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Hello to my Media class 2011-2012!

Just a reminder that you should 'follow' me so you can see my updates. I will also 'follow' you.

This blog is where I will post any useful links, tips, hints, deadline details, blog feedback etc!

All blogs/coursework have now been marked

Thanks
Miss E

A2 Media Coursework G324

The candidates from St. John's School, Marlborough are:

James Osbourne

Rosie Dixon

Lauren Whincup

Richard Wolstenholme

James Richards

Jack Lynd

Eddie Knowles

Jack Allen

Sam

Rosie Niblock

Ashley Perry

Deadlines continued...

The final deadline for all your production pieces is Friday 25th March. This means final version of trailer plus the magazine cover and poster. Also, all blog posts must be up-to-date by this point.

Final Evaluation

Note:
Be prepared to show your trailer to the class on Friday 11th March.
Please bring a printed copy of your poster to this Friday's lesson.

Here are some focus questions for your evaluation:

1. How did your research into genre contribute to your production work?

•2. How did you research into audience contribute to your production work?

•3. How did your research into institutions and regulation of the media influence your production work?

•4. What pre-production planning techniques did you employ? Were they effective and how did they help?

•5. How have you used audience feedback to influence your production work while still in progress?

•6. What digital technologies have you used in the planning, research, construction stages?

Well done to...

Lauren and Rosie - your blogs are uptodate and looking very detailed - fab!
James R - great, you're getting up to speed with your blog posts with many recent posts.

Please ensure that you keep up dating your blogs as this is an easy way to gain (or on the other hand lose) marks.

Miss E

Using digital technology: slide share

Click here to create an account with slide share. You can then uplaod any powerpoints that you create.
Slide share
TIP: Create a powerpoint that analyses film magazines and post a link to it on your blog. You can then talk about this use of digital technology in your exam.

Research: Magazine Covers

For an example of how to analyse and deconstruct a film magazine cover:

Film Magazine Deconstruction Example

Deadlines!

As explained in lesson, your deadline for your production pieces are coming up.

Friday 11th Feb -Trailer must be ready to show (including music, titles etc)
Friday 18th Feb - Your poster ideas must be ready to show, with a final design in mind.

We will then concentrate on the magazine cover and exam preparation...

If you foresee any issue with the deadline dates please discuss with me as soon as possible.

Trailer Poster

Just as the trailer had its own conventions, so does the film poster. Before you start to produce your poster it is important to understand and analyse the conventions used in professional film posters.

Tip: Find film posters from the same genre as your trailer. Analyse them using the grid from lesson. Use these conventions in your own poster. Add your research to your blog.

Remember to conduct some audience research.

Trailer re-cap

As I mentioned before you must make sure that your trailer looks authentic. You could watch the trailers on the side bar of my blog and remind yourself of the conventions.

Then watch your trailer. How do they compare? How can you alter your trailer so it looks more authentic? Make the changes and record them on your blog.

Focus for the new year

I have checked your blogs and see that most of you have not yet uploaded any information about your filming. This needs to be done as soon as possible otherwise there is no evidence of the first stages of your filming. Perhaps upload some stills and/or the first cut of your filming.

You should now have completed the filming and will be using the Friday lessons to edit your film. Tuesday lessons and Mrs Mackay's Wednesday lessons will be used for researching, planning and preparing the film poster etc.

Miss E