YEAR 12 (HW) - Media Mag Conference Review - (+work for those who missed it)

Dear Students

Please complete the following for Homework: - Due Tuesday 15th November 

Blog Post Title = Media Magazine Conference 5/11/11

Formally write up (in detail) ALL your notes from the Conference: - Yes Chris! -

* Include a precise summary of the different sections/topics and speakers and then
* The Key things you took away from it.

* Research 1 speaker from the event - Present your findings.
* Research 1 topic/theme discussed - present your findings.

 Once you have finished - write "Completed" as a comment to this post! 

(I get an email notification when you do this and I will be able to check your work!)

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Dear Jack and Rahsaan

Since you missed the conference complete the following task instead -

Blog Post Title = Student Demonstrations - The Media's Story  

Research and write a 600 word report on your findings concerning:
"How the Media's Reported The Student Demonstrations" - (that took place on the 9th November 2011) 

This is due on Tuesday 15th November. 

Once you have finished this - write "Completed" as a comment to this post! 

(I get an email notification when you do this and I will be able to check your work!)

YEAR 12 - Film Industry Questions

On your own blog, Start a new post entitled - Film Overview -

With full, exam style answers, complete the following two sections of work:

SECTION A

1: List the stages a film goes through from the initial idea to exhibition in the cinema.
Use this Website To help You 
 (DO NOT JUST COPY THE TEXT OUT)

2: What is film distribution? Write a careful explanation.

3: What was the Hollywood 'studio system' in the 1930's and 40's?

4: In what ways is the process of film production, distribution and exhibition different today?

5: Write a definition of the following and give two examples for each term:

• Horizontal integration
• Vertical integration

 6: Once you have finished - write "Completed" as a comment to this post! 

(I get an email notification when you do this and I will be able to check your work!)

SECTION B:

1. Select a film produced by Twentieth Century Fox for exhibition in the UK (www.foxmovies.com)

2. Research the many different ways it is brought to the attention of an audience through the use of other media companies associated with Fox and News Corporation. Remember, bad publicity is often as useful as good publicity.

3: Also consider what additional tie-ins are used to promote the film, for example, links with fast-food chains, toy companies, mobile phone companies and/ or computer game manufacturers. Post all your research on your blog.

4. Prepare a visually creative 3 minute powerpoint presentaton about your findings to present to the class.

5: Save your slides as images (You press cmd/shift/3 to take a print screen on a Mac computer)  - CROP them and upload to your blog post

 6: Once you have finished - write another "Completed" as a comment to this post! 

(I get an email notification when you do this and I will be able to check your work!)

Under no circumstances is any of this work to be left undone - If you get stuck, FIND a WAY around it! I expect that this work is all completed by the end of your Lesson Today!  If I do not get two "Completed" from you, and do not see the quality results on your blogs, I'm afraid you will have some serious explaining to do - in CCC

YEAR 13 - Assessment Week - Tasks

Hi all

This week is your first assessment week. My expectations are:

1: That your blogs are up to date and show a weekly digest of work and progress made (since the start of term) - You can work backwards and reflect on what you have covered in Media each week (in both classes)

2: That you have been using Twitter/Blog regularly and effectively.  (Make sure you have followed all Media students on both the blogs and on Twitter)

3: That you have met the following deadline for your MEST 4:


BLOG Submission TITLE = Contemporary TEXTUAL ANALYSIS (+ relevant Historical textual analysis)  

Show evidence on your blog that you have done this. (You should take print screens / pictures of your work and upload them as images into the blog post) 

DEADLINE = 19^th October   

Do a DETAILED thorough (wide date ranging) textual MIGRAIN analysis of the text(s)

* Ensure that you address ALL platforms in your analysis of the text.

*Gather lots of visual material both hard copy and online.

* Track  hourly work log/keep a blog journal of reflections as you proceed. 

YEAR 13 - MY Investigation will be on

Create a Blog Post with this title: (My Critical Investigation Idea)

*Answer the following questions

1:  What were your three possible investigation options
- Why did these three interest you?

2: What have you settled on

**Lay out your initial ideas for your Critical Investigation and Linked Production.

1: Outline the Text and Topic to be investigated

2: Outline an idea for a linked production piece

3: List at least 3 Media texts that you could bring into your investigation

4: Apply a quick overview of MIGRAIN to your idea.

5: What are the issues and debates surrounding these two texts?

6: State why you believe the 2 texts fit the 'contemporary media landscape'.

7: Discuss the reason this topic area resonates so deeply with you?

(add a MEST4 label to your post)