A2 G324: Advanced Portfolio in Media

For those of you who wish to read up on this qualification you can follow the below link to the exam boards specification for your course:



http://ocr.org.uk/qualifications/type/gce/amlw/media_studies/index.aspx



pg 29 onwards is the section I will be focusing on with you in my sessions.



There are two main areas I will be working you through.

Part 1 is your actual practical task, can I draw your attention to the additional tasks, these may not be things you are aware of yet.



I've copied the brief from the specification below. You will see that there are 3 potential secondary tasks that you must complete. You need to choose 2 of them to work on in my sessions.



1. A promotion package for the release of an album, to include a music promo video, together with two of the following three options:



a website homepage for the band;



a cover for its release as part of a digipak (CD/DVD package);

Whats a digipak? below is an animated example.

http://www.mediaheaven.co.uk/animations/DP1402.swf

a magazine advertisement for the digipak (CD/DVD package).





In Part 2 I will be covering the electronic presentation of your research planning and evaluation.



Your electronic presentation will be more than just a written blog account of what you did you must include audio and video work as well as the written parts.
Im especially keen for you to try and come up with creative ways to present your evaluation.


I have put together a collection of the mark criteria for your practical project as a word document. It is saved in Resources>Media studies > Year13 >Practical> Mark Criteria

Please take the time to look at it, if you follow it you WILL get a high grade

Ok enough Talk its time to get working!

your objectives for today are:

1. Read the mark criteria, and ask me if any of it doesnt make sense to you (it doesnt always make sense to us teachers at first! so dont be shy!)

2. Get your blog set up. this can be a bit of a long process so may over run into next week.

3.Brainstorm! you need to brainstorm ideas for your CD cover and magazine advert. I suggest using the following media key themes as starting points.

• Genre





• Audience





• Representation





• Institution





• Codes and conventions
  
  

4. Deadline task for next week.

bring in examples of CD covers and magazine advertisements related to bands and CD/DVD selling you need to analyse the following things about each of your examples.

• Use of ICT





• Use of Conventions of layout and page design





• Variety in fonts and text size





• Use of language and register





• integration of illustration and text





• framing of shots, including or excluding elements





• use of a variety of shot distances





• Mise-en-scene (colour, figure, lighting, objects)





• Image manipulation

If you cover all of the above in detail you are well on the way to getting top marks.bring in examples to the next session, I expect no less than 3 of each type.