NEXT WEEK

As we have OPEN EVENING next week there will be no Media STudies class at 3.20pm. Instead I am looking for 6 volunteers to help during the evening in the Media STudies room. You will be working with helping to explain what Media Studies is and why it is relevant.

There will be tangible rewards for those involved.

Please come and see me asap for a permission letter.

Lesson 2

Gcse Yr10 l2v2

GCSE SPECIFICATION

AQA Media Studies Specification

The specification is a document meant for teachers but can still be useful for you to look at.

The first area you might like to read is about Assignment 1 on page 9, 10 and 11.

Assignment Bank 1 includes a range of Media platforms for study BUT we will focus on just one, PRINT and we will be looking in detail at Magazine covers.

Tomorrows' lesson will begin this process as we look at the specifics of image description or denotation and learning the appropriate media terminology.

See you all then.

E-LEARNING TASK WEEK 1

Your first task comes in two parts.

One relates to your BLOG, the other more directly to Media Studies.

TASK 1

Complete designing your blog and make it your own using the designer template and add another GADGET below the BLOG LIST - LINK LIST.

In Link list I would like you to put links to any MEDIA RELATED sites which you think might be useful to your study of the Media over the next two years. WEBSITES COULD INCLUDE: magazines TV channels, academic, media industry, marketing, advertising etc. etc. At this stage I only want you to add 5 links, so choose wisely.

Also, I would like you to review the setting including the privacy settings to ensure that you and your parents understand them. At this stage I DO NOT want you to change the settings and restrict them. In good time we will define these settings in such a way that ONLY myself and students in the class can access your BLOGS.

TASK 2


Find 4 contrasting images and add them into your first post. Choose these images really carefully and describe the image in some detail underneath. In addition, I would like you to explain why you chose the image and how it makes you feel.

I am looking to see how you write, your powers of observation and your ability to explain emotional or intellectual responses to visual stimuli.

THESE TASK NEED TO BE COMPLETED BY WEDNESDAY LUNCHTIME 12.50pm.

BLOGS - IMPORTANT

Well done all of you for creating your own blogs, I have managed to list nearly all of you on my blog list which will allow you all to connect to each other.

However, there were four of you whose blog addresses weren't accurate on the list I had, so I will need them to emailed to my school email asap.

The missing students are:

Ishram
Aaishah
Ravina
Hanaa

WELCOME

Welcome to the new year 9 GCSE students You have chosen well and we hope this year will be both stimulating and rewarding.

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

CREATIVITY

• 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.

Mr Holloway