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)

YEAR 13 - Blog and Twitter Checklist

Hi all,

I know you are furiously working on your Critical Investigations, preparing for your presentations next week! But can I please remind you that the following should have been done by now:



* Sign up to Twitter

- Create a profile outline (picture/summary)
- Change the basic formating and personalise your twitter page.
- Follow the class twitter @Media1stbda
- Subscribe to the class twitter via mobile notifications
- Follow everyone that @media1stbda follows
- Create a 'Media studies List' and put key people relevant to your course/work in there, so that stream remains 'pure' (@media1stbda should be there!)

* Create a personal Media Blog on Blogger
- Create a basic profile for youir blog
- Send Ms Okezie a direct message on Twitter with your blog url address
- Follow the class blog (http://www.media1stbda.blogspot.com/) - see the tweet I sent with the url

* Complete Weekly Blog posts
- 1 - The first one should have been an opening introduction to you and the year ahead.
- 2 - From then on, you should be using the blog to record your progress with your CI. It should be a reflective journal on the work you have done and the insights you have gleaned from your research.

YEAR 12 - Textual Analysis of a Print Advert

- TASK -

Find an interesting print advert online (ideally featuring at least one person) and upload it onto your blog.

Carry out a textual analysis of the advert, using the key ideas: colour, composition, framing, size, type of shot, subject matter, setting, lighting, pose.


Write in full sentences, use paragraphs, proofread your work for spelling/punctuation, and remember to include, "This connotes..." as often as possible.


Collect and use the Key Concepts Glossary Sheet: try to include media terminology where possible (as much as you can) and highlight each keyword a different colour from the rest of the text.


Remember to focus particularly on Media Language, Institutions, Audience and Representation.


To help you, collect a copy of a model B grade answer (although this is for a film poster - you're doing adverts for a specific product).