Your magazine should be finished now.
You need to get your audience feedback filmed, edited and uploaded (via You tube) by the end of the week.
You should use the Christmas holidays to start thinking about your evaluation. Remember, you will have your mock exams as soon as you get back so the more you can do on your evaluation, the better.
There will be no more lesson time on these projects, you will be expected to complete it in your homework/study time and the whole project will be submitted and your blogs completed by the end of January.
You will carry on studying TV Drama with Miss Midwinter and will start on the second exam topic, the UK Film Industry with me.
Thursday, 15 December 2011
Monday, 12 December 2011
Here is a link to Josh's excellent blog. Look at his for an excellent example of how to do the evaluation.
Wednesday, 23 November 2011
Sounds from Wednesday evening by shsgmedia
Yes, it easy, I did it!
I downloaded soundcloud app onto my iphone.
Recorded the message, emailed it to myself then went to share and copied the embed code into a new post on blogger, and there you are.... 5 mins!
Yes, it easy, I did it!
I downloaded soundcloud app onto my iphone.
Recorded the message, emailed it to myself then went to share and copied the embed code into a new post on blogger, and there you are.... 5 mins!
Mind mapping
For a free mind mapping site look here
You should be looking and researching new software devices that you can use
You should be looking and researching new software devices that you can use
Hosting a podcast
Follow these instructions to host a podcast of the interview with your artist/band.
Here is a link to the site
Here is a link to the site
Tuesday, 22 November 2011
Experiment
Try using the apps on your smart phones to create images that look more imaginative & creative
Wednesday, 16 November 2011
Reminder of work - to be finished by Monday 21st Nov
1. Front cover
2. Annotate a double page spread that has influenced you in terms of
'LIAR'
Including:
graphology, typography, semantic field, mode of address, register, intertextuality, representation, reader-subject relationship.
What was the purpose of this article? Did it succeed?
You can present this research in any way you choose.
Annotate in word
Powerpoint, pressi, sliderocket
or
podcast or you tube video
any other device you can think of!
Spend a lot of time on this analysis as it is an important part of the research process.
3. Back story of your article/band
intertextuality (what will they discuss in the piece)
semantic field (list of words you will use)
back story- where in their career does it appear?
what is the purpose of the article
Do not start your DPS till this has been done
2. Annotate a double page spread that has influenced you in terms of
'LIAR'
Including:
graphology, typography, semantic field, mode of address, register, intertextuality, representation, reader-subject relationship.
What was the purpose of this article? Did it succeed?
You can present this research in any way you choose.
Annotate in word
Powerpoint, pressi, sliderocket
or
podcast or you tube video
any other device you can think of!
Spend a lot of time on this analysis as it is an important part of the research process.
3. Back story of your article/band
intertextuality (what will they discuss in the piece)
semantic field (list of words you will use)
back story- where in their career does it appear?
what is the purpose of the article
Do not start your DPS till this has been done
Double page spread
Remember you must have a double page spread that has influenced you, closely analysed before you start creating your own!
Tuesday, 15 November 2011
Thursday, 10 November 2011
Useful devices
The 6 macs at the back of the classroom allow you to use Quicktime player to record the activity on your desktop. You may like to put a couple of posts up to show the editing process of your production work.
When writing a survey you should sign up for a free login for one of the many free online software hosts such as Survey Monkey
or free online survey
If you all get those done for next lesson we can spend 10 mins replying to each others and this will give you a good set of results. It will also be useful when you come to get audience feedback.
I would advise using the same login and password name that you have for your blog so you don't end up with masses of confusing info.
When writing a survey you should sign up for a free login for one of the many free online software hosts such as Survey Monkey
or free online survey
If you all get those done for next lesson we can spend 10 mins replying to each others and this will give you a good set of results. It will also be useful when you come to get audience feedback.
I would advise using the same login and password name that you have for your blog so you don't end up with masses of confusing info.
Wednesday, 9 November 2011
Work in progress
Reader profile should be complete
Right now you should be editing your photographs and thinking about the language you will use for your copy
Right now you should be editing your photographs and thinking about the language you will use for your copy
Music mags
View more presentations from shsgmedia.
Tuesday, 1 November 2011
Things to do:
1. Read the powerpoints on Youth sub culture and Music Press history, very carefully. Pick out 3 points from each that you weren't aware of and post.
2. Prepare your reader profile in the same style as the NME one.
2. Prepare your reader profile in the same style as the NME one.
Some Useful Terminology
Some Useful Terminology
Key Concepts
Audience: the term used to mean the people who watch, read, buy, listen to, or use a media product. The people at whom a piece of media is aimed i.e. magazine, film, website
You must think about audience. Many institutions in charge of the world’s media go to great lengths to work out how an audience functions
Target Audience: Who will buy a particular product. Who is the target audience for NME/Kerrang!/Smash Hits?
Institution: the term used to mean the companies who are responsible for creating media products. Film companies, record labels and magazine publishers eg EMAP and IPC
These institutions have a massive influence on how we respond to events. Mostly, media companies are driven by money, but they may have other intentions i.e. education. Knowing that a particular institution is behind a particular product may be important.
Representation: ‘A raw reality’. How a group of people are represented by the media. Through looking at representation, you are given a chance to see how media people - most of them decades older than you - depicts people of your age and how they brand their product accordingly.
• Brand – who/what do they associate themselves with?
• Lifestyle – each magazine has different identity EMOs, Goths, Punk
• Image of Artists – Music Press associate themselves with specific artists. Artists want to be in specific magazines.
Is their representation fair?:
• Is the representation based on reality? Or are stereotypes relied on?
• Does the way certain groups are represented alter how audiences think of them?
• To what degree will the representation of certain groups be accepted by the audience?
Language: Media has its own very specific language but we are looking in particular at the Music Press (MP), magazines and websites. Some useful (although not exhaustive) terminology:
• Masthead – the main headline on a newspaper / magazine front page
• Bar codes – a code printed on a product (magazine) consisting of black lines of varying thickness that can be read by an electronic scanner to automatically register its price at the till.
• Logos – an easily recognised design used by an organisation as an emblem to represent itself
• Byline – a credit for the journalist who has written an article
• Editorial – all copy in a newspaper or magazine that has no advertising in it.
• Copy – text that will be laid out and printed on a page.
• Stereotypes – an oversimplified way of classifying people based on a narrow set of attributes.
• Strapline – a smaller headline summing up the article in a neat way
• Genre - a category of media texts characterized by a particular style, form or content.
• Body text - the main text on the page
• Caption - describes an image
• Drop shadow - a shadow drawn on type or a picture to make it look as though it is raised off the page
• Circulation – The number of distributed copies of a magazine.
• Frequency – the number of times an audience is exposed to a magazine e.g. monthly, weekly.
• Subscriber – a person that pays for receiving a magazine.
• Font – typeface (style of lettering)
• Format – the different size, shape and appearance of competing media products e.g. magazines.
• Connotation – something suggested by a word or image that is different or distinct from its direct meaning i.e. Rose = Love
• Narrative – the way in which a story is told (this means images as well)
• Typography – point styles/sizes, font colour
• Standfirst – a short introductory few lines between the headline and the body of text in the article or feature.
• Anchorage – front page teasers
Key Concepts
Audience: the term used to mean the people who watch, read, buy, listen to, or use a media product. The people at whom a piece of media is aimed i.e. magazine, film, website
You must think about audience. Many institutions in charge of the world’s media go to great lengths to work out how an audience functions
Target Audience: Who will buy a particular product. Who is the target audience for NME/Kerrang!/Smash Hits?
Institution: the term used to mean the companies who are responsible for creating media products. Film companies, record labels and magazine publishers eg EMAP and IPC
These institutions have a massive influence on how we respond to events. Mostly, media companies are driven by money, but they may have other intentions i.e. education. Knowing that a particular institution is behind a particular product may be important.
Representation: ‘A raw reality’. How a group of people are represented by the media. Through looking at representation, you are given a chance to see how media people - most of them decades older than you - depicts people of your age and how they brand their product accordingly.
• Brand – who/what do they associate themselves with?
• Lifestyle – each magazine has different identity EMOs, Goths, Punk
• Image of Artists – Music Press associate themselves with specific artists. Artists want to be in specific magazines.
Is their representation fair?:
• Is the representation based on reality? Or are stereotypes relied on?
• Does the way certain groups are represented alter how audiences think of them?
• To what degree will the representation of certain groups be accepted by the audience?
Language: Media has its own very specific language but we are looking in particular at the Music Press (MP), magazines and websites. Some useful (although not exhaustive) terminology:
• Masthead – the main headline on a newspaper / magazine front page
• Bar codes – a code printed on a product (magazine) consisting of black lines of varying thickness that can be read by an electronic scanner to automatically register its price at the till.
• Logos – an easily recognised design used by an organisation as an emblem to represent itself
• Byline – a credit for the journalist who has written an article
• Editorial – all copy in a newspaper or magazine that has no advertising in it.
• Copy – text that will be laid out and printed on a page.
• Stereotypes – an oversimplified way of classifying people based on a narrow set of attributes.
• Strapline – a smaller headline summing up the article in a neat way
• Genre - a category of media texts characterized by a particular style, form or content.
• Body text - the main text on the page
• Caption - describes an image
• Drop shadow - a shadow drawn on type or a picture to make it look as though it is raised off the page
• Circulation – The number of distributed copies of a magazine.
• Frequency – the number of times an audience is exposed to a magazine e.g. monthly, weekly.
• Subscriber – a person that pays for receiving a magazine.
• Font – typeface (style of lettering)
• Format – the different size, shape and appearance of competing media products e.g. magazines.
• Connotation – something suggested by a word or image that is different or distinct from its direct meaning i.e. Rose = Love
• Narrative – the way in which a story is told (this means images as well)
• Typography – point styles/sizes, font colour
• Standfirst – a short introductory few lines between the headline and the body of text in the article or feature.
• Anchorage – front page teasers
Thursday, 20 October 2011
Response to questions
Just to clarify the requirements for your photos for the music magazine which you need to take over half term.
You need to have at least 3 different scenarios/locations but the syllabus does not specify shot types as it does for the sixth form magazine.
I would suggest taking a selection though of close up, mid shot and long shots. It would help if your models had a change of clothes and possibly hair styles/make up. You could include these clothes choices, or what you would have in an ideal world, on your blog. Don't forget googlemaps for location and reccy shots.
The front cover artist should be the same artist that features in your double page spread but you should use different shots for it.
It would also help if you took some of a secondary artist band that you could put on your contents page or as part of your article (they could be an inspiration or collaborator with your main artist). Live shots at any gigs or festivals would be really useful but you must have taken them yourself.
If you want to get a head start, when we get back after half term you will be recording your next textual analysis as a short film.
You need to buy a copy of a magazine that is the most like how you want yours to be. You need to write your ideas down first then film yourself turning the pages and discussing what codes and conventions you have found, (we don't have to see your face, it can just be shots of the magazine), which you will be appropriating and which (if any) you will be challenging. You can then highlight key media terminology by adding titles to your imovie. If you have another film editing package (eg movie maker) its fine to do this at home over half term and it will also show you can use another editing package and in your evaluation you can discuss which you preferred and why.
You need to have at least 3 different scenarios/locations but the syllabus does not specify shot types as it does for the sixth form magazine.
I would suggest taking a selection though of close up, mid shot and long shots. It would help if your models had a change of clothes and possibly hair styles/make up. You could include these clothes choices, or what you would have in an ideal world, on your blog. Don't forget googlemaps for location and reccy shots.
The front cover artist should be the same artist that features in your double page spread but you should use different shots for it.
It would also help if you took some of a secondary artist band that you could put on your contents page or as part of your article (they could be an inspiration or collaborator with your main artist). Live shots at any gigs or festivals would be really useful but you must have taken them yourself.
If you want to get a head start, when we get back after half term you will be recording your next textual analysis as a short film.
You need to buy a copy of a magazine that is the most like how you want yours to be. You need to write your ideas down first then film yourself turning the pages and discussing what codes and conventions you have found, (we don't have to see your face, it can just be shots of the magazine), which you will be appropriating and which (if any) you will be challenging. You can then highlight key media terminology by adding titles to your imovie. If you have another film editing package (eg movie maker) its fine to do this at home over half term and it will also show you can use another editing package and in your evaluation you can discuss which you preferred and why.
Wednesday, 19 October 2011
Wednesday 19th October
I have been looking at your blogs and they are of varying quality! Don't forget, its still all to play for to get the Top Blogger badge for this half term. I will let you know the results on the first lesson back after half term.
Work that you need to have completed by the end of half term:
1. Audience focus group profiles.
2. Powerpoint on the history of the UK Music Press (those that I have seen have been far too sketchy).
3. A podcast on the current situation of the music press (in crisis due to general crisis in the press industry & the changing face of the music industry due to the internet). Have blogs taken over from Fanzines?
4. Flatplans for ideas for Front cover, contents and Double page spread.
5. Take initial photos for magazine ( see Ben if you need to borrow a camera over half term, try and meet with someone else over hols to share resources).
This all needs to be uploaded to your blogs by the time we return. You may email me at vcasson@shsg.org if you need extra clarification on this.
To upload powerpoints you can:
1. Create an account with slideshare or
2. Create an account with sliderocket
both of these can be worked on at home or school and can be easily embedded into blogger.
I would suggest using both, then in your evaluation and in Year 13 when you have your Critical Perspectives exam you can discuss which you preferred and why. The examiners really want you to use as many different formats as possible.
Work that you need to have completed by the end of half term:
1. Audience focus group profiles.
2. Powerpoint on the history of the UK Music Press (those that I have seen have been far too sketchy).
3. A podcast on the current situation of the music press (in crisis due to general crisis in the press industry & the changing face of the music industry due to the internet). Have blogs taken over from Fanzines?
4. Flatplans for ideas for Front cover, contents and Double page spread.
5. Take initial photos for magazine ( see Ben if you need to borrow a camera over half term, try and meet with someone else over hols to share resources).
This all needs to be uploaded to your blogs by the time we return. You may email me at vcasson@shsg.org if you need extra clarification on this.
To upload powerpoints you can:
1. Create an account with slideshare or
2. Create an account with sliderocket
both of these can be worked on at home or school and can be easily embedded into blogger.
I would suggest using both, then in your evaluation and in Year 13 when you have your Critical Perspectives exam you can discuss which you preferred and why. The examiners really want you to use as many different formats as possible.
Monday, 10 October 2011
Monday 10th October
Well done for completing the sixth form covers and contents, they look great.
We now need to turn our attention to the Music press.
Today we discussed:
the record industry used to work and why its in crisis today- new technology=means of production & distribution in the hands of the creators, but fall in CD sales means not as much revenue to encourage and fund new music.
Read this article
that explains how falling sales have led to record shop closures.
We also discussed the importance of music in Youth Sub culture
I would like you to read both of these articles and note down at least 3 points that you find of interest onto your blog. You should also provide links to them.
You also need to buy a music magazine that you can scan and annotate. You can't do what we need to do with a download from the internet, you need to look at a magazine, cover to cover.
We now need to investigate the concept of 'audience' in more depth and you need to start thinking about what sort of genre and TA you will be targeting.
We now need to turn our attention to the Music press.
Today we discussed:
the record industry used to work and why its in crisis today- new technology=means of production & distribution in the hands of the creators, but fall in CD sales means not as much revenue to encourage and fund new music.
Read this article
that explains how falling sales have led to record shop closures.
We also discussed the importance of music in Youth Sub culture
I would like you to read both of these articles and note down at least 3 points that you find of interest onto your blog. You should also provide links to them.
You also need to buy a music magazine that you can scan and annotate. You can't do what we need to do with a download from the internet, you need to look at a magazine, cover to cover.
We now need to investigate the concept of 'audience' in more depth and you need to start thinking about what sort of genre and TA you will be targeting.
Monday, 3 October 2011
Wednesday, 28 September 2011
Work for this week
1. Design three alternative mastheads for your sixth form magazine, upload and annotate your choices.
2. Take the pictures for your student magazine, remember the front cover must be mid shot. You should remember to include signs and signifiers that can have mediated meanings. Upload the unedited version so we can see how you have edited it and then upload one that is similar but unsuitable.
Don't forget you will need pictures for your contents page so take lots.
3. Think about secondary headlines and cover stories.
4. Flatplan for contents page.
You all need to improve the quality of your language. You must use the worksheets and handouts and lift the language from those when annotating your work. Nothing should be uploaded and not annotated. Key terms relevant to this part of the process would be:
denotation & connotation
signs and signifiers
motivated signs
semiotics
representation
micro, macro
audience, niche audience
genre
conventions
framing and composition
anchorage
2. Take the pictures for your student magazine, remember the front cover must be mid shot. You should remember to include signs and signifiers that can have mediated meanings. Upload the unedited version so we can see how you have edited it and then upload one that is similar but unsuitable.
Don't forget you will need pictures for your contents page so take lots.
3. Think about secondary headlines and cover stories.
4. Flatplan for contents page.
You all need to improve the quality of your language. You must use the worksheets and handouts and lift the language from those when annotating your work. Nothing should be uploaded and not annotated. Key terms relevant to this part of the process would be:
denotation & connotation
signs and signifiers
motivated signs
semiotics
representation
micro, macro
audience, niche audience
genre
conventions
framing and composition
anchorage
Friday, 23 September 2011
Typography Powerpoint
Work for Monday's lesson
Read this powerpoint first about Typography.
Then devise at least three different mastheads for your Student magazine, upload and annotate
Read this powerpoint first about Typography.
Then devise at least three different mastheads for your Student magazine, upload and annotate
Thursday, 22 September 2011
Work for the weekend
1. Complete annotation of 6th form magazine.
2. You need to sketch out a flatplan of how you would like your front cover to look and upload it to your blog. If you don't have a scanner then take a photo of it & upload it.
3. There will be time to take photos in class next week but if you want to shoot in a more exotic location than school then feel free to take them over the weekend.
2. You need to sketch out a flatplan of how you would like your front cover to look and upload it to your blog. If you don't have a scanner then take a photo of it & upload it.
3. There will be time to take photos in class next week but if you want to shoot in a more exotic location than school then feel free to take them over the weekend.
What you have to do for Foundation Portfolio
Print
Preliminary excercise : using DTP and Photoshop, produce:
1. The front page of a new school/college magazine, featuring a photograph of a student in medium close-up plus some appropriately laid-out text and a masthead.
2. A mock-up of the layout of the contents page.
3. Main task: the front page, contents and double age spread of a new music magazine.
All images and text used must be original and produced by you. You must include a minimum of four images.
4. Blogging: Presentation of the research, planning and evaluation should be done in the format of a blog. This MUST be kept up to date. It should be as multi- platform as possible, for instance, you can film your focus group & interview them about magazines. You could film your photo shoot. Scan your flatplans & include those. You should include screen shots of links & quotes to research sources. Try nimating your mood board & include background music. You could keep a video diary of your progress through the work. You can create powerpoint presentations & upload them to slideshare to include on your blog. You can record a podcast of you answering the evaluation questions.
The more imaginative and multi-modal, the better!
Assessment:This unit is marked out of a total of 100 marks: 20 marks for presentation of the planning and research; 60 marks for the construction; 20 marks for the evaluation
Preliminary excercise : using DTP and Photoshop, produce:
1. The front page of a new school/college magazine, featuring a photograph of a student in medium close-up plus some appropriately laid-out text and a masthead.
2. A mock-up of the layout of the contents page.
3. Main task: the front page, contents and double age spread of a new music magazine.
All images and text used must be original and produced by you. You must include a minimum of four images.
4. Blogging: Presentation of the research, planning and evaluation should be done in the format of a blog. This MUST be kept up to date. It should be as multi- platform as possible, for instance, you can film your focus group & interview them about magazines. You could film your photo shoot. Scan your flatplans & include those. You should include screen shots of links & quotes to research sources. Try nimating your mood board & include background music. You could keep a video diary of your progress through the work. You can create powerpoint presentations & upload them to slideshare to include on your blog. You can record a podcast of you answering the evaluation questions.
The more imaginative and multi-modal, the better!
Assessment:This unit is marked out of a total of 100 marks: 20 marks for presentation of the planning and research; 60 marks for the construction; 20 marks for the evaluation
Wednesday, 21 September 2011
Homework Task
Find an example of a student magazine and annotate it using the handout and previous blog post to help you. Lay it out in the style of the Courtney Love Elle magazine.
How to analyse magazines
Some useful prompts to think about when analysing magazines.
Consider the title of the magazine: Why is it called that?What are the significant words?What connotations do they have?
The publisher of the magazine: Who publishes the magazine? What other magazines (if any) does it publish? What other media interests (if any) does it have?
How much does the magazine cost? How often is it published?
What is its circulation/readership?Does the magazine have a website?
The target audience for the magazine: What type of reader is it targeting?
How do you know this (i.e. types of articles and advertisements)?
How does the reader ‘interact’ with the magazine?
The cover of the magazine: Analyse the images on the cover; the types of facial expressions, body language, clothing, etc used.
What do they tell us about the target audience for the magazine? What else appears on the cover?
Why are particular typefaces, types of graphics, colours, etc used? Why are particular items in the magazine featured? Does the cover look similar to other magazines? If so, why? If not, how does it look different?
The ‘style’ of presentation of the magazine:What do you notice about the magazine’s presentation? Does it look cheap or expensive? How does it compare with other similar magazines? How does it use colour, print style, artwork, etc, to convey an overall effect?
The ‘mode of address’ of the magazine: How does it address its reader? How and when are readers allowed to address the magazine?What types of articles/features does it contain? What subjects are covered?
The advertisements that appear in the magazine: What are the main types of products being advertised? What is their price range? Who are they aimed at? Why are these products featured particularly? How do the models featured in the advertisements relate to the target audience?
Representations in the magazine: How are men and women represented? (look at both the images and the text) re there conflicting representations? If so, why is this? How do these representations relate to readership? Is there a limited range of representations for men and women? If so, what are they and why?
What groups do not appear in the pages of the magazine? Why?
Are celebrities featured in the magazine? If so, what kinds of celebrities? Why have they been chosen? The competition for the magazine: What other titles are in competition with it?What are their circulation/readership figures? How much do they cost? What are the similarities/differences?
and finally...
What do you think are the reasons for its popularity (or otherwise)? What does the magazine offer its readers? What ‘values’ or ideologies are implicit in the magazine?
Monday, 12 September 2011
Welcome to Media Studies
Welcome to Media Studies. You will be studying three main topics across two units.
Unit 1: Coursework
'Foundation Portfolio'
A sixth form magazine front cover.
The front cover, contents and double page spread of a new music magazine.
Accompanied by a blog that contains:
generic research
audience research
planning & evaluation.
Unit 2: 2 hour examination
TV drama
The UK film Industry
You must get into the habit of following this blog and updating your own after every lesson. Make sure you 'follow' it and bookmark it on your browsers.
Here is a link to the Chief Examiner's Blog
Unit 1: Coursework
'Foundation Portfolio'
A sixth form magazine front cover.
The front cover, contents and double page spread of a new music magazine.
Accompanied by a blog that contains:
generic research
audience research
planning & evaluation.
Unit 2: 2 hour examination
TV drama
The UK film Industry
You must get into the habit of following this blog and updating your own after every lesson. Make sure you 'follow' it and bookmark it on your browsers.
Here is a link to the Chief Examiner's Blog
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