First Day Of A New Dawn!

Hopefully you have enjoyed your half term break and are now focused on improving your grades in the run up to Christmas (Yes it's that time of year!).

Yr 10 Media should be focused upon their first assignment (Newspapers/Magazines/Print) and using MediaEdu to help your understanding.

Yr11 Media should be busy planning their practical production and staying focused upon what they want finished videos to look like.

Yr 10 English are focused upon Of Mice and Men and can find a handy link on the navigation bar.

Yr 9 should research Detective Stories (lots of options in the School Library)

Yr 8 are studying Advertising, so make sure to check out all those adverts in Newspapers, on billboards and TV/Radio, making note of the Persuasive Devices used.

Yr 7 are focused on poetry.

Make the most of this term, then enjoy the Christmas break! A New Year awaits us all (2014).

Media - Assignment 3 - Promotion of Music!

You should now have a firm idea of a genre and a chosen song for Assignment 3.

Remember the key to producing a successful Music Video is the planning stage. Everyone in your group needs to know their role and must keep an ongoing individual record of the planning stage.  This will help to achieve a high mark and will inform anyone who examines the final product, how decisions and research influenced your work. This is really important! Do not rely on other group members - you must keep your own records of your input!

Don't forget to make use of the Edusite Website (Use your log-in) and other sites such as Slideshare to help inform your choices.  Watch videos from your chosen genre and try to replicate: the stereotypical camera shots/angles; mise-en-scene (actors facial expressions/setting/props etc); expected storylines that follow the lyrics and other similarities you notice.

Try your best to add your own touch of originality and flair also.  These videos will gain the highest marks.

Good luck.  Clapper board down.  Let's make some music videos!

Welcome back to a new term and start of a new academic year at Saint John Wall School.
You need to be using the next few months wisely. That means realising that this year will pass quickly. There is a lot to learn and only limited time, so don't waste it!

Fot those of you in my Yr 11 Media Group and for those starting GCSE Media in Yr 10 with Miss Hazelwood; I have gained access to a really good site to help you with your understanding of the subject, production of coursework and to help pass the exam!

The link will take you to Media Edusite. You need a password from your teacher to log in, so if you haven't already been given one please see myself or Miss Hazelwood.

Good luck with your forthcoming year at SJW and start using the site to boost your grades!

Mr Milligan.

http://media.edusites.co.uk/

AQA Media Exam 2014 -  Promotion and Marketing of Video Games

Above is the topic for your AQA GCSE Media Exam in June 2014.  We will start digging deep into this topic next term but it could be a great idea to spend some time over the holidays researching the topic. To get you started i've posted a few links that might be worth checking out.  Happy Gaming!

http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/the-new-rules-of-games-marketing/0111541

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2011-05-09-video-game-marketing-the-new-bible-article

http://www.examiner.com/article/assassin-s-creed-3-promotions-are-a-huge-marketing-investment-for-ubisoft


Online publications include:
  http://www.gamestm.co.uk/
  http://www.gamesradar.com/uk/
  http://www.pcgamer.com/uk/
  http://www.oxm.co.uk/
  http://www.officialplaystationmagazine.co.uk/

Other useful websites
http://media.edusites.co.uk (section on games)
htttp://www.englishandmedia.co.uk (media magazine sometimes contains articles on gaming
http://en.wikipedia.org (provides a lot of background and links)
http://www.harmonixmusic.com
http://www.rockbandaide.com/.
http://www.edge-online.com/
http://www.gamesradar.com/uk/
http://www.pcgamer.com/uk/
http://www.gamestm.co.uk
http://www.oxm.co.uk/
http://www.officialplaystationmagazine.co.uk/
http://www.officialnintendomagazine.co.uk
http://mojang.com

Exams 2013

Best of luck to all pupils taking exams in May and June 2013. To be fair, luck is a small part of the success equation; those of you who have put in the study work will be rightly rewarded in August. There are some useful links on the right hand side which might help with revision. Use what time you have to prepare for the exams.

English Literature Paper 1 on Monday 20th May 09:00 - An Inspector Calls/OMAM
English Literature Paper 2 on Thurs 23rd May 13:30 - Poetry - Conflict Cluster
English Language Tues 4th June 09:00

Can all Media pupils please focus upon the Key Concepts Representation and Institutions. These are essential parts of Assignment 2 and will need sound reference within the body of your work. Remember we're focusing upon Print and producing front covers for a specific audience.

Media Exam Revision and Preparation.  

The Media Exam is on June 14th.  The exam is on TV Crime Drama.  It is important that you are familiar with this genre and can apply the four media concepts to it.

Remember R.A.I.L.  Representation, Audience, Institutions (companies), Language of Media. 

Please take a look at the following sites which contain useful information:

www.uktv.co.uk/alibi/ - Website which has access to lots of TV Crime Drama episiodes.

www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/tv/categories/drama/crime - BBC iplayer.

www.slideshare.net/latymermedia/5-make-your-own-tv-crime-drama - Lots of information.

www.auteur.co.uk/.../TV%20Crime%20Drama%20Web%20short.pdf - Teacher's Guide.

www.store.aqa.org.uk/qual/newgcse/pdf/AQA-4810-W-TRB-RL.PDF

http://www.crimetimepreview.com/

Work through the revision folders i have given you and above all - watch some episodes of TV Crime Dramas and take some notes on the codes and conventions below; remember to relate the key concepts to them, this is what will gain the high marks.

Characters
Settings/Location
Narrative/Story
Mise-en-scene

Yr 11 Assignment 2.

For the first part of Assignment 2, the Analytical Response, you should be comparing two of your band's/artiste's promotional media products. This could be a WEBSITE and an ALBUM COVER, a TELEVISION ADVERT, a VIDEO, a MAGAZINE ARTICLE (DO NOT pick an article that runs the band down!) or a POSTER.

You must EXPLAIN how the two different MEDIA PLATFORMS form a linked campaign for the promotion of the band.

REPRESENTATION

Write about their appearance and what they are wearing, how does this promote the band? Why have these choices been made? What are the CONNOTATIONS?

Write about what they say and how they behave. What type of person are they trying to represent?

INSTITUTIONS

Write about what the market strategy is (How are they trying to sell records? how are they appealing to the audience? Where and when will the products be seen (On which channels will adverts/videos be shown? How are the products SHAPED/DESIGNED to suit a particular MEDIA PLATFORM.

USE THE FOLLOWING TERMINOLOGY

DENOTATION, CONNOTATION, FONTS, COLOURS, DRESS CODE, FACISL EXPRESSIONS, AUDIENCE, GENRE, MEDIA PLATFORM.

Look closely and read the Exemplar Booklet!