• Here are your deadlines for this term. We will try to stick to this as much as possible and it is important you are posting on your blog at least twice a week.

    You will also eventually receive a mark out of 20 for your Pre-Production so it is important that you are aware of how you will be graded. the
    criteria is below:


    Foundation Portfolio – RESEARCH AND PLANNING


    Skill
    Minimal Evidence: Level 1
    Basic Evidence: Level 2
    Proficient Ability:
    Level 3
    Excellent Ability:
    Level 4
    Research into similar products and a potential target audience.




    Organisation of actors, locations, costumes or props




    Shotlists, layouts, drafting, scripting or storyboarding




    Time management




    Use of appropriate digital technology or ICT in the presentation








    Magazine Production Tasks: Yr12 Media class of 2014/15
    Overview of the year’s production deadlines


    Intro Week: 15th Sept

    Preliminary task: Start Wed 24th Sept

    Week 1: Intro to photoshop: Take photos of School + Photos of 2 friends in Medium Close Up

    Week 2: Come up with 3 titles and 3 different mastheads: Put these ideas on your blog
    Research school magazines

    Week3 : Design a front page and find 3 similar front pages:

    Week4 : Put it all together to make the front page of a school magazine

    Week 5 : Create contents page + Brief Evaluation and presentation (on blog / vlog)


    ---Half Term --------- Fri  25th oct 2014

    START MAIN TASK: Monday 3rd  November

    Week 6 :

    Research… find lots of examples of MUSIC MAGAZINE covers and articles you like, explain their appeal to you .
    Make a Moodboard

    Audience research… what do they like in your genre ? – How can you get evidence fo audience research up on your blog?

    Week7:

    Masthead and title.. look at other designs, design 3 or 4
    Find other fonts you might use on you blog

    Week 8:

    Design a photoshoot, profile pictures of a friend: lots of flat plans . write about props costume etc.

    Scan in these designs and upload them to your blog

    Take the photos! (over 30 for you whole magazine)

    Week 9:

    The photo shoots : organise them get props and locations and go and take lots and lots of pictures

    Week 10: 

    Manipulate photos in different ways in photoshop and explain the effects.

    Front Cover Design….. Find 3 front covers you like the style of .. put them on your blog and explain appeal.
    Design your own… scan flat plans put them up on blog

    Week 11
    Start Front page in photoshop

    Week 12:
    Finish front page before DEC 19TH
  • Some really interesting discussion and ideas last lesson. So to help you start the revolution here are some extra reasources.



  • Amazing work today comrades:

    Capitalism! from Mr Sloan on Vimeo.

    COMMUNISM from Mr Sloan on Vimeo.



    HOMEWORK: i am going to post a video i want you all to watch about Naomi Klein's seminal book 'No Logo'. You should definitely read this book if you get the chance as it will probably stop you ever going to starbucks or primark ever again.

    I have also given you an extract form the book and some questions i want you to answer for homework.





    You can actually all watch this documentary as well for your homework. Its the full feature length documentary by Michael Moore; Capitalism a love story.




    Annnnnnnnndddddddd.......if you are really interested in just how bad all the corporations are you could watch this..... another brilliant documentary from 2003




  • Hi year 12 students.
    Here     are your tasks for today’s lesson.

    1    . Create a google account (if you don't already have one)

    2    . Start a new blog. 

    3    . Create a post on your blog with your favourite 3 media texts and an explanation of why you like them


    4.     Go to faceyourmanga.com and make a Manga avatar for yourself. Upload this as your profile pic on google / blogger.

    5.     Try and customise your blog in some way by adding in widgets and change the appearance.

    6. leave a comment on Haggerston media with your blog’s address


  • Welcome back year 12s. Here is your first bit of reading to do. Its from the OCR AS media text book. Please read thsi chapter and make notes (on a physical piece of paper that your teachers can check, not just in your head !!)

    Enjoy!


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