A few quick rules:
- Attendance: you need to be here every session otherwise you will miss out. It's just like your other school classes. Full attendance is vital to succeed.
- Completing homestudy: you will be set some homestudy to complete. This will put you under some pressure but they are not optional so please ensure that you complete them when asked. Most work will be short and to be completed online using your blog.
- ASSIGNMENTS which are assessed will need to be completed as hard copies for submission and should not be posted on your blogs.
- The 3rd ASSIGNMENT involves making a trailer or 2 minute film opening which will be posted on Youtube when completed.
BLOGGER and Youtube
- A lot of your work will be completed using blogger - this is where you will post your homestudy and embed video and documents including presentation, we want you to become experts at online working and it is vital to your success on this course that you do as you have less time in class than the year 10s doing the same course.
- Setting up blogs: you will need a blog for your work, you will also need a youtube account and a scribd account follow the links at the side to start creating these. It is better if you create new accounts JUST for Media studies as this will be easier for your to manage in the long term. WRITE DOWN YOUR PASSWORDS (ideally use one for all three accounts). As Google own Youtube and Blogger if you set up a gmail account it will work for both.
- Online working: keep yourself safe, never reveal any personal details on your blog and restrcit who can view it to the class, me and your parents only you can do this through
- your accounts should be called (your first name) GCSE Media, make the address the same
- passwords make them memorable and write them down
- This is a course designed to help your develop your critical and analytical skills and then apply what you have learnt through creative exercises. The first two assignments are designed to develop these skills through examining different areas of the Media and then doing the planning task which involve magazine front cover creation, posters, storyboards etc. The thrid assignment pushes you further as you move beyond the planning into the creation of the actual media artifact in our case a film trailer or opening sequence.
- However, creativitiy is at the heart of the course and there will be opportunities for your to showcase your work through the year. So if your want to write scripts, make films, take photos, create magazines, music videos, adverts, news items, whatever you want to do the opportunity is there and you will be able to book time in C1 to complete your work.
