OCR Link

HI

Try out the new Loink to your exam board. excellent materials for revision here, past paers, mark schemes, etc...
Presentations delayed till 9th December thanks to snow...be ready for Thursday.
Miss

Deadlines are looming......
By Friday 30th you must have:
-finished you school magazine, cover and contents pages
- updated your blog with feedback and an evaluation of your product:
-what went well
- what is successful?
- how close was the final product to your original brief?
- how did it change? Why?
- What needs improving?
- What have you learnt?
- How will your approach to your magazine front cover be different?

Then you need to get ready for your presentations: 5 minutes to talk us through the process and product: Preliminary task.

time for production

ok - i've commented on your blogs and said what you need to do. patrick / Chris you need to catch up.
Go back to the W:drive - all of you - look at your next task and deadline

preliminary tasks

So its deadline day for your research and planning - dont forget to update your blog

Teenage Dreams

Don't forget 8th october is your deadline for your first go at In Design - Teenage mag for an ethnic audience.
Miss - keep blogging

Welcome back

So its September again and another set of eager Yr12s are ready to set up their blogs for Media Production - OCR.

Lets remember what you are currently doing:
- Big Brother Essay - deconstructing the title sequence of BB 8: don't forget to look for information on BB, Ch4 and its creators on the net to help. Due: 30th September
- Playing with Adobe: you're creating a front page of a gossip mag / tabloid paper on a scandolous BB story. Use Photoshop and experiment with In Design
- don't forget to cover your books!

These should have been finished 2 weeks ago!!!!!!

Seriously, you must complete all components.
Video should be fixed by Friday.
Send me any new finished products and your powerpoints.

I will take this all off the sytem to mark on April 29th - i cannot accept anything after that.

time is ticking

These should be finished minus the videos by MONDAY 19th APRIL - what are you doing????

To finalise

Notes from Friday.....
1. Self evaluation - how did your presentation go? What were you good at? What did you need to do to improve:
-your product
-your power point
- your evaluation?
2. Make your corrections
3. Update your blog
4. Attach your presentation
5. Attach your film

All presentations should be on the W:Drive by tomorrow.
Filming Kamrul and Leandro at 2.50pm.
Miss

Just in case....

Log into Samlearning: Br3kp / ddmmyyintials
I've set you all some extra work - exams are looming.
Miss

Presentations

I'm going to film you on Fridat 26th March - schedule on W:Drive - follow the powerpoint.

Your portfolios

You should have:
- added evidence of your research and explained how it informed your planning
- evidence of planning
- step guide / diary of the creation of your music products, with evidence of
development
- posted your products
- evaluated your products, specifically addressing the 8 key questions from exam
board:

• 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?
- you should also have given feedback to at least 2 other people in this group and collected your own feedback

if you have not done the above then this is what we are using this week for - get blogging.

Miss

Deadline is 11/2/10

Gents finished products must be sent to me for assessment.

All blogs must be updated and complete by 22/2/10 - all evaluation questions must be answered. (Check the brief doc on W Drive)

A filmed presentation of your products and evaluation will take place after half term - get ahead of yourself and start preparing the slide show and post to your blog.

Miss

Presentation Day

Join me in A4 where we will be viewing the Products created by this year's Yr12 Candidates. they will be presenting their Music magazine products - discussing their concepts, ideas, process and products.

After today they have a week to complete their Products - make any sugested alterations.
They will also need to complete their evaluations and update their Blogs. All must be handed in on the 11th.

After halfterm there will be a further filmed presentation of final products and evaluations which will be posted on their Blogs for everyone to comment on.

I'm talking to your parents!

I'm reviewing your blogs this week and reporting home....get blogging! Miss

Music Magazine Production

Well boys you are behind on your deadlines.

You started today interviewing each other on your plans for this product.
What are you planning to do?
Who are you targetting? Primary target audience needs to be clearly identified in detail.
What genre of music are you creating the magazine for?
What is your concept for this issue?
Are you present a solo artist or band?
What are your colour themes - explain choices (semiotics)
What images / shots do you intend to use? Why?
How will you create these shots?
What will be in your double-page spread?

I remind you your research and planning stages on your blog should be complete.
You should be posting comments on other's work via their blogs too.
You will need to explain what feedback you were given on your ideas.

Look at the dealine... products to be presented to class on 4/2/10 (2 weeks!)