Introduction to media- Blog 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


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