G325 Exam Prep - Year 13

Several powerpoints covering We Media and Democracy. I have ordered the book by Dan Gilmour which can be found here; We the Media: Grassroots Journalism By the People, For the People

I am happy to lend it out but you may find it worthwhile to get yourselves a copy.

I have also saved the following document in the O drive;

http://www.hypergene.net/wemedia/download/we_media.pdf

Intro to a2 course g325 critical perspectives in media - question a from Mr Smith

Section b copy from petefrasers

A2 media revision from MsJMcLeod

 

G325 we media june 2011 from Media Studies

G322 Exam Prep - Year 12

AS Media Exam – Unit G322 Exemplar ‘B’ Grade Answers – Summer 2013

Summer 2013 paper unit g322 from Nick Crafts

The Sequence for Section A in analysing the Representation for Regional Identity is below:
 

YOU MUST make sure you are familair with the 4 Technical Areas, which are:

Example Papers and Mark Scheme;

Christian bonning g322 from Nick Crafts

Candidate 1) - 72/100 – ‘B’

Section A - 35/50

Section B - 37/50

 

'B' Grade - Unit G322 - Summer 2013 from Nick Crafts

Candidate 2) - 70/100 – ‘B’
Section A - 35/50
Section B - 35/50

OCR G322 Mark Scheme Jan 2012 from aquinasmedia

 

Exam Prep - Year 12

Resources for this afternoon's lesson;

01 g322 section b general introduction from Alleyn's School Media Studies Department

 

Intro to case studies from Belinda Raji

Year 13 - Today's Lessons

Today we covered four out of five of the areas for Section B of the exam.

Lesson 1 Contemporary Media Regulations from sezpenfold
 

Contemporary Media Regulation intro from Holly Taylor

 

L6 Global Media Introduction from Nick Crafts

 

Media And Collective Identity Youth Films from Sawtry Community College

Year 12 today - 25/11

Today you should be either working on exam case studies or, using the draft booklet for G321, starting to think about coursework.

The booklet can be found here; O:\Media Studies\A Level and is the pdf titled G321 Booklet (make sure you open that one and not the G324 booklet!).

I have included deadlines - planning and preparation is due in the week we get back.

Note - some of you still have a lot of tasks to catch up on!

Christmas Extravaganza - It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas

Well, to be fair it's not but, in a few weeks The Nicholas Hamond Academy will be in full Christmas swing. Certainly those of us involved in the planning of the Christmas Extravaganza can, with a tiny stretch of our imaginations, see exactly how the Academy will look decked out in all its Christmas finery.

Those not involved in the planning and preparation will just have to wait until the 10th December, when they will be able to come along and enjoy The Nicholas Hamond Academy's Christmas Extravaganza. On the night there will be plenty of festive food, music and fun for all the family. Students from the Academy will be putting on a performance and our resident quizmaster has promised another brilliant quiz. The event has been a sell out for the past two years so, if you don't want to miss out, you need to get tickets from The Nicholas Hamond Academy quicker than Santa can eat a plate of mince pies!

Year 12 - Missing Work and AP2

I am still concerned that there is a lot of work missing from some of your blogs. This is making it difficult for me to give you a grade for work so far. This will impact on AP2 as, for some of you, I have no choice but to award a U.

To make it easy for you to see how I have come to grading decisions, I have separated work into tasks that count towards your coursework and are being used as indication of your potential and tasks that, although they will contribute towards your final grade, do not directly impact on my judgement of your potential.

You were given a very clear deadline. Although I expect to see the missing work on your blogs, work submitted after the deadline will not be given a grade.

Coursework Preparation;
Media profile and collage
Table comparing the BBC with Warner Bros

Graded Work;
Photography task - sequencing photos to show a short scene
Storyboard for your Preliminary Task
Outline for new preliminary task - to be done at home
Notes on Narrative supported with screenshots
Narrative flowchart of your favourite film or story using Tordorov
Analysis of a film opening in the same genre as your film
Research of a media company looking at what Media it owns
Preliminary group task (done in school)
Evaluation of group preliminary task


Exam;
Notes on TV Drama and Editing techniques

Table comparing the BBC with Warner Bros
Table comparing 1960s audience to modern audiences


The only piece of work which I am not expecting to see before the end of the month is;

Preliminary Film Task (due by the end of November)

If this continues to be a problem I will be contacting home, possibly discussing your future on this course with Mr Franklin, Mr Segar and Mrs Dove.

Exam Preparation - Year 12

Here is the powerpoint from today's lesson;

G322: AS Media Studies Section A & B from hannahmedia

In the lesson on Wednesday, if you have no tasks to catch up on, you can start compiling information for your case study. You will need to pick at least one British film company (remember, if you pick Film4 you cover all three areas of production/distribution/exhibition, if you pick something like Working Title, you will need to look a companies that cover the other two areas not covered by Working Title.) and look at a number of films produced by that company.

You do need to begin this now, although your exam still seems a long way off. Once we begin the coursework proper I will expect you to split your time between exam prep and coursework tasks. Therefore when you come to lessons you should have already decided what you are going to do, rather than me giving you tasks to complete.

Some example case studies - just to give you an idea of what sort of information you should be collecting;
 

G322 case study working title Case Stu from Alleyn's School Media Studies Department

Case study - The Inbetweeners Movie from alevelmedia

G322 case study monsters from Alleyn's School Media Studies Department

Year 13 checklist

Having looked through your blogs most of you seem to be bang up to date. I've compiled a checklist just in case you need it to keep track of tasks.

Analysis and comparison of Kylie over three different decades
Analysis and comparison of Avril Lavigne
Identification of song and communication with artist - if you did
Theory of music videos - Goodwin, Mulvey
Close analysis of up to three music videos in the same genre as yours
Ideas for your video - location, narrative/performance etc
Comparison of indie to major record label
Brief history of the music video
Audience analysis/profile

I think that is everything - I'm doing this from memory - check back on the blog just in case I've missed anything. These are certainly the key pieces of work.

Year 12 checklist

Having looked at your blogs I am concerned that there is a lot of work missing for some of you. I have put together a checklist of what work we have covered and, therefore, what should be posted on your blog. You will need to catch up on this work before we move on.

Media profile and collage
Notes on TV Drama and Editing techniques
Photography task - sequencing photos to show a short scene
Storyboard for your Preliminary Task
Preliminary group task (done in school)
Evaluation of group preliminary task
Outline for new preliminary task - to be done at home
Notes on Narrative supported with screenshots
Narrative flowchart of your favourite film or story using Tordorov
Analysis of a film opening in the same genre as your film
Table comparing the BBC with Warner Bros
Research of a media company looking at what Media it owns
Table comparing 1960s audience to modern audiences
Preliminary Film Task (due by the end of November)

You don't have any lessons with me this week but should be using study time and some home learning time to complete work. I expect to see this work on your blogs by the end of next weeks lessons.

G321 Task

A helpful article for you to look at with examples of really effective opening scenes. Might help with ideas...

Ten Great Opening Scenes

The 180 Degree Rule: Doing it Right, Doing it Wrong & Doing it With Thre...

Clearly demonstrates the 180 degree rule in action - much better than my attempts to explain!

Types of Film Cuts

Really useful video about different type of cuts with clear examples.

Year 12 lesson - 4/11/14

Continuation of Audiences and Institutions using the previously posted powerpoint up to slide 23. Tasks for the lesson included researching a Media Company to see what aspects of Media it either owns or is involved with and a table comparing audiences from the 1960s to present day, thinking about how they have changed.

Ongoing task is based on slide 23, with a specific focus on film. You will need to build a case study around a major film company and an independent one and knowing how the film industry has changed over time will help develop your understanding.

Could you also make sure your notes for this week's lessons are posted before Monday 10th November so I can give them a quick look. Also, don't forget you should be working on your preliminary tasks or looking ahead to see what other coursework tasks you could be doing.

Item of Interest

I had an email regarding the following event which sounds quite interesting. Certainly if you were thinking of using your A level to go into film making it would be worth a look. It is in Cambridge which is a bit of a trek however if several of you wanted to go I'm sure you would be able to sort something out.



It is in the day time but for year 13 this is a Media Day so I would be happy to allow you the time to attend rather than coming in. Year 12s I don't know your timetable and therefore couldn't say whether you'd be able to get the permission needed to attend. If you are interested I'd suggest discussing with any teachers you may have on that day.

CFC: The Keeper of Lost Causes | Arts Picturehouse | Cambridge

 



THE KEEPER OF LOST
CAUSES

Friday 14th November,
10.00am - 1.00pm

This is
the first thrilling adaptation of the bestselling Department Q crime novels by
Jussi Adler-Olsen. Carl Mørck (Kaas, The Killing) is a disgraced
detective who is reassigned to a basement-bound job filing cold cases in the
newly created Department Q. He is also allocated a new assistant, Assad
(Fares), a smart young cop. Always one to go against orders, Mørck throws them
headlong into the mystery of a politician’s disappearance five years
earlier. Believing the case to be unsolved, they embark on a dangerous
journey that will lead them into the dark underworld of
Copenhagen.

Presentations:

Barry
Forshawe: Scandinavian Noirs

Trish
Sheil: Silent film influences on contemporary
noir

Dr. Tanya
Horeck: Women in crime thrillers

Suitable
for A/AS/Undergraduate/BTEC English/Film/Media Studies
students

Cost: £4
per ticket. Accompanying teachers free. Anglia Ruskin University student
free.

G322 Preparation - Home Learning

Powerpoint for today's lesson below.  I'd like you to complete your tables comparing the BBC with Warner Bros as set out on slide 8. I will check to see these are done on Thursday.


https://www.slideshare.net/secret/yeUnL6O32xVWAw

You analysis of film openings will be looked at and commented on over the weekend.

For further reading on section B of the exam have a look at the following powerpoint;

G322 power point from georgelawrence

Year 12 - set tasks 21/10

Today I'd like you to begin preparing for your first piece of AS coursework analysis.  I have copied and pasted a couple of links below to help.

You need to have made a note of relevant key terms using the following glossary as well as supplementing it with your own research (for example antagonist and protagonist are not on this list);

 http://brianair.wordpress.com/film-theory/glossary-of-media-terminology/

 

 

Read through the following two pages on Key Concepts and what you need to think about when analysing;

 

http://mediaalevel.edublogs.org/the-key-concepts/

http://www.mediaknowall.com/as_alevel/alevkeyconcepts/alevelkeycon.php

 

 

Finally, look at the AS blogs from last year's class as well as those included on Reepham's blog as they are generally quite good.

 

http://reephamcollegemedia.blogspot.co.uk/

http://asmediajack.blogspot.com/

http://chanrahan6nr4media.blogspot.com/

http://mannisonmedia.blogspot.co.uk/

http://ellagarnermedia1.blogspot.co.uk/

 

On Thursday I expect you to bring either a copy of the opening two minutes to watch and analyse OR screenshots that you intend to talk about. I aim to mark this analysis over half term week.

 

 

 

 

 

 





Year 12 - set tasks 15/10

Hi guys,

I'm not with you today although you have Miss Ella as tech support should you need. I have put the clips from Monday's lesson on the O drive and I'd like you to summarise your notes from the last two lessons and support with screenshots from the clips.

You have a clip of Horatio's one liners from CSI and an example of how they are funny when taken out of the CSI franchise. As I thought, there is a clip from The Usual Suspects, look at how enigma is created - also if you haven't ever seen the whole film you really should, it is extremely clever. I've given you a Lego Star Wars, which will help you identify Propp's character types.

Once you've done that you can look through the rest of the powerpoint and, using your favourite film or story, try to create a narrative flowchart using Tordorov's model.

Media Studies intro to Narrative [autosaved] from alevelmedia

Year 13 - Course Taster

I've had this email forwarded on to me and thought it may be of interest to some of you;

From: Karen Hinton [k.hinton@UCS.AC.UK]
Sent: 09 October 2014 11:21
Subject: New Film Degrees at UCS

Dear colleague

I am writing to let you know that the Film department at University Campus Suffolk (UCS) is now offering two degrees in this area: BA (Hons) Digital Film Production and BA (Hons) Screenwriting and Film Studies.*

The Film degree at UCS has had a number of successes over the years, with the majority of our graduates gaining employment on graduation and many finding work within the industry in production and post-production. These roles (on graduation) include:

- Trainee Editor (now Assistant Editor) - Warner Bros.

- Commissioning Team Assistant - ITV Studios

- Senior Editor - Lightly Frozen Productions

- TV Audience Manager - Applause Store Productions Ltd

- Editorial Trainee (now Assistant Editor) - Fox Searchlight Pictures

- Script Supervisor - Abduct Films Ltd

- Junior Video Editor - iSiteTV

The Film department is running taster sessions on Saturday 1 November 2014, which your students may be interested in attending. This event will run subject to student bookings, so if you think this would be of interest please encourage your students to book a place by emailing film@ucs.ac.uk.

We are also able to offer taster sessions during October to December 2014 in film analysis, screenwriting, and digital film production. If you’d like to bring your students to UCS or for us to visit your school to provide a taster session please email us on film@ucs.ac.uk .

For more information on the degrees please see our website: www.ucs.ac.uk/film and www.ucs.ac.uk/screenwritingandfilmstudies.

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me.

Kind regards,

Alex

Alexandra Leaney
Course Leader
BA (Hons) Film

School of Arts & Humanities
University Campus Suffolk
Waterfront Building
Neptune Quay
Ipswich
Suffolk
IP4 1QJ

Tel: 01473 338826
Email: alexandra.leaney@ucs.ac.uk

*BA (Hons) Digital Film Production is the new title for the BA (Hons) Film degree, and BA (Hons) Screenwriting and Film Studies commences in September 2015.

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G321 Mark Scheme - AS

Seeing as you are now thinking about your preliminary task for this piece of coursework I thought it would be a good idea to give you a heads up as to the marking criteria.

This will give you an idea of what I'm looking for when I'm marking your work.

G321 Marking Criteria from snortontaylor

Year 12 - This Week's Blogs

Just a reminder of the tasks I'd like you to have uploaded to your blogs by Friday.

If you have trouble uploading any of it you may hand it in on a pen drive instead.

Year 13 - Continuing Music Videos

Last year you started thinking about music videos and the music industry for your A2 coursework.  You should have looked at both Kylie and Avril to get an idea of how an artist represents themselves through their videos. We also covered Goodwin's theory and you have written a blog posts exploring examples linked to the theory. By now you should have completed all the initial tasks from last year and blogged them.

Over the last two weeks we have focused more closely on aspects of the music industry for example, audience, institution and representation. I expect to see blog posts covering these aspects in general as well as developing the concepts in relation to your own planning.

We have now reached a point where you are ready to complete your analysis tasks and then research, plan and prepare your music videos. Remember to use the G324 booklet and the epic task list with deadline reminders (posted below) to keep you on track.

Good luck!

Music video tasks from Charlotte Cowles
 

A2 media studies ocr g324 from SJKerr
 

Music industry ownership from Sarah mediafilm

Introduction to AS Media

The first two weeks of the year 12 Media course has, so far, been a bit of a whistle-stop tour through shot types, editing techniques and almost everything you need to know to set up and film a sequence of your own.

A lot of this has been revision for some of you and, for the rest, nothing you haven't already experienced through your consumption of moving image. 

The whole purpose of this is to get you thinking about not only how the camera is used, but how you might use it in your own productions. You will be completing a preliminary film task as early as next week which will demonstrate your understanding of camera movement and editing techniques.

To begin with I asked you all to complete a questionnaire and write a media profile for yourselves using your answers. I also requested a visual representation of the same information. I haven't had a chance to write my own media profile but I have done an example of the collage;

Media collage from Charlotte Cowles

The following PowerPoints are the ones we looked at in the lessons;

1 film language cinematography space from Charlotte Cowles

2 film language framing from Charlotte Cowles

3 film language camera position from Charlotte Cowles

4 film language camera movement from Charlotte Cowles

5 film language continuity editing from Charlotte Cowles

I would like you to have uploaded all work so far to your blogs by the end of next week. That includes the tasks I set for this week and your photography task. The photography task includes the shots you took and your evaluations as well as your comments and feedback on three of someone else's shots as well as the list of shot types and examples. You can upload PowerPoints to Slideshare and embed them to get them on your blog.

 

Reminder.

Don't forget to tag your blog entries!

All posts should be tagged with G324 and Music Videos and then, depending on focus, tags such as Music Video Research/Digipak Research/Poster Research etc should be used. Refer back to the G324 booklet for guidance on creating blogs.

We should be getting into the habit of blogging at least once a week. Posts should cover, general research/learning, your music video analysis, analysis of existing examples of the media (e.g. digipaks, posters and websites), updates on your planning process and links to relevant sites/resources.

Throughout the holidays I will be looking at your blogs and commenting on the posts to give you specific feedback in relation to marking criteria and coursework expectations.

G324 Booklet

G324 booklet - Music Videos from Amber Thessaily

Digipak Research Photographs - feel free to use for your own research.

Exemplar Work

Example digipaks and posters from Reepham College.

Worth a Look

These guys offer links to a wealth of Media Stuff as well as offering some excellent opportunities for Media Students. Definitely worth a look and possibly a bookmark for future reference (especially their summer film schools...).

Suffolk and Norfolk Youth Action

Bob Dylan - Subterranean Homesick Blues

Ridiculously simple video to film with regards to props and location. Not so easy with regards to timing but if you get it right it looks extremely effective.

http://www.myplay.com/videos/bob-dylan/subterranean-homesick-blues

Iconic Music Videos (not exhaustive...)

Kylie Minogue - collected videos

Avril Lavigne

G324 Music Video

So far we have looked at how an artist defines their image through their music video. We looked at both the changing image of an artist and an example of an artist who has found an image and stuck with it, for right or wrong...

Although you don't need to look at the videos again, I have included the playlists (above) for the two artists we looked at. I have added a couple more videos so, if you wanted to, you could use either of these artists as part of your case study.

I'm also in the process of putting together a couple of other playlists so keep an eye out for those!

Audience Profiles

Hi

Jaust a reminder that you have to include audience research in your research and planning section of your blog. It should consist of the following...

• An audience profile of your target audience (TA), using demographics and explaining why they would be your target audience.
• A lifestyle breakdown of your TA, with notes on why the openingin particular would appeal to them.
• A rating proposal for your film, with reference to the BBFC classifications.
• Secondary research into target audiences of similar films, with stats etc.

Any questions, please ask.

Evaluations

Hi,

It is now time for you to be sorting out your evaluations. I have posted the questions below, along with some guidance from the exam board. Remember - the more ICT you use (and different types) the better mark you will get. Good luck and ask if you are unsure.


In the evaluation the following seven questions must be addressed:

• In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

• How does your media product represent particular social groups?

• What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why? 

• Who would be the audience for your media product? 

• How did you attract/address your audience?  

• What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product? 

• Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product? 

In all cases, candidates should be encouraged to see the evaluation as a creative task and the potential of the format chosen should be exploited through the use of images, audio, video and links to online resources. 

Research and Planning Check

Here is a list of what should be on your blogs thus far. We have three weeks til easter and there are some blogs which look pretty sparse. Please make sure that you are uploading as much as possible over the next week.

Research...

Analysis of 5 similar films.

This must include:

ühow character, narrative, setting and enigma are set up.

ühow generic conventions are used – adhered to or subverted

ühow titles are used.

üacross all 5 there must be mention of all technical elements – camera work, editing, mise-en-scene and sound.

Conventions of an opening notes.

üWhat must/should it contain.

üGeneric conventions.

üHow they apply to your own idea.

Target audience profile.

This must include:

üThe typical age ranges and gender percentages for your chosen genre.

üA lifestyle profile of your target audience – what are their interests, what do they do for a job, what education do they have, how much disposable income do they have?

üWhat they find appealing about your film – why would they be interested by the opening? Link this to generic conventions and BBFC ratings system.

Planning...

All planning documents relating to your shoot.

This must include:

üSynopsis

üStoryboard

üNotes on costume and make-up with supporting images

üProps lists with exemplar images and reference to storyboard

üLocation shots and maps

üTest shots experimenting with lighting and framing

üSample music and sfx

üCalendars and shot lists showing dates, locations and people involved

Any questions, please ask.

More Podcast Extras

Hi guys,

There have been some really interesting podcasts recently which would be great extra reading(listening) for section B of G322 (that's the exam for Lukas). I have listed a summary here for each one. All are from ther Radio 4 Film Programme and can be downloaded following this link...

Radio 4 Film Programme Podcasts

13th February 2014 - 12 minutes in
Charles Gant (a film industry analyst) looks at how films vary in success in different regions. Specific examples include the huge US/UK flop of The Lone Ranger, which was actually really successful in Japan and Pacific Rim which was really popular in China, as well as About Time, a Ruichard Curtis film, that was huge in South Korea. This example is elaborated on by Tim Bevan, co-chairman of Working Title. This is particularly important at the monment as we start to look at audiences. Quoting him in your answers (where relevant) would be a very good idea.


16th February 2014 - from start
This is the BAFTA special podcast. There is quite an interesting discussion about what it means to be a British film. There is also a good sound byte from Alfonso Cuaron (director of Gravity) as part of it.

Enjoy.