NEARLY THERE NOW.....

   I am so proud of how hard you've all been working....keep it up for these last few weeks..

            BRING TO TUESDAY'S LESSON:  

           1. Your speech for Showcase Evening on Thursday 25th April

           2. Your yellow forms on Research and Planning (started in Friday's lesson)

           3. Your Creativity Essay

      You have only TWO WEEKS to complete your evaluation questions.

•    THE TOP POST ON YOUR BLOG needs to be your final video then your magazine advert and digipak. 
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•        THE SECOND POST ON YOUR BLOG needs to be your Evaluation Questions
•      Clearly label all your posts connected with research and planning

Other Info

  A2 blogs will be closed on Thursday 2^nd April. Any adjustments made after this date will not count as part of your coursework

  Invite family and friends to your Showcase evening: Thursday 25^th April, HW hall, from 3.45pm (running time: approx.. 1 hour)

  Write speeches for showcase evening. Bring your camera to the Showcase Evening – to upload audience feedback onto your blog - and add to Evaluation Q3 

EASTER HOMEWORK PART TWO

EVALUATION QUESTIONS DEADLINE:

FRIDAY 19TH APRIL

Answer the FOUR EVALUATION questions (see earlier posts for 4 Qs and mark scheme).


Look at examples of TOP MARK blogs and evaluations:

http://latymermedia2010mvcharley.blogspot.co.uk/

EASTER HOMEWORK PART ONE

ANSWER THE EXAM QUESTION 1a)

"Describe and evaluate how your CREATIVE skills have developed from AS to A2."

HOW TO PLAN IDEAS FOR AN ESSAY ON CREATIVITY

DON'T ask yourself the question, " How have I become more creative during my A level course?“ Ask yourself, "Have I become more creative?“ If you answer the second question, then you will evaluate your progress much more thoroughly.

For example, the pros and cons of using GarageBand might be:
Pros

Allows me to create my own thriller soundtrack.
It's an easy to use programme with a pre-existing set of 'sounds'.
I can use i-tunes to format my soundtrack and then import to imovie.

The process is quick and straight-forward.
But the Cons could include

The samples available are limited.
I can't fundamentally change the samples.
My soundtrack sounds like a lot of other student's work

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What could you discuss in an essay on creativity?

Creativity

• What was the intended outcome of your productions? (preferred readings, promotional purposes etc)

• How were these outcomes achieved in terms of camera shot choices/diegetic or non-diegetic music etc.?

• How did you present your ideas on the blog?

• Work on shotlists, layouts, drafting, scripting or storyboarding

• How did you make creative decisions about your set design, props, location etc

• What stylistic choices were made in order to appeal to your target audience?

Diary Dates

Diary Dates

A2 Music Video finished deadline: Friday 15th March
Elisha, Megan, Sanan: move Final Videos on MAC6 by Friday 22nd March

Thursday 25th April: AS and A2 Media Showcase Evening
3.45pm - 4.45pm

Blogs closed: Thursday 2nd May

Essay Guide for Q1a

Q1a ESSAY GUIDE FOR: "Describe and evaluate how your skills have developed over time in terms of using conventions from real media texts."

(25 marks)

Refer to Pete Fraser's blog for guidance on answering Q1a

http://petesmediablog.blogspot.co.uk/2011/05/approaching-question-1a.html

SHORT INTRO FOLLOWED BY

·       AS What did I watch

·       AS The technique (camerawork, editing, mise-en-scence…)

·       AS How I used the convention in my own production

·       AS what was good / bad about it? (focus on the bad!!)

·       A2 What did I watch

·       A2 The technique (camerawork, editing, mise-en-scence…)

·       A2 How I used the convention in my own production. SPECIFIC EXAMPLES

·       EVALUATE: My skills have improved by A2 because….

At AS I produced a 2 minute opening to a film from the psychological thriller genre, whereas at A2 I produced a music video from the alternative genre. 

At AS I watched ‘The Blair Witch Project’ film and liked the handheld effect of the camera work because it shows the protagonist’s point of view which makes the audience feel a sense of immediacy; they are involved in the narrative and feel empathy with the characters.  I used this convention in my film when I shot a high angle shot of the duvet cover pulling back by itself which was effective because we made the audience feel like they were watching a point-of-view shot of our aparition, creating atmospheric suspense, a convention of the psychological thriller narrative.  Likewise, at A2 I watched ‘Skirts’ by ‘The Other Tribe’ in which I saw lots of tracking shots.  I wanted to make our audience feel the tension and anticipation created by this camerawork, so therefore I also used tracking shots when our artist is skipping through the fields and… This made our audience feel… My skills have improved by A2 because..

Tuesday 5th March Tasks

TODAY'S TASK AND HOMEWORK IS TO

a) Upload your FINAL MUSIC VIDEO onto your blog and add a post
b) ANSWER Q1 of your evaluation. You can do this individually OR as a group.

Sanan, Daisy and Holly: You need to finish your music video. The deadline is Friday 15th March

You have 4 Evaluation Questions as the final part of your A2 Coursework

MUSIC VIDEO EVALUATION QUESTIONS 

20 MARKS

1.     In what ways does your media product (music video, digipak and magazine advertisement) use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

2.     How effective is the combination of your music video with your digipak and magazine advertisement?          

3.     What have you learned from your audience feedback?

4.     How did you use media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages?

The MARK SCHEME for your EVALUATION is

Level 4 16–20 marks

• There is excellent skill in the use of digital technology or ICT in the evaluation.
• There is excellent understanding of the forms and conventions used in the productions.
• There is excellent understanding of the role and use of new media in various stages of the production.
• There is excellent understanding of the combination of main product and ancillary texts.
• There is excellent understanding of the significance of audience feedback.
• There is excellent skill in choice of form in which to present the evaluation.
• There is excellent ability to communicate

To get full marks you need to make your evaluation exciting. Use lots of images from your products, links to other websites, Prezis and video footage


Look on Pete Fraser's Blog for top tips:

http://petesmediablog.blogspot.co.uk/

DEADLINE!!

Friday15th March is Deadline Day...

You must have uploaded onto your blog your final: 

• Music Video
• Digipak Design
• Magazine Advert

DON'T FORGET: MOCK EXAM THIS WEEK

FRIDAY 1ST MARCH

Things to do...

Nearly there...!

1.Post a blog with your final video

2.Ask 6 people to give feedback on your video: give them a 5 Qs to answer. What would they recommend you change?

3.Finish digipak and magazine advert and upload

4.Begin planning your evaluation Qs

5.Re-write your essay Qs: Digital Technology and Research and Planning

6. Plan and write your own model essays on:

- Creativity

- Conventions from Real Media Texts

- Post-production (editing etc.)

 

 

 

 

Work for Tuesday 22nd Jan p1&2

Hi all,

Ms Scott is on a trip today, so please use lesson time p1&2 to catch up on work. You have an essay due in plus audience research which you could work on (see my previous post below).

You can also finish your digipak coursework task (upload your design and your research)

You could make a start on your magazine advert coursework: Look at the magazine adverts you were asked to bring in on Friday (lesson cancelled due to snow day..)

Good luck. Use your time wisely! I'll see you p3&4.

Magazine Advert Work

1) Look at the examples of magazine adverts. What are the conventions? Make a list

2) Annotate your magazine adverts. How does the advert use colour, images, font, text symbolically?

When analysing, think about:

MESSAGES

•What kinds of messages do we receive from the advert?

•How do these messages effect our buying choices?

•How do these messages effect our perception of the world around us?

•What is the ad trying to sell? (Other than the music itself, what ideas or messages is the ad trying to sell? What is the subtext? Are there any stereotypical ideas and/or subliminal messages that can you identify?

TARGET AUDIENCE

•Who is the target audience? Explain using specific demographics and psychographics.

•Can you identify any emotional appeals in the ad? (romance, humour, guilt, patriotism, sympathy, anxiety, anger, envy, loneliness, desire to escape etc.)

•In what ways does this advert effect our ideas, attitudes or beliefs? (Example: alcohol = fun / thin = beautiful)

•Are these attitudes created by advert or are they existing attitudes reinforced or made acceptable by the advert?

•How does the advert catch your eye? Why did you choose this advert? What caught your attention long enough to stop and look at it?

•How would you rate the overall effectiveness of the advert for its target audience? Explain your rating

Magazine Advert Research

THINGS TO DO

Bring in a music magazine (appropriate to your genre) for this Friday's lesson please.

Essay on digital technology due in Friday 25th January.

You may also still need to:

• Complete and upload audience feedback
• Finish filming
• Continue editing your video
• Finish your digipak research
• Finish creating your digipak design

MUSIC VIDEO DEADLINE:

FRIDAY 8TH FEBRUARY