THURSDAY's lesson

Please view Thursday's lesson.

Ignore the collage task.

Instead think about how this connects with what you are doing for Assignment 2.

As L5 Mediation + Reps1

Remember ALL work must be with me on Tuesday or you will be completing it in Wednesday's catch-up session.

Precious

A reminder of the home work which I would like written in essay form 500 words minimum by the Tuesday after half term.

Use the notes you made in class and follow the fink to look at the trailer again.

REMINDER: All Assignment 1a and 1b coursework is due next Tuesday. Please consult your GCSE coursework handbook for details. If you have not submitted by then you will be required to complete the work in an after school session on Thursday the 22nd from 3.20-4pm.

TUESDAY'S LESSON

Please find embedded the powerpoint for today's lesson.

You will find information about submission of assignments.

WSS Ass2


On thursday we will be developing your close analytical skills by looking at a trailer.

In the meantime please can you create a page for your recent poster analysis and place this on the weebly site you created last lesson.

I know some of you find this difficult but stick at it and you will begin to appreciate it's value.

FINALLY, the half term is approaching and you as per your GCSE coursework guidebook you are expected to be involved in two days of Film Academy production in the Half term to get ahead on Assignment 3. I will be sending letter home regarding this and will need to know fairly soon if you are able to attend.

This is an extremely helpful devise! thank you sir!

ASSIGNMENT 1a and 1b

DEADLINES:

Final draft of 1a - DUE TUESDAY 8TH OCTOBER - Please email in advance if possible.

Draft storyboard for 1b - DUE TUESDAY 8TH OCTOBER - Please bring on paper or electronically BUT ENSURE THAT YOU BRING IT.

FINAL DRAFT STORYBOARD - DUE TUESDAY 15TH OCTOBER.

Very important:

All 1a coursework MUST be approximately 500 words - I will except up to 580.
Think about ways to cut, use bullet pointing, annotation, graphs etc.
Ensure that you CREDIT your sources for research - ie. YouTube, band web-sites, fansites etc.

Also remember that 1b can be a combination of images and words, you can use photos, draw pictures or describe what you want shown and how. Include media language, shot sizes, descriptions, anything to help the reader / viewer understand your vision.

ASSIGNMENT 1a and 1b

We are nearing the early completion deadline for your first coursework and Thursday's lesson will be dedicated to tidying these up.

Please ensure that you have EVERYTHING you need with you and be prepared to submit your work at the end of the double period.

I will provide you with individual support through the lesson but it is ESSENTIAL that you finish.

NEXT WEEK we will begin the formal teaching for the second assignment and you will also consider how you are going to approach assignment 3 - your Moving Image assignment.

PLEASE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ THIS BY COMMENTING

STORYBOARD

For your Homestudy you need to have

• made your choice of music track
• drawn, source photos, written ideas for storyboard
• indentified the main conventions of the genre of music and written in brief about what you have done.

Spend 45 minutes maximum on it this week. We will hope to complete this in lessons this coming week and for Homestudy.

Also, you will need to do the second draft of your Assignment 1a.

The deadline for both of these is in your GCSE support pack along with other helpful details.

Good luck.

Mr H

ASSIGNMENT 1a

Well done Ladies. Excellent progression with your assignments. The next stage will be to consider part b - the song you are going to 'storyboard'.

With the knowledge you now have about music video construction and appeal to a specific audience, this should be easier. My tip is to let you imagination run riot for a while and enjoy the creative freedom with pen / pencil / paint / paper. This represents 5 marks and should be a fun thing to do.

See you Thursday.

Mr H.

Assignment 1

For Tuesday

Drafting of Assignment 1.

Batool - to include notes from Thursday and redraft.
Georgia - to type up draft and begin refining.
Meena - refining draft and editing
Hodo - either re-fining draft OR new video and first analysis
Hamda - first draft analysis
Thulani - refining draft and editing
Cloe - first draft

Please submit these by email at the latest 8am Tueday.

Thanks

Mr H

Homestudy for GCSE

Here is the link to a useful site for research which I didn't get the chance to show you. You can login and explore.

UKTRIBES

The password is: consumer

Excellent to help identify audience.

Please email your work to me at:

tholloway@brentford.hounslow.sch.uk

ASSIGNMENT 1

Home-study task

Continue research and complete draft analysis in detailed note form to be typed and emailed to me with a link to the video you have chosen.

Include selected evidence: quotations, reviews, stills form video etc. in draft

Deadline: Next Thursday

TIPS

Review the information underneath which gives you details of how you could approach your analysis.

• applying media terminology: shot sizes, camera movements, mise on scene, lighting, editing, SFX, etc. etc.
• considering the effect of media language: how they impact on the way the video is seen, how they add to detract from the music, how they reflect current or past cinematic styles etc.
• applying analytical techniques such as denotation and connotation: what is shown and our interpretation of what we see.
• identifying how genre is established: is genre analysis relevant to your chosen music video?
• discussing how narrative is suggested or not?
• representations: Does the music video offer particular representations of gender, age, race, colour or creed?
• making judgements about who the target audience might be:
• Things that you might comment on:
• Locations
• Use of signs or signifiers
• Colour
• Choice of camera positions
• presence (or lack of) of the band itself

Assesment Criteria

• Level 6 9–10 marks
• Candidates produce convincing and effective analyses of media texts.
• Media terminology is used extensively and effectively.
• The consumption of texts by particular audiences is discussed in detail.
• Responses are cogent and well structured with precise and accurate use of language and arguments clearly supported by evidence.

WELCOME TO MEDIA GCSE

Welcome to the Media GCSE Blog for Brentford School for Girls.

This is a place where all the students on the course will be able to post their homeworks, where WWW and EBI will be possible both from peers and Teacher online. This is a place where we will be posting the work made during the year and also montioring our Media consumption - what we watch and listen to through the year.

It is your place.

Mr Holloway