O: To create a realistic green screened clip using iMovie.  CGI- Computer Generated Image. What is included under special effects? Types of effects  that are commonly used include : flying effects , laser lighting, theatrical smoke and fog, CO 2  effects , and pyrotechnics. Other atmospheric effects  can include  flame, confetti, bubbles, and snow