SURVEY

Continue Independent Research

Well done on your independent research today. This is ongoing homework until your exam. As well as looking at examples, think about how you will apply this to your own web page and back it up with reasons.

Go over the material covered so far and refresh yourself on media terminology, specific to magazines and websites.

On the Music Press page there are lots of useful links at the bottom. Use it to aid your independent learning.

Homework: Representation

Check the Music Press page for more detail about your homework, which is due on Friday 10th May. Some excellent participation and understanding in today's lesson.

Most Popular Music Press Websites

NME

FACT

Q

SPIN

MOJO

ROLLING STONE

HOMEWORK

Pick at least one of the Music Magazine sites and analyse how it works.

Features to identify and comment on:

• masthead
• layout
• colours
• images
• design
• fonts
• pages
• links
• banners
• any other features which you notice

Think about:

• how does the institution (the publisher) make money?
• who is the audience and what tells you this?
• how you are intended to 'use' or 'interact with' the site?
• how would you apply audience theories to the site?

Post your analysis on your own blog OR write it up in your book.

EXTENSION

15 Most Popular Music websites

Using the link above to the Music sites we viewed in class answer the following questions.

• How do people find out about music?
• How do they find the music they like?
• How do they share that music with their friends?

What we did in class.

Complete this for yourself as it will provide you with increased knowledge about how the audience across the world - in particular in the Americas, Europe and Far East - access new and not so new music in 2013.

TASK

You will get 1 minute to look at each of the top 15 most popular music websites and then answer the questions below:

1. What is the name of the site?
2. Describe the type of site it is.
3. Who is the target audience for the site?
4. What kind or kinds of music does it promote?
5. Is it free or subscription?
6. Does it have advertising?
7. How do you interact with the site?
8. Does the site appeal to you?

EXTENSION HW

Choose two of the sites and deepen your research.

1. How do the sites use Audience Theories to succeed?
2. How do they use design elements on the site? Images, colour, fonts etc.
3. How do they use language, slogans, reviews, information?

Due Tuesday pm

CW State of Play

Here is the chart with who has completed what so far. There have already been some great improvements today with lots of students going 'green' across the board. But as you can see there are still some orange and pink areas which need to be converted.

It is therefore vital to finish any outstanding work and bring it tomorrow to the extra curricula class.

Magazine comparisons

The task was to make a comparison between a music magazine and another magazine (different topic and target audience). What comparisons did you come up with in your venn diagram?

 

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FRIDAY CACTHUP

Only 4 students took advantage of the Friday session to catch-up assignments despite there being no other revision sessions at that time.

This means that a number of you still have some outstanding work which must be completed during the next half of term after school on Wednesday from 3.20pm- 4.50pm.

I will be going through all assignments with you this week and letting you know if you need to attend or not. These sessions will not be compulsory but if you do not attend and you work remains incomplete them you will be marked accordingly and it will probably mean a lower grade.

In addition to after school on Wednesday - as informed in the letter which went out before the half term, you can work in lunchtimes on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. I will be in and out Monday, Thursday and Friday and Ms Patel will be supervising on Wednesday.