Monday, 19 March 2018

Moderator for G324

Moderators links to student blogs 2018

Dear Moderator- links to A2 G324 Media student blogs

Dear Moderator

All students work: Final products & planning, construction and evaluation is on the blog however, discs have been burnt and sent containing better quality copies of the music videos and ancillary tasks.


The discs comprise the final music videos & ancillary tasks.


Ther are 5 candidates for G324 all from the centre id 44305. The blog links are below.




All

For thinglink posts please hover cursor over the inserted image/page and the bubbles containing annotation will appear.

Many thanks
Miss S King
 
Candidate blog links:


Greta Matyziute  2234   http://a2gretam.blogspot.co.uk/
Ryan Frankish  2202    https://ryanfrankisha2media.blogspot.co.uk/
Kenza Hardy   5289      http://kenzahardya2media.blogspot.co.uk/
Alexander Sherratt  2260    http://alexsherratta2media.blogspot.co.uk/
Rheannon Whatley [Green]  2206   http://rheagreena2media.blogspot.co.uk/

Monday, 29 January 2018

A2 homework

1] Evaluation: respond to comments and use the support sheet to improve and complete Q 3 and parts 1 & 2 of  Q4
2] Write the script for Evaluation Q1 by Friday.


Q1 – conventions – you need to allocate parts of the script to write eg a 3 minute song between three = 1 minute each [ 1st, middle or last]


Homework: write the script and hand it in to me on Friday
You must include : conventions adhered to – why – evaluate + conventions you have developed/ challenged/ manipulated and why + theorists eg Goodwin, Todorov, Barthes, Propp, Dyer, Blumler & Katz, Neale, Cameron, Bordwell & Thompson and evaluate how this theory enabled you to make decisions and develop creativity in a successful way. Make references to how decisions enabled you to meet a specific aspect of the TA’s needs and desires.




3]
Homework: finish grid and revise for mini mock next Monday


Monday, 8 January 2018

A2 homework

A2 homework
1] Evaluation Question 3 - Use your A3 plan and make sure this is separated and well supported by images and micro examples. Look at exemplars.
2] Evaluation Q4 - Use your A3 planning sheet. You must present this in 3 different formats - one for 1- research & planning
2- construction
3- evaluation

Make sure you evaluate every piece of technology sued at each stage. You must include micro examples and details - look at your planning grid for Q1a digital technology Look at the exemplars.

Ancillaries - you must use study periods and work on these - use existing real media products and your research

Friday, 3 November 2017

A2 Homework


Research: where will your advert for the digipak appear? Kerrang? Mojo? Q?

You need to research the chosen magazine and include:

Screen captures of page examples of how/ where it will appear.

Write about other adverts for digipaks that are already advertised that suggest your advert would be well placed

Explain how and why this magazine is a good choice- consider audience [age/ gender/ class/ lifestyle] genres of music etc

Which institution produces this magazine? This institutional detail also needs researching and adding to this post eg Bauer? Development Hell?

Friday, 20 October 2017

Friday, 13 October 2017

A2 Homework

1] ensure your chirbit MP3 is uploaded to the blog and you have a list below it of all the changes you need to make to your planning.
2] Complete the shot list.

Monday, 9 October 2017

A2 homework

Make sure you have:
1. Responded to all comments [ marking & feedback] on your blog
2. Completed three in depth analysis of music videos that are of a similar artist and the same genre of song/ music video you intend to make
3. That your Flickr TA research 2 is completed
4. That your photoboard is posted with the comments.
5. That your soundcloud recording TA Research 3 Focus Group is uploaded and that there is a list of refelctions beneath it.

Monday, 2 October 2017

A2 homework

Post lyrics analysis
Update your ideas and also post your most recent music video analysis.


Look for specific digipaks and adverts that are of your chosen genre.
Make sure you use a range of technology to present research.
Complete the annotation of your lyrics

Friday, 29 September 2017

A2 Homework

Begin planning -arrange a meeting with your artist and go through the lyrics/ song choice and itinitial ideas.


Start taking photographs of your artist, locations, props, costume & make up for a photoboard.
Conduct another similar product research - consider what you are missing - instrumental shots? Camera movement? Framing?

Friday, 22 September 2017

A2 homework

1] Music video research - shot types and editing.


2] Research digipaks - make sure you look at layout and page furniture.


3] Post the digipaks and adverts you annotated in class - these will need scanning in.

Monday, 18 September 2017

A2 homework

Post:
Your initial ideas. Make sure lyrics are posted. Post the email asking for copyright. Keep researching music videos. Consider what you need to find out - look at opening establishing shots.

Friday, 15 September 2017

A2 Homework

Complete an analysis of music video - choose specific details to research eg mise en scene

Friday, 8 September 2017

A2 Homework

1] Read and edit all posts
2] Respond to comments on the blog
3] Respoind to marking and feedback
4] TA Research 1 - post your research conducted over the summer
5] TA Research Analaysis 1
6] Planning: developed ideas

Tuesday, 2 May 2017

Moderators links to student blogs 2017

Dear Moderator- links to AS G321 and A2 G324 Media student blogs

Dear Moderator

We run a  combined 6th form college: The Vale Academy 44304 and Sir John Nelthorpe 44303. I have indicated which student belongs to which centre.

A2 G324 Advanced Production blogs and AS G321 Foundation Production.

A2
There are 5  groups although all students have individual blogs.  There are 11 candidates in total.
All students work: Final products & planning, construction and evaluation is on the blog however, discs have been burnt and sent containing better quality copies of the music videos and ancillary tasks. 
For A2, the discs comprises the final music videos & ancillary tasks.

AS
For AS, there are 11 candidates. The final pages of the magazines are on a disc as well as on the blogs. The disc contains jpgs of better quality.

All
For thinglink posts please hover cursor over the inserted image/page and the bubbles containing annotation will appear.

Many thanks
Miss S King


A2 G324: The Vale Academy 44305

1] Morgan Bullock 2302   http://morganbullock1999.blogspot.co.uk
2] Rhiandeep Chatha 2303  http://rhiannca2.blogspot.co.uk
3] Indya Conway 1154  http://indyaa2media.blogspot.co.uk
4] Caity Duggan 2316  http://caityduggana2media.blogspot.co.uk
5] Amy Johnson 2340 http://amyjohnsona2media.blogspot.co.uk
6] Lauren Sharpe 2387  http://laurensharpea2media.blogspot.co.uk
7] Olivia Skerne  2388  http://oliviasmedia1.blogspot.co.uk
8] Jessica Skinn 2389  http://jessskinnmedia1.blogspot.co.uk

A2 G324 : Sir John Nelthorpe  44303


1] Charlie Bradley 2010  http://charliebradley199924.blogspot.co.uk
2] Harry Ford  2032   http://harryford8991.blogspot.co.uk
3] Joseph Shepherd  2079   http://josephshepherda2media.blogspot.co.uk


AS G321 Foundation Production Blogs.


There are 11 candidates. All students have individual blogs.

AS G321: The Vale Academy 44305

1] Indya Conway 1154   http://indyaasmedia.blogspot.co.uk
3] Rheanon Whatley [Green] 2206   http://rheagreenasmedia.blogspot.co.uk
5] Greta Matyziute  2234   http://gretamatyziuteasmedia.blogspot.co.uk
6] Samuel Moverley 2236  http://sammoverleyasmedia.blogspot.co.uk
7] Alexander Sherratt  2260   http://alexsherrattasmedia.blogspot.co.uk
8] Bethany Vannet  2278  http://bethvannetasmedia.blogspot.co.uk
9] Robert Hall  2330   http://robbiehallasmedia.blogspot.co.uk
10] Kenza Hardy  5289   http://kenzaasmedia.blogspot.co.uk


AS G321: Sir John Nelthorpe  44303
1] Sophie Evans 3032  http://sophieevansas.blogspot.co.uk

Wednesday, 8 February 2017

A2 blog post order

From most recent:
Note to Moderator
Evaluation Question 1
Evaluation Question 2
Evaluation Question 3
Evaluation Question 4
Final Music Video
Final Ancillary Task 1: digipak
Final Ancillary Task 2: advert for the digipak
Drafts of ancillary products
Final TA research
Drafts of ancillary products and rough cut
Planning posts
Research posts

Tuesday, 17 January 2017

A2 Homework

1] Check again R&P
2] Print / post the ancillary products
3] Evaluation Q4 part 1/ Q2

Thursday, 12 January 2017

A2 homework

Ancillary products must be posted and printed by Thursday 19th

Evaluation question 3 for Thursday 19th

Monday, 9 January 2017

AS Homework due Fri 13th January

1] Correct Evaluation Q3
2] Meet the targets set for research & planning
3] Complete Q1 of the evaluation

Tuesday, 27 December 2016

AS Evaluation Homework

Q3
What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
Use all class notes and be evaluative- what would work for your media product and why? Consider all aspects and be as detailed as possible. Remember to look at exemplars on the blog if you are stuck!

Post title: Evaluation Q 3

Thursday, 8 December 2016

A2 Media homework

1] TA research of final music video
2] Q4 evaluation part 1 only Evaluate the technologies you used in the research and planning phase
DUE- first lesson back - post asap

Sunday, 20 November 2016

AS Homework set Friday 18th November 2016

1] Respond to all targets on your blog and on your feedback sheet

2] Analyse your TA research - use the class notes.

3] Write your dps article/ text; 1000 words word doc - font size 12/14 arial/ calibri or times new roman. This can be handed in Monday but must be handed in on Friday at the latest.

Tuesday, 15 November 2016

AS Homework set Friday 11th Nov

Upload your photographs to your mac & flickr – remember the rules about memory card readers!
Post your favourite 9 on Flickr
You can then post
Target Audience Research: Photographs
 screen grab of images and comments on flickr . Remember to add how these affect your decision making. Have you changed your front cover image? Why?

Friday, 4 November 2016

AS Homework

1] Revisit posts indicated on the mark sheet - ensure all is up to date and detailed.
2] Slidely TA profile including explanation beneath. Use the handouts and you MUST refer to Blumler & Katz and McQuail.
3]Research - 3 front covers - exactly who is the TA and how do you know?

Thursday, 3 November 2016

A2 Homework

HOMEWORK 1: TA research How do people in your TA consume music videos? This can be a survey on facebook/ polldaddy/ paper – find out about how your TA consumes:

  • Music videos
  • Music in general
  • Do they download and from where
  • Do they buy cd’s?

HOMEWORK 2: check you have a minimum of 6 Research of music videos Editing/ transitions/ /camera movement, angles, framing/  locations / Costume, make up and props/ performance shots

Wednesday, 19 October 2016

AS homework

Check you have completed all previous posts/ homework.
Check you have responded to all comments
Research posts on: TA1 mastheads
Checking out the masthead
Locations used in existing magazines
Star images in magazines
Planning posts: Star Image
Embed thinglink dps research

Research DPS 3 - make sure this is really detailed - use ALL knowledge and learning.

Include: images, columns, language, register, semiotics [Barthes] colour, page furniture eg boxes, banners, lines; colour, representations [Dyer/ Mulvey/ Hall/ Perkins] , audience, institutional details, page numbers, pull quotes, stand firsts, drop capitals etc

Planning- initial ideas for photographs for : the front cover, the contents page and the dps.

Friday, 14 October 2016

AS Homework

Similar product research that is outstanding [ 4 front covers + 2 contents]
  • Read and respond to all comments on your blog. 
Post title : Planning: possible mastheads for my magazine
Post title: Research contents 3: ensure this one includes language and register. Also make sure you write about the overall layout eg size of images, width of columns how many columns? Are the images in line with the columns?

Extension research dps 2 of your chosen genre

Friday, 7 October 2016

AS Homework

1] Ensure all research posts end with the subheading
How this research has influenced my planning and creativity

-beneath this should be a list of what you have learnt/ what has inspired you

2] post the Research contents page 1 : prezi  [embed it]

3] Complete  front cover research 4
this should be on the genre you have chosen.

4] Post : Initial genre choice
what are the main conventions? Add a screen grab to show each?

5] Check you completed the post : Synergy, links and brand identity
In his one you should have uploaded a front cover and contents from the same issue and listed the conventions used that create a brand and synergy between the pages.

Thursday, 6 October 2016

A2 homework

Please ensure that by Tuesday you have posted and completed:

All similar product research of music videos must be completed

Planning: Beat script
Planning: Organisation of dates: equipment, actors, budget, locations, props and set design

Research: TA focus group – initial ideas - 2 posts here -1] images and the activity itself... 2] the uploaded recording plus analysis of findings - please list the changes you now need to make!