Starter- Introduce yourselves! • Why did you choose Media Studies? • What do you expect from the course? • How are you going to achieve/ exceed your target grade in Media? 1
Jun 27, 2015
1
Starter- Introduce yourselves!
• Why did you choose Media Studies?• What do you expect from the course?• How are you going to achieve/ exceed your
target grade in Media?
AS Media Studies 2013 2
Introduction to AS Media Studies
Learning Objective:• To go through the course outline in particular
the Foundation Portfolio in Media
3
IntroductionYour coursework task will be to research the print industry and then produce your own pages for a new music magazine.
You will:
Carry out research on existing products
Produce draft designs
Complete a preliminary task
Produce your final product
Evaluate your work
4
Learning outcomes:
•How to analyse a print product
•How to carry out audience research
•How to use indesign
•How to design a layout
•How to represent an audience and social group
•How to evaluate
5
Marking
Your coursework is 50% of your overall grade
You will be marked out of 100
You can get up to 20 marks for research and planning
You can get up to 60 marks for production
You can get up to 20 marks for evaluation
6
Marking
Your work will be marked against 4 different levels:
Level 1 - Minimal
Level 2 - Basic
Level 3 - Proficient
Level 4 - Excellent
7
Coursework
To complete your coursework you must submit:
Complete research and planning documentation – presented via a blog.
Preliminary school/ college magazine task – presented in a blog and submitted electronically
Front cover, contents page and double page spread – submitted electronically (via a blog)
Evaluation presented in a blog– submitted electronically
8
Research & Planning
Your research & planning will be marked against the following criteria:
Your research into similar products and target audience
Your organisation of actors, locations, costumes and props Your work on layouts, drafting, scripting or storyboarding.
The care you have taken in the presentation of your research and planning
Your time management
9
Production
Your production skills will be marked against the following criteria:
Your framing of shots and the way you include and exclude elements as appropriate
Your skill at using a variety of shot distances as appropriate Your ability to shoot material appropriate to the task set
Your selection of mise-en-scène including colour, figure, lighting, objects and setting
Your manipulation of photographs as appropriate to the context for presentation, including cropping and resizing
10
Production cont.
Your ability to accurately using language and register
Your skill in appropriately integrating illustration and text
Showing your understanding of conventions of layout and page design
Showing your awareness of the need for variety in fonts and text size
Your use of ICT appropriately for the task
11
Evaluation
Your evaluation will be marked against the following criteria:
Your ability to refer to the choices you have made and the outcomes
Your understanding of your development from preliminary to main task
Your ability to communicate
Your skill in the use of digital technology or ICT in the evaluation.
12
Deadlines
Your finished project is due in on the 10th February 2014
Your research is due in on the 24th October
Your planning is due in on the 20th December 2013
Your pages must be complete by the 20th January 2014
Your evaluation must be complete by 3rd February 2014
13
Deadlines
You will be set tasks during your first lesson of the week
You will have the remainder of lesson time that week and any homework time required to complete the task
Each piece of work will have a deadline
Each deadline must be met
Failure to do so will result in disciplinary action
AS Media Studies 2009 14
Look at examples of work
• http://harrissouthnorwoodmediastudies.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/AS
• http://harrisacademypurley6thformmediablog.blogspot.co.uk/