A2 Media & Communications

For Monday (6.12.10):

Your folders containing annotated research into your chosen production idea.

A written first draft (NOT script) of your chosen production idea; containing the following:

• Plot
• Characters
• A rough idea of beginning>middle>end

(There are also research suggestions for some students over at MediaFire)

AS Media & Communication

You should now have information regarding marketing techniques used for Cloverfield.

Research work for next week (6.12.10)

Investigate The Cold War.
How could this significant event in American (and world) history be connected to the film The War of the Worlds?

A-Level Media/Media & Communication

School email has been turned off this weekend so I will not be able to answer any queries/problems.

Mr.S

AS Media Studies

• Revised Publication Plan is on MediaFire

Questionnaire:

• http://danielscullyasmedia.blogspot.com/2010/11/questionnaire-feedback.html

Get ahead

• http://getaheadocrmedia.blogspot.com/

AS Media & Communication

AS Media Studies: Remake/Remodel

Your task for next week…
1. Choose an existing music magazine. (I have put 5 Mastheads in a folder on MediaFire if you want to use them)
2. Create a front cover in the style of your choice of magazine.
3. Add codes and conventions (ALL).
4.You must use original photography for the main image.
5. The photography and text has to match the ‘ethos/philosophy’ of the magazine.
6. A full analysis MUST accompany your presentation (Codes & Conventions)

Presentations are next week…. (Blog/PPT/Word/Publisher)

A2 Media Studies (Contemporary Media Regulation)

How could contemporary advertising techniques and campaigns influence future regulation; and/or, come into conflict with the ASA or other regulatory bodies?

When answering the question, include the case study (50 Cent-available at MediaFire) and theory.

Y12 Media Studies

Go to MediaFire for details of the two-week task

Y-11 Media Studies

HOMEWORK-1
Bring in an advert of your choice that you think satisfies the AIDA criteria.
Remember: Attention, Interest, Desire, Action

HOMEWORK-2
Create a 10 point questionnaire about how advertising affects you and your peers.(Use a mixture of open and closed questions)
E.g.-Where would you expect to see adverts?
Do you think that advertisers play on people’s fears and complexes? How?

DEADLINE: Friday: 19th. November