• So after Diana has requested a rough outline for how you could lay out the DPS interview paragraphs. I stress that this isn't necessarily how you have to lay it out its just one option. If you are writing an interview you could organise your paragraphs like this:

    1: Intro to location and day of interview
    2: How the artist/subject enters and what they are wearing
    3: How they became famous / what they are famous for
    4: Are the happy with life at the moment?
    5: Their first big hit / major breakthrough
    6: People that have helped them so far
    7: People that will help them in the future
    8: Talking about their new single / album
    9: Interests outside of music? Random interesting anecdote
    10: Celebrity friends?
    11: Hopes / dreams for the future



  • 21/4/16
    Target 1
    Target 2
    Zebie
    Improve text on Contents
    Complete DPS and insert picture
    Diana
    Post something onto blog
    Finish the contents page
    Dila
    Finish DPS from scratch

    Leah
    Re-do DPS

    Jessica
    Completely re –do  text on DPS (use professional example.. not the rita ora one!)
    Compare contents page to a professional example and write down 5 improvements .
    Maisha
    Put finished contents page on blog
    Add more detail to the questions for her interview on DPS
    Thahmina
    Put a finished contents page and the planning for it on blog

    Iqbal
    Must add a standfirst and pull quotes on DPS
    Must add more photos  to contents page (you need at least 3)
  • Having a great colour scheme will really help the quality of your overall product and make it look professional.

    Use this site to help you pick out a colour palette for your project

    http://colorhunt.co/


    These websites are also brilliant for designing your colour schemes: 

    http://www.design-seeds.com/by-color/

    https://coolors.co/

    http://www.color-inspirator.com/
  • https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/apr/12/the-dark-side-of-guardian-comments

    This could potentially form part of your exam answer in the we media and democracy part of the exam. Examiners always like recent case study material or perhaps use it in the
    conclusion..
  • So its up to guys how you approach this really but you need to have at least 4 sides accounted 4 in this 'Digipack' which is really just a design for the packaging of a CD release of your single. It should have a consistent brand identity, have lots of original artwork/photography and contain the typical conventions of CD covers. (Track listings, lyrics etc). Browse the internet for good examples..








  • 29th April People.. the 29th April... 18 days .....432 hours until I send off the coursework marks...

    This is getting reidiculously late so I absolutely have to have these evaluations on your blogs by then otherwise you are going to get a bug fat zero.

    Evaluations: You have already been through this process last year for your AS work so its pretty similar to be honest. The only difference being is that you should know a lot more about critical theory and this should be applied to your text in the same way that we have been applying these theories to real media texts each year. Pick apart your music video and justify and explain just what you were trying to say to your audience. You need to do this for your CD covers and adverts also.




    Some fantastic examples are here:

     http://hazemediaa2.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/evaluation

    http://dimensionmedia3.blogspot.co.uk/   (there is annoying noise from one of Selcan's emaze presentations here  but don't let it put you off reading their evaluation!)


    The criteria is here:

    Construction of music video:
    Main Task
    Ancillary Task x2
    Level One
    0 – 14 marks
    0 – 3 marks
    Level Two
    15 – 23 marks
    4 – 6 marks
    Level Three
    24 – 31 marks
    7 – 8 marks
    Level Four
    32 – 40 marks
    9 – 10 marks
    Level 4
    The candidate is expected to demonstrate excellence in the creative use of most of the following technical skills:
    • shooting material appropriate to the task set; including controlled use of the camera, attention to framing, variety of shot sizes and close attention to mise en scene
    • editing so that meaning is apparent to the viewer and making selective and appropriate use of shot transitions, captions and other effects
    • recording and editing sound with images appropriately.

    Where a candidate has worked in a group, an excellent contribution to construction is evident.

    EVALUATION
    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?

    Just to remind you all here is your brief (with ancillary task outlines):

    1. A promotion package for the release of an album, to include a music promo video, together with two of the following three options:
    • a website homepage for the band; 
    • a digipak for the album’s release; 
    • a magazine advertisement for the digipak.


    One other things: I expect there to be evidence of audience feedback and good use of media/ict skills so think about how you could do this I would also recommend doing a 'directors commentary' style evaluation over the top of your production work. My own example is below:  password = genre



    Genre Apocalypse: - Directors Commentary from Haggerston Media on Vimeo.


  • 29th April 29th April 29th April.... Everything has to do be done by the 29th of April !!!

    We are cutting this fine and we have no possible way of extending this date people..

     EVALUATIONS:

    You have to respond and reflect on these 7 questions.
     You will be presenting this so I would suggest writing detailed analytical responses that are hosted on your blog first and then present a brief version of these later. (1 prezi/powerpoint for each question probably).

     QUESTIONS:
     1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real music magazines?
     2. How does your media product represent particular social groups?
     3. What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
     4. Who would be the audience for your media product? (lots of detail here please)
     5 How did you attract / address your audience?
     6. What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
     7. What do you feel you have learnt in the progression from your preliminary task to the full product?


     Your assessment criteria from the exam board is below (5 criteria and I make a judgement on which level it is):




    EXAMPLES: 

    here are a couple of good examples from previous years: 

    http://funmimedia.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Evaluation   

    http://taylor-media.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/evaluation

    http://elisamedia.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/evaluation

    http://daramolamedia.blogspot.co.uk/     - excellent level of detail here in Yewande's work ! 

    http://safwanamedia.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/evaluation  - Safwana ended up getting an A*



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