A reminder that you have tomorrow and Wednesday for further production work. Same arrangement as last Thursday - please attend AM and PM registration and then come to 310 to collect equipment needed as I am teaching periods 1-4. If you can, please come to the office in Roselands before registration to sign out equipment as that would be easier. I will be in the Roselands office at 3pm so that equipment can be signed back in. You MUST catch up with work missed from other subjects.

Get ready to start work on your productions on:

Thursday 12th Dec
Monday 16th Dec
Wednesday 18th Dec

You must come and register in school in the morning and sign out equipment. You then must register in the afternoon and sign the equipment back in with Mrs Graham. Be sure to collect all work you are missing from teachers and keep up to date with other subjects.

Deadline update - the deadline for the flat plans and/or storyboards for BOTH production tasks has been extended to Friday 6th December 2.30pm. Please ensure flat plans for e-media and print are hand drawn and include as much detail as possible. All work to Mrs Graham or to her pigeonhole.

Homework reminder:
Storyboard homework (comprising 20 shots) due in on Monday. You don't have to be a Picasso, just a Media Studies student to complete it!

Great information about the watershed. Particularly useful for those doing Brief 1:  http://www.channel4.com/producers-handbook/ofcom-broadcasting-code/protecting-under-18s-and-harm-and-offence/scheduling-and-the-watershed

Please send me all evidence that is required for your first deadline (was due 21st) to my school e-mail by Sunday latest. Also remember your homework task that is due in on Monday. Finally, please could you hand in to my room (310) on Monday morning your notebooks and clipboards for marking. Thanks all, we can't afford to fall behind with our production work at this early stage!

Homework due Monday 25th November.

Task - Create an advert for a new car (you can use images of existing models), your target audience are the MAKERS.

Remember to arrive to school promptly tomorrow. We are meeting at 8.40 before heading off to the BFI in Southbank!

Target Audience information

Good examples for Brief 2 - lifestyle/ dogs

http://www.dogstodaymagazine.co.uk/https://www.thecruftsmagazine.com/http://www.k9magazine.com/

Interesting and useful. The Guardian's Top 10 Horror Films

 Excited for our study day!

BFI Trip on Thursday. Study Day: Making film Openings. Get to school early so we have time to travel to the venue. Dress to impress in full school uniform!http://www.bfi.org.uk/

Don't forget to keep to your deadlines for research and planning! you are researching and planning both production tasks.

Media Studies A-Level

MEST 2 Coursework deadlines: Stage 1 Research and Planning

Coursework folder must contain:

·         5-6 pages of research and planning materials

·         2 products

·         1500 word evaluation

·         Bibliography

A brief note on research: you need to research existing products, analyse their conventions and genre and then select appropriate media language to ensure you use these codes and conventions in your products.

Task	Deadline
Identify important aspects of brief and evidence understanding (e.g. identifying target audience)	21/11/13
Identify at least 3 existing products and analyse them (media language, codes and conventions etc)	27/11/13
Annotate existing products (e.g. webpage print out/ magazine front cover)	27/11/13
Written evaluation of existing media products using MIGRAIN (seven headings and at least a paragraph under each one of analysis)	2/12/13
Broadcast platform proposal: ·        Create storyboard ·        Create script ·        Details of location/costume/mise-en-scene etc ·        Plans for post-production effects	5/12/13
E-media and print proposal: ·        Shooting plans for photography – selection of locations/mise-en-scene/costume/camera effects/angles ·        Post production plans for manipulation of photographs ·        E-media – Plans for audience interaction, multi-media features ·        Flat plans showing layout and design choice	5/12/13

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