Year 11 media: Complete the first part of the assignment.

Open a word document and insert a image of a magazine front cover

The title of document should be called:

Annotated analysis of existing texts

Start to annotate your front cover, comment on the following: 

 

1)      Masthead – what does the title of the magazine suggest?  Think about the actual words it uses.  For example:  “Woman’s Weekly” suggests the magazine is aimed at women and is written weekly.  “Total Film” suggests that the magazine includes everything you want to know about film.

2)      People – What kind of people are on the front cover?  Famous people would attract fans, models might make people want to read the magazine to find out how they can look that attractive.  If they are famous film actors they will attract film fans.  If they are famous music stars they will attract music fans etc..

3)   Other pictures  - What are the pictures of and do they tell the reader what genre the magazine is?  If the pictures are all of clothes and make up then it suggests the magazine is a fashion magazine.

4)      Colour – What colours are used on the front cover and what do they suggest?  Eg:  Blue is a strong masculine colour suggesting the magazine is aimed at men.

5)      Font – What kind of font is used on the front cover and what does it suggest?  Eg:  A bubble font might be used to attract children to a comic.

6)      Words – What words have been used on the front cover and what effect do they have.  Look for

• Persuasive words – eg:  “Read inside now” or “A must have magazine” to make someone want to read more
• Words relating to genre of magazine – eg Do any of the words tell the reader what genre the magazine is going to be?
• Names of people – Different celebrity names will attract different types of people.
• Rhetorical Questions – eg “Would you like to be rich and famous?”  er OBVIOUSLY..  makes the reader want to read the magazine to find out how..
• Addressing the reader directly – eg: “How you can get a better job”, makes the reader feel part of the magazine and makes them want to read more.

7)      Free Gifts – What has been offered free or as “special” on the front cover?  Whatever it is will make readers feel that they are getting something extra for their money to convince them to buy it.

REMEMBER:  Do NOT just label these features but also say WHY they have been used..  or the effect they have on the audience..  You cannot get above a D grade unless you do this.

Your document should look like this ................

Year 11: GCSE Media students (Magazine production)

Assignment 3: Practical Production and Evaluation                      

Planning, Research and Presentation (15 marks)

Construct and Evaluate (30 marks)

Students will construct a Magazine aimed at a specific audience.

• Four pages (including the front cover) are required per student.

• The maximum group size is two.

• A target audience should be clearly identified and catered for.

• Original material (such as photographs) should be used wherever possible.

• The magazine should be produced using ICT (not hand drawn).

• Codes and conventions should be used creatively.

• Students should integrate text and illustration.

• Students should attempt to create a ‘house-style’.

Research & Planning material

Each student should submit their own individual evidence of planning and research

Research should involve:

• the study of existing products of a similar nature

• investigating the potential audience for the magazine.

Research might be submitted in the form of graphs, annotations of existing texts, charts, surveys, questionnaires, etc.

Planning material might be submitted in the form of briefs, sketches, mock-ups, contact sheets, flat plans, etc.

No more than 12 pages of material should be submitted as evidence of the planning and research undertaken.

Evaluation

Each student must produce a 700-800 word evaluation. This will hopefully address of the key concepts.

GCSE Media: Fronter page

I have created a 'hand in page' in the year 10 media fronter room. This will be open for your to upload any work over the summer holidays for marking. The assignment sheet is also uploaded to Fronter. Remember unit 3 is a independent assignment and you have 3 tasks to chose from.

Have a great summer year 10, see you in September!

Miss Alleyne

Year 12 media: How to delete yourself from the internet

This is an interesting video we looked at in class; can you delete your existence on the web?





With help from technology writer Jemima Kiss, Guardian journalist Mark Rice-Oxley tries to erase his online self. But aside from deleting your social networking profiles, is this even possible? Are there sites out there that can help?And where does your Facebook profile go when it is removed?

Mark Zuckerberg: Inside Facebook questions and answers

Mark Zuckerberg states "Social networks will be ubiquitous tool used by billions of people to stay connected every day"

1. What does this statement mean?
This means that social networks will be present everywhere and any where in our every day lives.

2. How many people in Britain are registered on facebook?
30 million

3. Why does Mark Zuckerberg want people to share information?
He wants people to share information to make the world more open and connected. It allows users to discover new things like movies, places etc.

4. Why are so many users attracted to using facebook? Give reasons
* Some people have facebook purely because they have been pressured as they feel they are missing out on socialising. Others are addicted to facebook as they can discover new things, reunite with old friends etc.

5. How did Mark Zuckerberg develop facebook? When did it start?
The development of facebook originally started off as a prank when Zuckerberg was in university which set up a website called 'facemash' which was a profile in which they would judge and rate people on how they looked. People themselves didn't put up their pictures.

Media activities for the summer holidays

GCSE Media 

Activities in this summer pack will be useful for your GCSE Media exam

 

Research the film industry and answer the following questions:

Explain what a film director, cinematographer and producer does?

What is a ‘media conglomerate’? And give examples

Freelance working is common in the media industries. Explain what a ‘freelance’

worker is and give two examples

What do you understand by the phrase ‘fixed term contract’? Why is this type of

contract popular with employers in the media industries?

How is the film industry regulated?

Explain the three stages of a film, what is involved in each stage:

—  Production

—  Distribution

—  Exhibition 

Name three world-wide distribution companies

Why is the timing to release a film important? 

Name five key elements with a film marketing campaign?

What is a teaser film poster? 

How is the internet used to generate a buzz before a release of a film? 

List as reasons how the film industry has been changed by the Internet