EASTER HOLIDAY REVISION

There will be sessions for AS and A2 in the holidays.

Tuesday 9th April

• A2      9.30-12 & 12.30-3 (evaluations)
• AS     12.30-3 (evaluations)

Wednesday 10th April

• AS      12.30-3 (exam prep)

All are expected to attend.

AS Foundation Portfolios

Thursday 28th March

Work to completion of your film openings and upload to blogs.

Once video is complete:

• share to movie
• upload to youtube or vimeo (try using Firefox to upload to Youtube/Vimeo)
• embed in blog

Alternatively, if this doesn't work

• share to movie
• upload to blog (quality will not be as good but it should work) 

If this doesn't work for you please do contact: ITsupport@brentford.hounslow.sch.uk

All Foundation Portfolio Film openings MUST be uploaded by the end of the day.

If you have already completed this then please work on evaluations and your blog. 

Confirm that you have read and understood this by posting on your blog what you have done today.

A2 Advanced Portfolio

Wednesday 27th March

Work to completion of all production elements and upload to blogs/websites.

Once video is complete:

• share to movie
• upload to youtube or vimeo (try using Firefox to upload to Youtube/Vimeo)
• embed in blog/website

Alternatively, if this doesn't work

• share to movie
• upload to blog (quality will not be as good but it should work) 

All AP production, main and ancillaries MUST be uploaded by the end of the day.

If you have already completed this then please work on evaluations and your blog/website. 

Confirm that you have read and understood this by posting on your blog what you have done today.

AS Film openings - THURSDAY DEADLINE

All must be completed by Thursday deadline.

THERE WILL BE LESSONS 1-4 ON THURSDAY JUST AS USUAL.

You have that time in addition to the time you use in class after school on Monday or Tuesday.

I am expecting to see as many of you as possible after Tuesdays Media class as this is the ideal time to complete.

EASTER REVISION

The easter revision sessions will be 

• Tuesday the 9th from 12.30-3 - CW evaluations work
• Wednesday the 10th 12.30-3 - Section A exam prep

All are expected to attend.

A2 DEADLINES, ESSAYS AND COMPLETION

You all know the deal. Wednesday.

Please make sure that you also submit the essays set by Monday too, you need the practice and you need to make progress with your exam work. The big push is on and you CAN do it. if you really try,

• Habiba - please bring you ancillary 2 or upload to your website - you need feedback to do the evaluations
• Rana and Hodo - ensure that you have both ancillaries completed and that you finish your sound edit in time - as with Habiba you need feedback
• Jess - well done for uploading your recent work, now ensure that you recut, improve and get feedback
• Lauren and Rebecca - complete and upload final ancillary
• Yasmin - ancillary two - please have a new version of this - you can remember use photoshop remotely to do it
• Josh and Valeriya - complete and upload

The fact is ladies and gent, you are really close to producing some excellent work and once it is done you will feel so much better and you will be free to focus on your evaluations, making your websites and blogs work perfectly and exam prep.

Do yourselves the favour and complete.

I will be able to give you access to iMacs subject to negotiation on Monday from 11am onwards.

EASTER REVISION SESSIONS

All day Tuesday the 9th of April - 9.30-12 and 12.30-3
Work on Evaluations

FOUNDATION PORTFOLIO AS

REMINDER - AS IF YOU NEED ANOTHER

YOUR FILM OPENING MUST BE COMPLETED BY THE DEADLINE.

INCOMPLETE WORK CANNOT GET LEVEL 3 OR ABOVE AND TENDS TO GET LEVEL 1

DON'T WASTE THIS CHANCE TO SECURE A GOOD GRADE.

DON'T WASTE THE VIRTUALLY UNLIMITED ACCESS YOU HAVE TO THE MEDIA ROOM TO COMPLETE YOUR WORK.

NB. Any borrowed equipment must be returned ASAP.

ADVANCED PORTFOLIO A2

DEADLINES:

27th March
All products completed and uploaded to blogs/websites

19th April
All evaluations completed and uploaded

26th April
All blogs and websites completed and locked - no further work will be possible after this date

There is no flexibility on these deadlines as all work must be marked and submitted in May.

A2 HW REMINDER

Please ensure that you have your "trailer trash girl teens" dossier uploaded to your blog by the start of tomorrow's lesson in addition to the comparative essay about Fish Tank and Precious. Those who haven't completed their Gypsy essay must have it tomorrow without fail.

We will be working on a new representation and refining and developing your personal research. In addition we will be looking at what you need to achieve in terms of marks to get the grades you need.

A2 and AS - Competition

The deadline for the Media Magazine Competition is the 25th of March which is Monday week so if you want to stand a chance of winning, you MUST get your production work completed by Thursday the 21st of March.

This is a very prestigious competition and it would be excellent for us to enter as many outstanding film openings, trailers, music videos or short films as we can.

C1 as always in available for you to work. Don't waste this opportunity.

Competition details

AS Understanding Filmmaking - The Business

Use this website to carry out your section of the reasearch task: Creative Skillset

• E-mail me your presentation so I can link it to the blog
• You will be feeding back to your peers at 2.40pm

It is vital that all the information is shared as it will be applied to an essay question and be a useful revision tool.

1. The Idea

1. The Idea (2)

2& 3. Finance & Script Development

5&6. Financing & Pre-production

7. Shoot

8. Post-production

9. Sales

10&11. Marketing & Exhibition

12. Other Windows

Using the resources your peers have provided you with, key terminology and your own research, write the following essay:

Discuss the ways in which media products are produced, and distributed to audiences, within a media area, which you have studied. (50marks)

–media products = films

–media area = the film industry

–include detailed references to Working Title

DUE: Tuesday 19th March