Year 12 Blog Addresses

Harry Smith

oasharrysmith.blogspot.com

Allan Unsworth

oasallanunsworth.blogspot.com

Jade Kershaw

oasjadekershaw.blogspot.com

Sophie Webster

oassophiewebster.blogspot.com

The Generic Conventions of A Music Magazine

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Conventions Video


Your First task is to understand the Conventions of a Music Magazine.
Look at the style in the examples below.
You must present the work in a similar style to the example below. This is an AS example and the process if appropriate - I think more technical media language would enhance this work

THE CONVENTIONS OF A MUSIC MAGAZINE.


Task One

1. Work in Groups of 2 groups of 2 to present your finding for next Wednesday's Lesson (17th October).
2. Select a Music magazine of your choice (Music Sub-genre) and apply the conventions
3. We will be using Peer feed back to support your work.
4. Your Work must be presented as either a PowerPoint Presentation or in Keynote. (This is vital & I will show you how to upload your work onto your Blog using your personal SlideShare Account after the Assessment)
5. You can Post some of your research findings on your Blog. (15 posts as least for the first assignment) n.b. Please use Links & Images to illustrate your posts.

When researching tasks - Please check the source for quality and reliability. (some research may be AS student work - How do we know that it correct? Use the OCR website)

See me if you need any help.

Evaluation Questions - An early 'heads up'

Look at the questions below: These contribute to 20 marks of your coursework portfolio.

You will be working on Ques. 3 (Media Institutions) in Mr Argent's lessons now. Post any information about Music Mag Institutions on your Blog (including your last essay re: Bauer Media) This will be useful when we come to present the 7 Questions

G321: Foundation Portfolio – Evaluation

This is a crucial part of your project. Even if you have not made the greatest final piece, you can still get maximum marks (20) through careful consideration of the whole production process.

Don’t see this as an essay  Incorporate work you have already, images, storyboards, to point out specific details of your journey/experiences.

As long as you use these guides.

1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?Make this obvious – are you trying to challenge or reinforce conventions – HOW?
2. How does your media product represent particular social groups?Show the representation say if it is a good or bad one!
3. What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?Name them – and find examples that are similar from them – then compare yours to theirs.
4. Who would be the audience for your media product?Why – have you got evidence of them saying it appeals to them – and why it appeals to them? FaceBook - Feedback from Half Term Reviews - Questionnaires etc
5. How did you attract/address your audience?Use Specific examples from your production that refers back to your questionnaire analysis – one should be informed by the other.
6. What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?Easy, Difficult, Time consuming, Expensive? Mention REsources & software etc
7. Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?Compare them! What have you done better!!

Notice:
You can now look at f exemplar Print Productions Level 1 - 4 from the http://ocrmediastudies.weebly.com

Todays work

For Monday please

• Complete the Front Cover using style models of School Magazine's to place appropriate text to compliment your medium close up main image.

• Using the same canvas size (42cm width & 59.4cm Height) create a mock up of the contents page. Place a different original image and show the following:

1. A numbered index of potential contents.
2. Font & Colours palette for basic House style.
3. You may wish to add a school badge to support this (simply download an image and apply to Front Cover and Contents)

• Please use my blog and refer to last year's Pre-lim examples
• Remember this is a Pre-lim task not a Main task so lets aim to have it finished for Monday when we will evaluate your work and provide posts to reflect on decisions & revisions made 

Thank you - you are a fantastic group to work with