The Be Creative Competition is upon us.
Please look at the brief below. You will be working in groups to come up with the best campaign and give yourself a chance to win some prizes.
Brief
Be Creative
This project will need to be competed this side of Christmas and at the same time you will be working on Assignment 2a.
Groups may be no more than 4 in size.
Sunday 30 October 2011
Monday 24 October 2011
END OF FIRST HALF TERM
Well done to all of you.
The first half term has been very successful, I have been really impressed with some of the work I have seen and the learning you have achieved.
There have been one or two teething problems with the technology but you have done well to overcome these and produce a good standard of work for your 1st Controlled assessment - Assignment 1a. Now you have the task of completing Assignment 1b - Creating your own magazine front cover.
Please see the exemplar on the Assignment 1 page of the blog and remember that it is really important that you try and show how well you know the conventions, that you can be creative and that you DO NOT BEAK COPYRIGHT LAW by using images which you have found on the internet - trace or copy them (in pen or pencil) but do not cut and paste from websites please - you will not get marks for this.
Those of you who have yet to submit your Assignment 1a - analysis of two front covers please ensure that these are finished by the beginning of next half term. Catch-up sessions will be arranged after school to ensure that you are up to date.
NEXT HALF TERM
We will be beginning with some film making - there are some competitions which we can enter. We will also start looking at advertising: scripting, filming and editing ads for specific audiences. The concept we will be dealing with in this is Representation and this practical work will lead us towards our work on the second assignment which will begin before the end of term.
The first half term has been very successful, I have been really impressed with some of the work I have seen and the learning you have achieved.
There have been one or two teething problems with the technology but you have done well to overcome these and produce a good standard of work for your 1st Controlled assessment - Assignment 1a. Now you have the task of completing Assignment 1b - Creating your own magazine front cover.
Please see the exemplar on the Assignment 1 page of the blog and remember that it is really important that you try and show how well you know the conventions, that you can be creative and that you DO NOT BEAK COPYRIGHT LAW by using images which you have found on the internet - trace or copy them (in pen or pencil) but do not cut and paste from websites please - you will not get marks for this.
Those of you who have yet to submit your Assignment 1a - analysis of two front covers please ensure that these are finished by the beginning of next half term. Catch-up sessions will be arranged after school to ensure that you are up to date.
NEXT HALF TERM
We will be beginning with some film making - there are some competitions which we can enter. We will also start looking at advertising: scripting, filming and editing ads for specific audiences. The concept we will be dealing with in this is Representation and this practical work will lead us towards our work on the second assignment which will begin before the end of term.
Sunday 16 October 2011
Tuesday 11 October 2011
MEDIA MAGAZINE
Here is a link to the Media Magazine website.
Media Magazine
You can read and download the magazines by clicking on the subscribers site and using the login and password below.
mediamagazine9
je423st
This resource is extremely valuable and you can use it for research for all your Assignments as well as the exam. I will over the course of the year point you in the direction of specific articles which will form part of your home learning.
In the meantime, please browse and become familiar and if you feel inclined look up articles on Print Media.
Media Magazine
You can read and download the magazines by clicking on the subscribers site and using the login and password below.
mediamagazine9
je423st
This resource is extremely valuable and you can use it for research for all your Assignments as well as the exam. I will over the course of the year point you in the direction of specific articles which will form part of your home learning.
In the meantime, please browse and become familiar and if you feel inclined look up articles on Print Media.
Tuesday 4 October 2011
REVIEW OF HOME LEARNING
Please check your blogs for my comments on your work to date.
The main note is that media terminology is only being used to identify features not really analyse and to get the higher levels you MUST analyse.
This means two things.
Denotations must be precise and detailed - an image/photo needs close analysis as we did earlier this term; copy needs to be explore like you might a poem - specific word choices, use of puns, alliteration etc. description need not be very long but should be precise.
Connotations must be drawn from what you have described. Meanings are to be explored - the reasons why the masthead might be in front of or behind the person in the photograph, the reasons why text might be slanted, in different fonts etc. the relative positions, the use of layout tricks, like the pretend sticker and the purpose of these with respect to the audience.
Audience: remember to apply BLulmer and Katz - how are the four uses and gratifications being apllied? Celebrities, why are we attractec to read about them? Advertisers? demographics etc.
Lots to consider I know BUT all quite within your grasp.
The main note is that media terminology is only being used to identify features not really analyse and to get the higher levels you MUST analyse.
This means two things.
Denotations must be precise and detailed - an image/photo needs close analysis as we did earlier this term; copy needs to be explore like you might a poem - specific word choices, use of puns, alliteration etc. description need not be very long but should be precise.
Connotations must be drawn from what you have described. Meanings are to be explored - the reasons why the masthead might be in front of or behind the person in the photograph, the reasons why text might be slanted, in different fonts etc. the relative positions, the use of layout tricks, like the pretend sticker and the purpose of these with respect to the audience.
Audience: remember to apply BLulmer and Katz - how are the four uses and gratifications being apllied? Celebrities, why are we attractec to read about them? Advertisers? demographics etc.
Lots to consider I know BUT all quite within your grasp.
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