Thursday 18 March 2010

Evaluation Questions (1000 words)

Your evaluation must answer the following questions:

In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

Who would be the audience for your media product?

How did you attract/address your audience?

What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

Level 4 - A Grade Marking Criteria for Research

Level 4 16–20 marks

*There is excellent research into similar products and a potential target audience.

*There is excellent organisation of actors, locations, costumes or props.

*There is excellent work on shotlists, layouts, drafting, scripting or storyboarding.

*There is an excellent level of care in the presentation of the research and planning

*Time management is excellent.

Level 4 - A Grade Criteria for the Production Work

Level 4 48–60 marks

There is evidence of excellence in the creative use of most of the following technical skills:

*framing a shot, including and excluding elements as appropriate;

*using a variety of shot distances as appropriate;

*shooting material appropriate to the task set;

*selecting mise-en-scène including colour, figure, lighting, objects and setting;

*manipulating photographs as appropriate to the context for presentation, including cropping and resizing;

*accurately using language and register;

*appropriately integrating illustration and text;

*showing understanding of conventions of layout and page design;

*showing awareness of the need for variety in fonts and text size;

*using ICT appropriately for the task set.

Regarding Final Deadline

Will be

Tuesday 4th May.

Monday 15 March 2010

Interim Deadline 2

Monday 29th March

The following MUST be on your blog:

  1. Analysis of 4 J-Lo front covers focusing on the way the images are constructed
  2. Research on Magazine publishers
  3. Analysis of 2 magazine front covers
  4. Analysis of 4 title blocks
  5. Magazine proposal and questionnaire
  6. Questionnaire results and conclusions
  7. Post your possible title block designs and ask people to vote
  8. Analysis of a contents page
  9. Analysis of a feature article
  10. Up to 1000 word feature article for your mag
  11. Detailed layout for your pages
  12. At least 10 photographs that you have taken for your magazine cover/contents/feature
  13. Edited image for front cover
  14. 1st draft design for your front cover
  15. Edited images for your contents pages
  16. 1st draft contents page

Remember that you should record all your planning too. This could include photographs of possible costumes, props, locations and settings. If you plan to use the theatre for your photoshoot you need to contact Mr Hitchenson in the music department.

Good luck!

Thursday 4 March 2010

Drafting of work

Please ensure that you post all your drafts. For example:
*page layout plans
*first draft with comments on how you will improve. I will also provide comments if you post this work.
*all good photographs that you take. You need evidence of your original images!

I want to start my magazine but I haven't got any images yet...what should I do?!

1. You can write the 1000 word feature article for your magazine. You can decide whether this will be a clear interview or a more in depth article with quotes from your artist. Make sure that you set the scene:
*where are you meeting them?
*what is the setting like?
*what is the atmosphere?
*what is the artists attitude/mood
*what have they been doing that day up until this point?
You article should aim to promote the artist so you need to ensure that your questions are interesting and revealing!

2. You can design the layout of your front cover and article. The feature article should be at least 3 pages long and include at least 4 images. For the front cover you can decide on colour themes, fonts and positioning.

3. You can start organising your photoshoot. Do you need to book the theatre and lighting? Do you need to book a camera? Do you need to e-mail people? Are you planning to shoot outside? Check the weather forecast! What costume will your artist wear? Do you need to provide costumes? What mise-en-scene will you select? What camera angles and shots will you use? Will all the images be posed or do you also want live action shots e.g. at a gig?

Good luck!