The Oldershaw Academy Media Advanced Coursework

Thursday, 26 April 2018

Style models of completed A2 blogs

a2mediarachelallen.blogspot.com

kyledossantosa2media.blogspot.com

hollyhulsea2media.blogspot.com

meganslatera2media.blogspot.com

jamiepearsa2media.blogspot.com

Monday, 8 January 2018

This Week

I will be reporting to Parents on Thursday on the following areas:

Your Progress with your video against agreed deadlines
Your research & planning posts
The 4 Evaluation questions

and most significantly

your TIME MANAGEMENT.

This will be the most significant aspect your progress towards your Target Grades this term.

We have covered the initial Evaluation Question regarding Conventions of your coursework portfolio (Related to Film Documentary - Trailer - Music Video)

*Remember you will also need to consider the conventions of your Ancillary Tasks (Review, Poster, Magazine Cover etc) when considering their construction and the creative decisions you make.

This half term you need to consider your Audience Feedback and how that has influenced the decisions & revisions that you make in Construction. Access to Social Media - Focus Group - Questionaires - Graphs - Statistics etc will support your answers.

Remember the Evaluation Questions:

In the evaluation the following questions must be answered:

~~In which ways does your Media Product use, develop or challenge forms & Conventions of Media Products~~

How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary tasks?

*What have you learnt from Audience feedback?

How did you use Media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages

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Finally the best grades for the Evaluation questions will depend upon your analytical answers AND your use of New Media. Present your answers in a varied way e.g Press - Slideshare - Podcast - Video

Monday, 9 October 2017

End of Half Term Task

You should have completed your slideshare conventions task. (This will provide an excellent framework for Evaluation Question 1)

On Wednesday I want you to rehearse a short (30 sec) sequence)
You must direct your actor(s) and rehearse ready for filming on Thursday
Only limited Miss en Scene (location, props costume etc are not important at this planning stage) However you will be assessed on the Camera shots you take and your Direction of the short film. You will also be the Cameraman.

We will edit ready to present to the class next Thursday 19th October (Last lesson before half -term)

Your end of half term mark will be supported by 20 + posts on your blog specifically showing research in the key conventions

This Assessment grade will be reported

Sunday, 1 October 2017

This Week

Three focuses from last week's assessment:

Time Management: to gain Level 4 marks - work must be completed on time
Accuracy: Work on Music videos was not complete. This is for a 'Research' grade and a number of students did little or no research. The examples that I had posted on my blog were not even used by some.

If you want to get a good grade you MUST show evidence of quality Research

Use of New media to support your posts. This is key. Images and links are not just to make your posts 'pretty (They do however) They provide real examples of Media Products and show you understand the convention associated with them.

Research thoroughly and Accurately
Please go back and complete the 'Conventions' work increasing and demonstrating your level of research.

By Wednesday you must start using each convention and post examples of how and why it is used for your chosen media brief.

Only when this is completed can we progress on to the Planning stage and begin the construction of your coursework artefacts.

Friday, 22 September 2017

This weeks task - Conventions Presentation

Research Task to present this Thursday (28th September 2017)

Please note: Unfinished work or non-attendance will receive a U grade for this terms first progress grade.

Please make sure your posts are up to date from last week's task and continue to post approx 5 more posts to show your work on this Research task.

The Task to present on Thursday Period 2.

I introduced this to you on Wednesday 20th September - so I trust your research is well underway

Using your choice of brief:

Select the Main task e.g. Music Video, Trailer, Documentary.

(Do not include the ancillary tasks at this stage.) and create a Power point (or Key note ) presentation examining the conventions of you main task video.

Method

Read carefully and follow accurately.

Label this work as ‘Research’
Title each post with a clear explanation of what you are doing
Research as many conventions as possible - this is will be key to the de-construction and construction of your work
Use Search engines (Google etc) to direct your research from a variety of sources.
Please use Video links, & mages to support your analytical writing.
Reference multiple style models to show the extent of your research. Referencing 1 or 2 will severely limit your grades
Upload your finished Powerpoint/Key Note to Slideshare for Thursday’s marking sessions.

NB: Unfinished work or non-attendance will receive a U grade for this terms first progress grade.

On Thursday we will use the points above to group mark your work.

Remember this will provide most of the content for Evaluation Question 1 and if you do this thoroughly your Evaluation Mark (& your research & Planning marks will benefit)

Make sure you post ( at least 5 posts) and explain the research you are doing?

At the end of this task you will have a clear understanding of the Conventions for your chosen brief.

Please use the Media language (in bold) in Evaluation question 1 in your posts ref:

'In which ways does your Media Product use, develop or challenge forms & Conventions of Media Products'

To help you: