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Year 9 - Maths

Media - films and games

Maths in the workplace

Unit Summary

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Lesson Summary

You will learn to understand how maths is used in the media industry.

Key Notes

  • Forced perspective can be achieved with scaling
  • Animators use coordinate geometry to animate images

Vocabulary To Learn

  • Forced perspective: Forced perspective is a technique that makes an object appear larger, smaller, farther or closer than it really is.

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • Pupils may struggle in the first learning cycle with where each object should be placed.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

1. Solve this in steps: explain the method from this lesson and why each step matters.

Forced perspective can be achieved with scaling. Animators use coordinate geometry to animate images.

2. Use this key word in a maths sentence and explain it clearly. 'Forced perspective'

Forced perspective is a technique that makes an object appear larger, smaller, farther or closer than it really is. Use this word when showing your method, then check your final answer is reasonable.

3. Spot and fix this common maths mistake.

Mistake: Pupils may struggle in the first learning cycle with where each object should be placed. Correction: The closer to the observation point an object is, the larger it appears to be. So if we want an object to appear larger than something else, we need to place it closer to the camera.

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