Holiday Homework for Media

Hello all,
Over the holidays can you make sure you have done:
• Annotation of front covers(3), Contents pages(3), double page spreads (3).
• Detailed case study on a music magazine of your genre and read thoroughly. Use the following headings:
o Background and ownership.
o Content and approach to music. (What genre of music are they aiming at? What is the reader profile? What is the style of the magazine?)
o Editorial content: comment from the magazine editor/owner and reader interaction.
o Analysis of double page spreads – to include layout and language (3)
o Promoting the industry and other products.(What else do they offer/advertise? (Eg Kerrang with its convergence of many media opportunities)

You should complete your blog with an analysis of what you think the future for music magazines and print publishing in general is(the industry is in a lot of trouble due to the credit crunch and the increasing availability of digital technologies and on line content?).
Also complete:
Flat plans, sketches/mock-ups(min. x 2), photo shoots, interviews, writing copy. You should also create a Reader profile for your magazine, questionnaire or focus group feedback on initial ideas for cover, colours, fonts, title, contents.
Practise on Photoshop (Remember to use the photoshop sessions after school with Mrs blessett)

Make use of the holidays and daylight to set up photo shoots and get your initial ideas for copy written.
Merry Christmas! :)

Main Task Checklists

Please see the checklists below to make sure you know what you have to do to catch up or keep on track.
Also, keep checking out eachothers blogs for ideas and to share best practice with your blogs.
The majority of you have elected to research music genre and existing magazines in your chosen genre. Make sure that you investigate the artists, fans, websites, gigs, events, DJs etc for your research.

Main Task!

Afternoon all,

Hurrah! We've now started your main task. You must make sure that you are completing your initial ideas (*3 per student) and your analysis of music magazine front covers and articles.
I'll upload the checklists as per usual so you can all see how you're doing.
Remember you can work independently and complete pieces before I ask for them.
Ta
Ms R :)

Completed Preliminary Tasks

Afternoon all,

You have all been given the deadlines verbally, but here's a written reminder too!
All finished contents pages and front covers need to be uploaded by end of day Monday 9th November and all evaluations must be complete by Friday 13th (unlucky for some!). Use the lesson on Friday (I am not here) to make sure everything is polished an perfect. I will be marking your work from Monday 16th November.

Ms R :)

Checklist Update

Evaluation of Preliminary Task

Use the questions below to write, film or record your evaluation of your preliminary task:
• In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
• How does your media product represent particular social groups?
• What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
• Who would be the audience for your media product?
• How did you attract/address your audience?
• What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
• What do you feel you have learnt in the progression from starting the course to finishing your preliminary task?
Well done on your hard work so far!
Ms R :)

Updated checklists

Afternoon all,

Remember your prelim task (front cover and contents page of a new student magazine) needs to be finished by the end of this week! Some of you have a lot of work to do!! Keep on looking at eachother's blogs to get ideas and comment to give constructive feedback-this is a requirement which you will be marked on!

Work hard,

Ms R

Turn your 'N's to 'Y's!

Are you up to date?

Evening all,

Just a quick message to make sure you are all keeping up to date. Remember to post your photograph practice as next week we will be working on construction examples (basically evidencing how you manipulated your photo from original to finished image.
I will post another checklist up after Monday's lesson so make sure you have 'Y's next to your name and get commenting on other students blog to give them constructive feedback on their work so far.

Ms R :)

Homework for Friday 9th October.

Your challenge should you choose to accept it (actually you don't have a choice!) is to take pictures over the weekend of images you would like to use in your student magazine. You need to bring these photos into the lesson on Monday and make sure you have the wires/cables to upload the images to the Macs.
In Monday's lesson, you will be manipulating these images and transfering them to Pages. By Friday's lesson you should have produced a mock up of your prelimenary task-the front cover and contents page of a new student magazine.

Have fun and keep working hard,

Ms R

Updated checklists

Checklists

These checklists will be updated regularly. Make sure you have 'Y's next to your names rather than 'N's!!

Homework for Friday 9th October

Well done to all groups who have:
sorted their blogs
Completed their questionnaires
Completed their questionnaire analysis
Completed their general magazine deconstruction.

Remember for next lesson (Friday 9th october) you must:
Upload any outstanding homeworks
Upload your group's initial ideas (3 ideas please)
Upload your group's student magazine deconstructions (1 per member of the group).
Keep working hard!

Ms R

Welcome to AS Media 2009 2010

Welcome all AS Media students.
Please make sure you become a follower of my blog from your group blog profile.
Also, make sure that you upload your questionnaire and results research done for your student magazine prelimenary task.

See you Friday.
Ms R

Questions for your Evaluation

In the evaluation the following questions must be answered:
• In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
• How does your media product represent particular social groups?
• What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
• Who would be the audience for your media product?
• How did you attract/address your audience?
• What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
• Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

Print Brief-4 original images per candidate

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 mock-up of the layout of the contents page to demonstrate their grasp of DTP.

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).
All images and text used must be original, produced by the candidate(s), minimum of four images per candidate.

Final update before the final deadline

Afternoon all,

Well done to those of you who worked through your lunch hour and after school to get your work done. I can see some work that is really coming on now and am sure that some of you (you know who you are!) are working at A (even A*) standard.
ALL WORK IS DUE IN FRIDAY 13th MARCH WITHOUT FAIL!
A quick reminder of how much work you have to do! Those of you with 'N's next to your names for your blogs hurry up and update your evaluations please. Look at the four questions I posted on an earlier blog and get answering them!
12B Preliminary Checklist
Folder
Initial Ideas
Student Magazine Research
Analysis of student magazines/front cover/contents)
Font testing
Questionnaires
Evaluation of Data
Blog
Colour testing
Draft designs(front cover/contents)
Mock ups
Picture practice
Construction examples
Finished Prelim task
Blog evaluation
Meddy Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N N N
Joanne Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y N N N N
Penya Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y N Y Y N N N
Laura Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N N N N N N
Will D Y Y N N Y Y Y Y Y Y N N N N N
Becky Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y S N
Yanzu Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Vanessa Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Mikey Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N N N N
Matt Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y
Jamie Y Y Y Y Y Y N N Y Y N N N N N
Suela Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Nakita Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Ollie Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y S N N Y
Annie Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N N
Anusha Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N N N N N
Will W Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N N N N
12B Main Task Checklist
Music Genre research
Music Magazine Research
Questionnaire/Forum
Evaluation of Data
Analysis of music magazines (front cover/contents/double page spread)
Reader Profile
Font testing
Colour testing
Blog updated
Draft designs(front cover/contents/double page spread)
Mock ups
Photos
Writing Copy
Construction examples
Finished Main task
Blog Evaluation
Meddy Y Y Y Y Y Y N N N Y Y N N N N N
Joanne N N N N Y N N N N Y N N N N N N
Penya Y N N N Y N N N Y N Y Y N N N N
Laura Y Y Y Y S Y Y N N S N N N N N N
Will D Y Y Y N Y N Y Y N Y N S N N N N
Becky Y N Y N N Y Y N N Y N Y S Y N N
Yanzu Y Y Y N Y N Y Y Y Y N Y N N N N
Vanessa Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y N N N
Mikey Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y N Y Y N S N N N
Matt Y N Y Y Y N Y N N Y N N N N N N
Jamie N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N
Suela Y N Y N Y N Y Y Y N N N Y Y N N
Nakita Y N Y Y Y S S S Y Y S Y Y N N N
Ollie Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N S S N N Y N N
Annie Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N N
Anusha Y N Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y N N N N N N
Will W N N Y N N N Y Y N Y N N N N N N

Ta
Ms R

Quick update

A quick update on how you are doing. So much work to be done for the Friday 13th deadline!
12B Preliminary Checklist
Folder
Initial Ideas
Student Magazine Research
Analysis of student magazines/front cover/contents)
Font testing
Questionnaires
Evaluation of Data
Blog
Colour testing
Draft designs(front cover/contents)
Mock ups
Picture practice
Construction examples
Finished Prelim task
Blog evaluation
Meddy Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N N N
Joanne Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y N N N N
Penya Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y N Y Y N N N
Laura Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N N N N N N
Will D Y Y N N Y Y Y Y Y Y N N N N N
Becky Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N N N N
Yanzu Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Vanessa Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Mikey Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N N N N
Matt Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y
Jamie Y Y Y Y Y Y N N Y Y N N N N N
Suela Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Nakita Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Ollie Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y S N N Y
Annie Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N N N N N
Anusha Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N N N N N
Will W Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N N N N
12B Main Task Checklist
Music Genre research
Music Magazine Research
Questionnaire/Forum
Evaluation of Data
Analysis of music magazines (front cover/contents/double page spread)
Reader Profile
Font testing
Colour testing
Blog updated
Draft designs(front cover/contents/double page spread)
Mock ups
Photos
Writing Copy
Construction examples
Finished Main task
Blog Evaluation
Meddy Y Y Y N Y Y N N N Y Y N N N N N
Joanne N N N N Y N N N N Y N N N N N N
Penya N N N N N N N N Y N N N N N N N
Laura N N N N N N Y N N N N N N N N N
Will D Y N Y N Y N N N N N N N N N N N
Becky N N Y N N N N N N N N N N N N N
Yanzu Y Y Y N Y N Y Y Y Y N Y N N N N
Vanessa Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y N N N
Mikey N N N N Y N N N N Y Y N S N N N
Matt Y N Y Y Y N Y N N Y N N N N N N
Jamie N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N
Suela Y N Y N Y N Y Y Y N N N Y Y N N
Nakita Y N Y Y Y S N N Y Y S Y Y N N N
Ollie Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N N N N N N N N
Annie Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y S N N N N N
Anusha Y N N N Y Y Y Y Y N N Y N N N N
Will W N N Y N N N Y Y N Y N N N N N N

Deadline fast approaching!

A quick reminder that all work is to be handed in Friday 13th March. This is a final deadline with absolutely no exceptions. Your attendance at all lessons is compulsory and necessary to complete this coursework with success!
I have said before that V5 is open on Tuesday lunchtime and afterschool on 3rd March and 10th March. A very disappointing turnout today-only 5 of you worked at lunchtime and no-one stayed after school.
I expect a full turnout next week.
Ms R

Outstanding work

Check how many 'N's are next to your name! These need to be transformed into 'Y's urgently!
12B Preliminary Checklist
Initial Ideas
Student Magazine Research
Analysis of student magazines/front cover/contents)
Font testing
Questionnaires
Evaluation of Data
Blog
Colour testing
Draft designs(front cover/contents)
Mock ups
Picture practice
Construction examples
Finished Prelim task
Blog evaluation
Meddy Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y N N N
Joanne Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y N N N N
Penya Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y N Y Y N N N
Laura Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N N N N N N
Will Y Y N N Y Y Y Y Y Y N N N N N
Becky Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N N N N
Yanzu Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Vanessa Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Mikey Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N N N N
Matt Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y
Jamie Y Y Y Y Y Y N N Y Y N N N N N
Suela Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Nakita Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Ollie Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y S N N Y
Annie Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N N N N N
Anusha Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N N N N N
Will Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N N N N
12B Main Task Checklist
Music Genre research
Music Magazine Research
Questionnaire/Forum
Evaluation of Data
Analysis of music magazines (front cover/contents/double page spread)
Reader Profile
Font testing
Colour testing
Blog updated
Draft designs(front cover/contents/double page spread)
Mock ups
Photos
Writing Copy
Construction examples
Finished Main task
Blog Evaluation
Meddy N N N Y N N N N N N N N N N N N
Joanne N N N N Y N N N N Y N N N N N N
Penya N N N N N N N N Y N N N N N N N
Laura N N N N N N Y N N N N N N N N N
Will D N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N
Becky N N Y N N N N N N N N N N N N N
Yanzu Y Y Y N Y N Y Y Y Y N Y N N N N
Vanessa Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y Y N N N
Mikey N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N
Matt Y N Y Y Y N Y N N Y N N N N N N
Jamie N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N N
Suela Y N Y N N N N N Y N N N N N N N
Nakita Y N Y Y Y S N N Y Y S Y Y N N N
Ollie Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N N N N N N N N
Annie Y Y Y N Y Y Y Y Y N N N N N N N
Anusha Y N N N Y N N N Y N N Y N N N N
Will W N N Y N N N Y Y N Y N N N N N N

Media Terminology

Morning all,

Hopefully you have been busy scribbling away on your blogs.
Remember you must use your blog to evaluate your progress.
In the evaluation the following questions must be answered:
1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
2. How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary texts? (front cover and contents and double page spread)
3. What have you learned from your audience feedback?
4. How did you use new media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages?

Remember you must use Media terminology in your evaluation.
Magazine Terminology:

Mode of address
Target audience
Demographic
Brand identity
House style
Layout/Structure
Colour
Graphics/Images
Font style/size
Juxtapostion
Headlines
Story
Byline
Pug
Exclusives/Lures
Denotation
Connotation

You must also use the terminology you have learnt through your use of Photoshop:
Blur
Crop
Blend
Layer
Filter
Feather
Gradient
Opacity
Transform
Rotate
Levels
Contrast

You must also us the terminology you have learnt through use cameras:
Medium shot
Close up
Extreme Close up
Setting/Props/background/foreground
Actors
Costume
Wide angle/Low angle/High angle
Lighting/back light/spot light/fill light
Zoom
Positioning/Framing

Get all of this in your blog writing please!

Deadlines update

http://justintimeproductions.blogspot.com
This is a very good and up to date blog. Have a look and then start working on your own!

As I told you in lesson today, due to the disruption of snow and the macs, you will have an extra month to finish your coursework. Your final deadline is now Friday 13th March. Everything has to be completed by this date.
I want to see everyone's folders this Friday 27th February, both the prelim and main task. You must have completed everything for your main task except photo construction, the final product, and the evaluation.
We will be working on your coursework in lesson time until 10th March, when we will start British TV drama.
Get working!