Thursday 29 November 2012
Tuesday 27 November 2012
AS WOMEN IN HORROR
SOURCE MATERIAL WORTH READING BUT WHICH MUST NOT BE COPIED OR PLAGIARISED.
Forbes
Halloween II
The issue of plagiarism has arisen and you should know that if you present work as your own which is actually copied from another source you are risking your place on the course.
As a school we take plagiarism extremely seriously and while we cannot and do not spot everything we do check periodically and it is generally really obvious that a student has used vocabulary, sentence construction and concepts which are out of character.
Therefore, I would encourage you to read widely but NEVER copy and paste from your sources. If you do and we find this out, we will make copies as evidence, call your parents in for a meeting and you may be asked to leave the course and even the school as a consequence.
If any of you think you may be in this situation please remedy it ASAP by re-writing your HW before Thursday's lessons.
Forbes
Halloween II
The issue of plagiarism has arisen and you should know that if you present work as your own which is actually copied from another source you are risking your place on the course.
As a school we take plagiarism extremely seriously and while we cannot and do not spot everything we do check periodically and it is generally really obvious that a student has used vocabulary, sentence construction and concepts which are out of character.
Therefore, I would encourage you to read widely but NEVER copy and paste from your sources. If you do and we find this out, we will make copies as evidence, call your parents in for a meeting and you may be asked to leave the course and even the school as a consequence.
If any of you think you may be in this situation please remedy it ASAP by re-writing your HW before Thursday's lessons.
Sunday 25 November 2012
A2 ancillary products and course update
Monday's lessons
In today's lessons in The Heart you objective will be to complete a detailed mock up of one of your ancillary products to a point where it can be posted on your blog. your homework has been to repeated for this so it is vital that you bring with you or have available in some digital form all materials you need to complete this task.
In addition, please bring your diaries/journals as to will be making appointments to see me on parents evening with your parents. If you or they do not come, you will be asked to come in with them on another occasion perhaps less convenient.
On your blogs
Ensure that you have published a schedule for completion of the post production for your main product and two ancillary products. These should be completed by the 20th of December as I will be looking at them and giving levels over the winter break. Please be aware that the levels generated will form the basis of your projected grade in the spring reports and of course your current approach to your work has a direct bearing on the grade I will be predicting for UCAS.
Advanced Portfolio
As you all know and I'm sure are more than aware of the AP is presented digitally and excellence in this presentation is vital for a high level at A2. Once you have completed your main and ancillary products you will be completing your evaluations and I will be looking for sophisticated use of technology and innovation in your presentation. You will struggle to gain the highest marks without this.
In other words, writing your evaluation and reading out while illustrating it with moving or still images will not be enough. Please been thinking now how you can challenge the form, develop and apply new ways of using the skills you have and the technology we have available to enhance this. Web or blog The choice is there for you to make and make it you must. Some of you have already made the choice and started t build your AP site or blog. Please make sure that I have access to this and that you are covering all the relevant areas.
These are:
Remember that you must consider how your products fit into the genre and form you have chosen, how they work in historical, social, economic and perhaps political terms. Think about how they subvert or develop the conventions of the genre and form. Make sure that you are documenting the processes including the use of technology, the problems encountered and the hurdles overcome.
Viva
During December, I will be running vivas with all of you. This is an oral test of your knowledge and understanding of what you have been doing this term and will contribute to my grading of your work. We will film theses orals and you may be able to use this as a part of your process of evaluation. As you can see, a lot of work must be completed in the next four weeks and I therefore expect to see a lot more of you in C1 or online on your logs than I have of late.
In today's lessons in The Heart you objective will be to complete a detailed mock up of one of your ancillary products to a point where it can be posted on your blog. your homework has been to repeated for this so it is vital that you bring with you or have available in some digital form all materials you need to complete this task.
In addition, please bring your diaries/journals as to will be making appointments to see me on parents evening with your parents. If you or they do not come, you will be asked to come in with them on another occasion perhaps less convenient.
On your blogs
Ensure that you have published a schedule for completion of the post production for your main product and two ancillary products. These should be completed by the 20th of December as I will be looking at them and giving levels over the winter break. Please be aware that the levels generated will form the basis of your projected grade in the spring reports and of course your current approach to your work has a direct bearing on the grade I will be predicting for UCAS.
Advanced Portfolio
As you all know and I'm sure are more than aware of the AP is presented digitally and excellence in this presentation is vital for a high level at A2. Once you have completed your main and ancillary products you will be completing your evaluations and I will be looking for sophisticated use of technology and innovation in your presentation. You will struggle to gain the highest marks without this.
In other words, writing your evaluation and reading out while illustrating it with moving or still images will not be enough. Please been thinking now how you can challenge the form, develop and apply new ways of using the skills you have and the technology we have available to enhance this. Web or blog The choice is there for you to make and make it you must. Some of you have already made the choice and started t build your AP site or blog. Please make sure that I have access to this and that you are covering all the relevant areas.
These are:
- Research
- Development
- Planing
- Preproduction
- Productions
- Post-production
- Evaluation
Remember that you must consider how your products fit into the genre and form you have chosen, how they work in historical, social, economic and perhaps political terms. Think about how they subvert or develop the conventions of the genre and form. Make sure that you are documenting the processes including the use of technology, the problems encountered and the hurdles overcome.
Viva
During December, I will be running vivas with all of you. This is an oral test of your knowledge and understanding of what you have been doing this term and will contribute to my grading of your work. We will film theses orals and you may be able to use this as a part of your process of evaluation. As you can see, a lot of work must be completed in the next four weeks and I therefore expect to see a lot more of you in C1 or online on your logs than I have of late.
Thursday 22 November 2012
AS Vampires
Please find the embed of The Hunger below and the presentation from today's lesson with the HWs you need to complete for next week.
I will be looking at the work you have already completed over the weekend so ensure that it is there on your blog.
Research Interview 2
Wednesday 21 November 2012
A2 Advanced Portfolio
Homework
Next Monday you will be working on your ancillary products in the Heart NOT your edits.
It is therefore essential that you have with you prepared in advance your TWO mock ups for Ancillary 1 and 2.
Please have versions of these on your blogs and/or in books and be prepared to use the time to work on these exclusively.
Remember the expectation is that you will be doing 4-5 hours per week on Media homework and this is not optional but a requirement.
Areas you can do from home:
Next Monday you will be working on your ancillary products in the Heart NOT your edits.
It is therefore essential that you have with you prepared in advance your TWO mock ups for Ancillary 1 and 2.
Please have versions of these on your blogs and/or in books and be prepared to use the time to work on these exclusively.
Remember the expectation is that you will be doing 4-5 hours per week on Media homework and this is not optional but a requirement.
Areas you can do from home:
- research and development related to your briefs
- design using the student login to the virtual desktop where there is access to photoshop etc.
- blog and website work
- additional filming by arrangement
In C1
- editing, filming and post production
Thursday 15 November 2012
AS HOMEWORK
- Ensure that:
- Director research is completed - notes on 3 directors, their work, genres, style, awards etc.
- 3 movie openings are analysed - new focus on European Horror - you may use Let The RIght One In as one of the three.
- Write 500 words on the representation of young women in horror films. You must research this first and you must provide clear examples from horror texts. Remember the analysis of representation must be made through media forms.
Wednesday 14 November 2012
Advanced Portfolio Conventions Examples
Short Film Playlist
Music Videos Playlist
Student Music Video 1
Student Music Video 2
Student Music Video 3
Teaser Trailer Playlist
Music Videos Playlist
Student Music Video 1
Student Music Video 2
Student Music Video 3
Teaser Trailer Playlist
Tuesday 13 November 2012
MEDIA CONFERENCE TRIP 13TH DEC
Final deadline for informing me about whether you want to go on the trip is today. You MUST let me know if you want to go by 1pm on Wednesday the 14th Novemebr, as I will be calling the organisers and confirming the numbers after this time and before 5pm.
If you are unable to confirm, then we may be able to get more tickets after this date but you run the risk of not getting one.
The trip will only run in 10 or more students sign up.
A2 students
Today's lessons require you to bring in any and all camera equipment and footage which you may have on a disk at home. It is essential that all footage is saved onto the school server. You will be editing your work but also preparing other elements of your portfolio.We will be looking at some exemplar and seeing how you can improve on what you are currently doing.
AS students
Tomorrow (Thursday's lesson) will be focussed on further development of your filming skills, examination of some film openings and beginning preparation for your Foundation Portfolio. We will be beginning research into genre, narrative and ideology as well as looking at audience and representations.
Friday 9 November 2012
Film Style Lesson
La Belle et La Bete (1946) [Mise-en-scene Example]
Children of Men (2006) [Cinematography example]
Apocalypse Now (1979) [Sound Example]
Step Up Revolution (2012) [Editing example]
Film Style PDF
Wednesday 7 November 2012
Monday 5 November 2012
A2 EVALUATION
Evaluation Questions (20 MARKS)
In the evaluation the following four questions must be addressed:
In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary texts?
What have you learned from your audience feedback?
How did you use media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages?
Use these questions as a starting point for your own evaluations and the interview you will film today.
Think about how you would answer then now and how you will need to answer them in January when this part of the coursework will be completed.
As you see from the questions, there is a presumption that all work is completed and we all know it hasn't been yet. SO what actions do you have to take to be able to answer these questions in detail?
Think about how you would answer then now and how you will need to answer them in January when this part of the coursework will be completed.
As you see from the questions, there is a presumption that all work is completed and we all know it hasn't been yet. SO what actions do you have to take to be able to answer these questions in detail?
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