I am on a course today so just continue with your coursework preparation.  Remember what I have said to all of you; it's the detail that matters.  Spending those long hours (I know you hate it Jade!) working on the specifics will get you the marks in the long run.  Think about font size, spacings, colour - does your work look PROFESSIONAL?  Look at the background - is it like backgrounds of similar products?  Is the image placed in the correct place?  Are they the same sort of images? Don't limit yourself to one thing to look at as inspiration - go a little wider and get more ideas.

Also I would like ALL OF YOU, both year 12 and 13 to write a blog post about your coursework, updating me on how your progress is going.  This should include the following:

• What stage you are at with your products
• What you have enjoyed doing on your pieces.
• What you have not enjoyed doing.
• What you still need to do.
• What has surprised you during the process of designing and making your products. 

See you on Friday year 13 and see you next week year 12!

Year 12 and Year 13 Work

Brainstorm as a class all of the different things you need to include in an answer to one of these questions

MEST 1  Account for the Similarities and Differences in the codes and conventions used by products in your case study.

OR

MEST 3 Developments in new/digital media mean that audiences can now have access to a greater variety
of views and values. To what extent are audiences empowered by these developments.

Next - open up and read the old answers on the shared drive:  Media/ASor ALevel/Pastpapers

On your own blog, make a list of all of the good and bad things you notice about the answer.  What surprised you?  What didn't surprise you?

Finally - make yourself an action plan for your own answer of this question.  What is missing in your knowledge that means you wouldn't be able to answer this question fully? 

Year 12 Work for the Next six weeks until February Half Term 

Week 1 
Lesson 1 - case study recapping.  Finishing research and ensuring that all of your case study work is complete and ready for a mock exam next week.
Lesson 2 - looking at mark schemes and past papers as a class.  Answering past questions in bullet points as a class and then using the mark scheme to assess the answer.

Week 2 
Lesson 1 - Development of understanding and application of Media Theory
Lesson 2 - Marking the mock papers together.

Week 3 
Lesson 1 and 2 - a detailed study of representations in the Media - mini case studies in pairs.

Week 4 
Work on coursework

Week 5
Work on coursework

Week 6
Work on coursework 

MERRY CHRISTMAS ALL MEDIA STUDIES STUDENTS!!!

Have a great holiday but make sure you use the week after New Year to revise, to do coursework and to complete the work on the blog.   READ BELOW FOR THE WORK!

See you in the New Year

Miss D x

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Year 12 Work over the Christmas holidays:

1.  Continue creating your production pieces for Mrs Haynes.
2.  Write four questions 1 advert and  that you watch over the festive period. 
3.  Answer the questions...!
4.  Write a pitch for your ideas for a marketing campaign for a film that is coming out in 2013.  Post it onto your blog.

Year 13 Work over the Christmas holidays:

Case Study research:
1.  Ensure that you have three films totally sorted and ready to write about!

2.  Post all of your links for websites/fanpages/trailers etc onto your blog (essentially a bibliography)

3.  Compare how two of the products from your case study represent the HERO.  Time yoruself for 20 minutes to answer this.

4.  Revise media theories:  you should spend some time doing this to prepare yourself thoroughly for the exam.

5.  Pick one advert from the TV and analyse how brand values are communicated to the audience. 

Websites to use for Research in your case study - Year 12 and Year 13 Resits

www.movieviral.com

www.thedrum.com

www.cinemalblend.com

www.totalfilm.com

www.stateofsearch.com

www.theonion.com  (satrical news website - very funny articles)

http://www.spiral16.com/blog/2012/12/social-snapshot-hobbit-fans-mostly-happy-at-48-fps-critics-less-forgiving/

www.whoistalking.com   

www.mediabistro.com