Final countdown

Hey, hey!
Not long now, troops; just a reminder of some key deadlines:

Your original FINAL deadline for your coursework product (magazine or film opening) was Friday 9th December, however, because I'm in London on training (your class will be covered & a register will be taken so you still  must attend, you need the time) that means I'm not around to collect it in, so...

Monday 12th December
FINAL DEADLINE FOR MAGAZINE OR FILM

Thursday 15th December
DEADLINE FOR EVALUATIONS

THE RESEARCH AND PLANNING PART OF YOUR BLOG SHOULD ALSO BE COMPLETED SO IF YOU STILL HAVE THINGS TO SCAN IN OR UPLOAD PLEASE DO SO ASAP.

If you need to make any significant changes to your evaluations I will email you (hopefully by Sunday 18th)  and you can make the amendments at home and post to your blog by Wednesday 21st.  Or, if you would like to come in and make amendments, James and I will be in H311 marking coursework so I can let you into H308 to use the computers.

Eeeh it's getting exciting, nearly 50% of your AS banked!
Well done everyone, I'm very proud of the hard work you've put in so far  :D
Kaye

Not long until deadline!

Exciting!  Don't forget, the ILC have the software you need and I have H308 booked out on Wednesdays and Thursdays 1.15-2.15 and Friday's 3.30-4.30pm when you can come and work in the room or see me for a one to one.

Just think...just under 3 weeks hard graft and then Santa's coming!  :D  And a unit banked before we start the next :)  Don't panic, don't stress - it'll all be completed soon and I'll help anyway I can.

Examples of Level 4 magazines

Double Page Spread (DPS) labels

Other important elements to consider in a DPS:

a strap-line under the article header might explain the teaser, or add further information designed to draw the reader in

the image (and other smaller images) may be have captions which anchor their meaning for the reader

the article title must be intriguing and have visual impact: enigma codes/ puns/ shock tactics/ font size and style/ colour usage

 overall composition: how and why does this work? Trace the narrative flow of the images and text elements of the DPS as a whole: where are the readers’ eyes being led?

limited colour palette: often colours within the DPS will be chosen to be in harmony with the colour of the image, say. Eg, article title often has the dominant colour of the image applied to it

Comments from users

Hey everyone
A lot of the work from this class is looking very impressive so far; I'm really pleased - well done :D 

1 day to deadline.  Keep it up!  And don't forget I have the pleasure of your company during half term :)

Can you all please check your Blogger settings and make sure that users can comment on your posts please?  When I am checking through your work the comment facility is working for some students and not others.  If you do not have any comments from me it is likely that your settings need to be adjusted.

Well done on the work you've done this term!
Kaye

Example of good practise for what to include/ways to present your Research & Planning

http://www.ocr.org.uk/qualifications/type/gce/amlw/media_studies/documents/index.html

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Examples of good practice from our A2 class

So far your blogs are looking great - well done  :D.  Below are several links to some of the A2 Media students' blogs which may give you some more ideas on how to present your blog.  Remmeber there are up to 20 points for grabs for all of the research and planning that you do, every point counts :-)


http://thehauntednightmare.blogspot.com/

http://ashleighholder.blogspot.com/

http://staceythompsonx3.blogspot.com/

http://liveyourdaysthroughpoemsanddreams.blogspot.com/

http://rabbitsandcoke.blogspot.com/

http://theroadtotheseatothesky.blogspot.com/

http://lawsonsblog49.blogspot.com/

http://thedirtisimportant.blogspot.com/

Links to Kaye's AS students' blogs

HANNAH BIRD
ANASTASIA (STACY) CARRUTHERS
BETHANY CORNISH
CHELSEA CREASER
HANNI ETHERINGTON
HARLEY FREEMAN
REBECCA GIBBONS
SARAH GIRDWOOD
ABBY GLENDENNING
GEORGINA HALL
LOUISE HALL
CONNOR HOYLAND
AYEISHA JACKSON
DANIEL JORGENSON
CHLOE KEMP
ALEX LAWS
ADAM LAYFIELD
NICOLA LOWES
ANYA MUNCASTER
BROGAN NICHOLSON
RACHEL OTTERSON
CHLOE RUDKIN
JACK STEPHENSON
JENNIFER (JENNY) WATSON
LUCY WHELAN
REBECCA (BECCA)  WILKINSON
JOHN WILSON
TONI MCCKENNA
CALLY ATKINSON
ASHLEIGH HOLDER
CHRISTOPHER JOHNS
ADAM CORKHILL
ELLIS DOUGLAS
NARGIS AKHTER
HANNAH FLEUCHAR
NICOLA MATHER

Brief magazine analysis

Take a look at the following covers, pick one or two, and consider the following questions:


•Who are the audience? How do we know this? Tell me more detail about the audience.

•What is the text selling?

•What sort of attitude/tone does it have?

•Consider the ideology of the texts – what is valued/believed in?