Be a Media Critic

In the Be a Media Critic section, take a closer look at types of media like photography, radio, film, and television. Record your answers to the Write About It questions in a notebook or a digital document.

Use the word banks: Media ArtsPhotography  | Film and TV

Google Drive/Classroom Users: You can go under File and select "Make a Copy" or "Print" to access the Artopia Media - Write About It worksheet.

Felix the Cat | Artopia

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The Goose That Laid the Golden Egg (1936) A Closer Look Animation is a series of stills that fool the eye into thinking it sees movement. The Goose That Laid the Golden Egg is a cel animation...
I Like Ike Campaign | Artopia

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ROY O. DISNEY A Closer Look A poll taken in 1952 found Dwight D. Eisenhower to be the most admired living American, a World War II hero who played a key role in the victory of the Allied Forces. In...
Love | Artopia

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A Closer Look Comedy is sometimes funnier if you can't see everything. Filmmaker Lynn Cornfoot uses off-screen action to increase the comic effect in her film Love . We can only imagine what the Wife...
Magic in the Air | Artopia

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JAMISON HANDY A Closer Look The man trying to buy a ticket to a ball game at the beginning of Magic in the Air was an unusual person for his day -- he owned a TV set. This industrial film does a good...
Newport Commericial | Artopia

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LORILLARD TOBACCO CO. A Closer Look This TV commercial for Newport menthol cigarettes aired during the 1960’s. Today these old ads can tell us something about who tobacco companies were selling their...
Nosferatu | Artopia

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A Symphony of Horrors (1922) A Closer Look F.W. Murnau shot much of Nosferatu on location in the Carpathian Mountains of Romania, using real landscapes and towns and an actual castle. This was unusual...
Spider-Man | Artopia

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The Peril of Doc Ock (2004) A CLOSER LOOK Some words of wisdom from the makers, SPITE YOUR FACE PRODUCTIONS. Tim : Really, the best way to learn animation is to just play around until it looks good...
Critical Viewing: Cigarette Ads | Artopia
Critical Viewing: Cigarette Ads | Artopia

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Critical viewing means taking a closer look, not being critical. It means that you are an active, rather than passive viewer. Active viewing means that you study the elements, in this case, an...
Media Arts Word Bank | Artopia
Media Arts Word Bank | Artopia

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line – a long thin continuous mark or stroke color – a component of light, the sensation of primary and secondary hues, tints, and shades as created by light and pigments, reflecting or absorbing...