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!
Wednesday, 23 November 2011
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
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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
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