1. Use more accurate media terminology when annotating magazine examples.
2. Use the powerpoint 'image analysis' that has been emailed to you to remind yourself of what to look for.
By Monday you need to merge all 3 analyses into one powerpoint. This include:
3 analyse of a 6th form or college front page and at least 1 of a contents page (I understand these are difficult to find).
You must then refer to the evaluation questions and have a concluding summary as a separate post that answers the following points:
1. What forms and conventions have you identified in 6th form/college magazines?
2. How are students and young people represented in these publications?
3. Who would the audience be for these publications? How can you tell, what techniques have been used?
Finally research 'youth sub cultures'.
Friday, 25 September 2015
Questions to answer at the end of the portfolio
In the evaluation of your Foundation Portfolio the following seven questions must be addressed:
1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
2. How does your media product represent particular social groups?
3. What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
4. Who would be the audience for your media product?
5. How did you attract/address your audience?
6. What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
7. Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
As you progress through each planning and research task have these questions in mind.
1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
2. How does your media product represent particular social groups?
3. What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
4. Who would be the audience for your media product?
5. How did you attract/address your audience?
6. What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
7. Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
As you progress through each planning and research task have these questions in mind.
Friday, 18 September 2015
Cover lessons Monday and Tuesday and homework.
Checklist of work:
1. 'All About Me' collage on blog.
2. Comparison of raw and edited photo from photo shoot annotated and uploaded to blog.
3. Read and make notes on the 'taking good photos' powerpoint on the blog.
4. Read and make notes on the 'magazine conventions and terminology' powerpoint that I emailed to you.
5. Take the quiz on image analysis that is on the blog.
6. Find an example of a 6th form or college magazine front cover and contents and annotate it (using the terminology that you have gleaned from the powerpoint and quiz).
7. Present your annotation on a powerpoint on your blog. The easiest way to do this is to open a free account with slideshare and upload it that then share to your blog.
8. I would also like you to print out a paper copy (printing 4-6 slides per page so it is legible) so I can mark it before you move on.
9. Please hand this paper copy in on Thursday.
Here is an example of a good one although bear in mind its impossible to mark as it is so dark!
This may seem like a lot of work but it represents 5 hours work so should be achievable.
1. 'All About Me' collage on blog.
2. Comparison of raw and edited photo from photo shoot annotated and uploaded to blog.
3. Read and make notes on the 'taking good photos' powerpoint on the blog.
4. Read and make notes on the 'magazine conventions and terminology' powerpoint that I emailed to you.
5. Take the quiz on image analysis that is on the blog.
6. Find an example of a 6th form or college magazine front cover and contents and annotate it (using the terminology that you have gleaned from the powerpoint and quiz).
7. Present your annotation on a powerpoint on your blog. The easiest way to do this is to open a free account with slideshare and upload it that then share to your blog.
8. I would also like you to print out a paper copy (printing 4-6 slides per page so it is legible) so I can mark it before you move on.
9. Please hand this paper copy in on Thursday.
Here is an example of a good one although bear in mind its impossible to mark as it is so dark!
This may seem like a lot of work but it represents 5 hours work so should be achievable.
What you need to do for this unit
Preliminary excercise : using DTP and Photoshop, produce:
1. The front page of a new school/college magazine, featuring a photograph of a student in medium close-up plus some appropriately laid-out text and a masthead.
2. A mock-up of the layout of the contents page.
3. Main task: the front page, contents and double page spread of a new music magazine.
All images and text used must be original and produced by you. You must include a minimum of four images.
4. Blogging: Presentation of the research, planning and evaluation should be done in the format of a blog. This MUST be kept up to date. It should be as multi- platform as possible, for instance, you can film your focus group & interview them about magazines. You could film your photo shoot. Scan your flatplans & include those. You should include screen shots of links & quotes to research sources. Try nimating your mood board & include background music. You could keep a video diary of your progress through the work. You can create powerpoint presentations & upload them to slideshare to include on your blog. You can record a podcast of you answering the evaluation questions.
The more imaginative and multi-modal, the better!
Assessment:This unit is marked out of a total of 100 marks: 20 marks for presentation of the planning and research; 60 marks for the construction; 20 marks for the evaluation
Image analysis terms
You need to familiarise yourself with Media Specific terminology and use it!
Try this quiz to start off
Try this quiz to start off
Foundation Portfolio
We have had a quick overview of TV Drama. Now we need to turn our focus to the Foundation Portfolio.
This must include:
1. The front page and contents page of a 6th form magazine
2. The front page, contents and double page spread of a music magazine.
This must all be evidenced in a blog.
You need to use this blog as an online journal that traces your 'learning journey'.
How you have progressed as a photographer, designer, journalist and media researcher.
You should have at least one entry for every Portfolio lesson that you have.
You need to use as much media terminology/theory as possible.
So,first entry should be your likes and interests photoshop collage along with a brief analysis.
Second entry should be two images of your choice from our group photoshoot outside. Again they should be annotated according to camera shot/angle/composition/representation/codes of gesture/expression.
This must include:
1. The front page and contents page of a 6th form magazine
2. The front page, contents and double page spread of a music magazine.
This must all be evidenced in a blog.
You need to use this blog as an online journal that traces your 'learning journey'.
How you have progressed as a photographer, designer, journalist and media researcher.
You should have at least one entry for every Portfolio lesson that you have.
You need to use as much media terminology/theory as possible.
So,first entry should be your likes and interests photoshop collage along with a brief analysis.
Second entry should be two images of your choice from our group photoshoot outside. Again they should be annotated according to camera shot/angle/composition/representation/codes of gesture/expression.
Thursday, 3 September 2015
Timeline
1. Foundation Portfolio (magazine, blog and evaluation)
Completed by Christmas. Thursday and Friday
2. TV Drama and representation- Monday and Tuesday before half term
3. British Film- Monday and Tuesday after half term.
on going throughout year (we may lose some of these lessons at key deadline times)
Completed by Christmas. Thursday and Friday
2. TV Drama and representation- Monday and Tuesday before half term
3. British Film- Monday and Tuesday after half term.
on going throughout year (we may lose some of these lessons at key deadline times)
Wednesday, 24 June 2015
Case Study Points
You need to find a UK film that is currently in production and due to be released soon. That way you can track the marketing and distribution campaign as it happens.
Look at the websites of the following companies to help you;
Working Title
Vertigo
Film 4 Productions
Please create a powerpoint to cover the following points
production, distribution, marketing and exchange
(as much as you can find out, not all of this info will be in the public domain)
Production: where did the finance come from?
What production companies have been involved?
What else have they produced?
Cast and crew: what else have they been involved in? Have they been UK based?
Distribution
Who is the distribution company, who are they owned by, what else have they promoted?
How much money have they spent?
Marketing: who is promoting the film, what techniques have they used?
To what extent have they used digital technology in this ? facebook, TV promotions, radio, magazines, what else???
Audience.
What audiences have they targeted, how can you tell?
Is it above the line or below the line marketing?
Exchange.
Where is this film being screened?
What sort of exhibition? Blanket? targeted?
What sort of cinemas is it screened at?
What does this tell us about the audience?
when you have completed it upload it to the edmodo site here
Look at the websites of the following companies to help you;
Working Title
Vertigo
Film 4 Productions
Please create a powerpoint to cover the following points
production, distribution, marketing and exchange
(as much as you can find out, not all of this info will be in the public domain)
Production: where did the finance come from?
What production companies have been involved?
What else have they produced?
Cast and crew: what else have they been involved in? Have they been UK based?
Distribution
Who is the distribution company, who are they owned by, what else have they promoted?
How much money have they spent?
Marketing: who is promoting the film, what techniques have they used?
To what extent have they used digital technology in this ? facebook, TV promotions, radio, magazines, what else???
Audience.
What audiences have they targeted, how can you tell?
Is it above the line or below the line marketing?
Exchange.
Where is this film being screened?
What sort of exhibition? Blanket? targeted?
What sort of cinemas is it screened at?
What does this tell us about the audience?
when you have completed it upload it to the edmodo site here
Things to do over the summer
1. Join our Edmodo site using this code j2z9rb.
Vote on which practical you would like to do, film, print or radio.
2. Start a case study on a new British film that will be coming out around Christmas.
3. Watch TV Drama considering how the characters are represented.
Have a look at this You Tube channel for useful examples
4. Follow shsgmedia on twitter for up to date examples from media theorists
Vote on which practical you would like to do, film, print or radio.
2. Start a case study on a new British film that will be coming out around Christmas.
3. Watch TV Drama considering how the characters are represented.
Have a look at this You Tube channel for useful examples
4. Follow shsgmedia on twitter for up to date examples from media theorists
Course outline
The course
There is a mix of theoretical and practical work
•Based on a consultation with industry media experts
G321: Foundation Portfolio in Media- coursework kept on a blog. See here for examples.
This is a coursework unit where candidates produce a media artefact from a series of briefs. This process involves progression from a pre-production, preliminary exercise to a more fully realised piece. The briefs offered are: print, video, audio and website.
Candidates present their research and planning in either paper-based or digital format and do an evaluation in digital format, based on seven required prompt questions.
You can choose from;
Print
Preliminary exercise: using DTP and an image manipulation program, produce the front page of a new school/college magazine, featuring a photograph of a student in medium close-up plus some appropriately laid-out text and a masthead. Additionally candidates must produce a DTP mock-up of the layout of the contents page to demonstrate their grasp of the program.
Main task: the front page, contents and double page spread of a new music magazine (if done as a group task, each member of the group to produce an individual edition of the magazine, following the same house style). Maximum four members to a group.
All images and text used must be original, produced by the candidate(s), minimum of FOUR images per candidate.
Video
Preliminary exercise: Continuity task involving filming and editing a character opening a door, crossing a room and sitting down in a chair opposite another character, with whom she/he then exchanges a couple of lines of dialogue. This task should demonstrate match on action, shot/reverse shot and the 180-degree rule.
Main task: the titles and opening of a new fiction film, to last a maximum of two minutes.
All video and audio material must be original, produced by the candidate(s), with the exception of music or audio effects from a copyright-free source. Both preliminary and main tasks may be done individually or as a group. Maximum four members to a group.
Audio
Preliminary exercise: the introductory music/jingle for a show on the radio with a presenter introducing and greeting their guest (who must respond) and playing an archive sound clip relating to the guest (approximately 30-40 seconds duration in total). This exercise is to demonstrate understanding of sound editing and mixing and conventions of radio.
Main task: A five minute news bulletin (local radio) to include title music, presenter, specialist reporters, OBs, recorded interview, a vox pop and appropriate sound fx and structure.
All audio material must be original, produced by the candidate(s), with the exception of music or audio effects from a copyright-free source. Both preliminary and main tasks may be done individually or as a group. Maximum four members to a group.
G322: Key Media Concepts (TV Drama) One two hour exam, two sections.
Click here for links
Textual Analysis and Representation.
In Section A, candidates answer questions on an unseen moving image extract that is then linked to some aspect of the representation within the sequence.
Institutions and Audiences
In Section B, candidates study the British Film Industry
Click here for link
The aims of this course is to;
• enhance candidates enjoyment and appreciation of the media and its role in their daily lives;
• develop critical understanding of the media through engagement with media products and concepts and through the creative application of practical skills;
• explore production processes, technologies and contexts;
• become independent in research skills and their application.
There is a mix of theoretical and practical work
•Based on a consultation with industry media experts
G321: Foundation Portfolio in Media- coursework kept on a blog. See here for examples.
This is a coursework unit where candidates produce a media artefact from a series of briefs. This process involves progression from a pre-production, preliminary exercise to a more fully realised piece. The briefs offered are: print, video, audio and website.
Candidates present their research and planning in either paper-based or digital format and do an evaluation in digital format, based on seven required prompt questions.
You can choose from;
Preliminary exercise: using DTP and an image manipulation program, produce the front page of a new school/college magazine, featuring a photograph of a student in medium close-up plus some appropriately laid-out text and a masthead. Additionally candidates must produce a DTP mock-up of the layout of the contents page to demonstrate their grasp of the program.
Main task: the front page, contents and double page spread of a new music magazine (if done as a group task, each member of the group to produce an individual edition of the magazine, following the same house style). Maximum four members to a group.
All images and text used must be original, produced by the candidate(s), minimum of FOUR images per candidate.
Video
Preliminary exercise: Continuity task involving filming and editing a character opening a door, crossing a room and sitting down in a chair opposite another character, with whom she/he then exchanges a couple of lines of dialogue. This task should demonstrate match on action, shot/reverse shot and the 180-degree rule.
Main task: the titles and opening of a new fiction film, to last a maximum of two minutes.
All video and audio material must be original, produced by the candidate(s), with the exception of music or audio effects from a copyright-free source. Both preliminary and main tasks may be done individually or as a group. Maximum four members to a group.
Audio
Preliminary exercise: the introductory music/jingle for a show on the radio with a presenter introducing and greeting their guest (who must respond) and playing an archive sound clip relating to the guest (approximately 30-40 seconds duration in total). This exercise is to demonstrate understanding of sound editing and mixing and conventions of radio.
Main task: A five minute news bulletin (local radio) to include title music, presenter, specialist reporters, OBs, recorded interview, a vox pop and appropriate sound fx and structure.
All audio material must be original, produced by the candidate(s), with the exception of music or audio effects from a copyright-free source. Both preliminary and main tasks may be done individually or as a group. Maximum four members to a group.
G322: Key Media Concepts (TV Drama) One two hour exam, two sections.
Click here for links
Textual Analysis and Representation.
In Section A, candidates answer questions on an unseen moving image extract that is then linked to some aspect of the representation within the sequence.
Institutions and Audiences
In Section B, candidates study the British Film Industry
Click here for link
The aims of this course is to;
• enhance candidates enjoyment and appreciation of the media and its role in their daily lives;
• develop critical understanding of the media through engagement with media products and concepts and through the creative application of practical skills;
• explore production processes, technologies and contexts;
• become independent in research skills and their application.
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