Research and planning tasks to complete this week....

Pool D are blogging about 'redundancy and entropy' Pool F should have already done this.

Other posts to complete this week:

1. Creativity
These are some of the videos that we referred to during our discussion on creativity




2. Music video mood boards

Create a moodboard which reflects your initial ideas for your promotional package. Your moodboard should be informed by: Research of existing products (music videos) and the creative tasks you completed.


3. Using the lyrics to generate ideas

Use the lyrics to generate ideas. – seeing the sound in your head. Print off a copy of the lyrics, stick them onto a piece of sugar paper and work together as a group to explore possible ideas.

 

In the single lesson we will talk about audience profiles and how to complete your music video pitch.

Stars and Stardom Grade Booster

Grade booster stars and stardom from lou80

Tasks to complete by our double lesson next week....

8 September	Introduction to coursework brief	Research unsigned artists.
		Research how an artist / band creates a coherent promotional package: video, digipak & advert.
		Set up blog & introduce coursework brief.
		Explore function / purpose of music videos (moodboard and wordle)
		Textual analysis of music video.
15 September	Research and planning	Post action plan on blogs.
		Ask permission from copyright holder.
		Identify conventions of music genre.
		Apply Andrew Goodwin’s Theory.
		Analyse redundant and entropic features of music videos.
		Extension Task: Complete grade booster on Stars and stardom.

Coursework Brief & Work Flow

For this coursework, you will be producing the following:

A PROMOTIONAL PACKAGE FOR THE RELEASE OF AN ALBUM.

This must include:
1.  A music promo video.
2.  A cover for the album's release on Digipak.
3.  A magazine advertisement for the Digipak.

Welcome to the A2 Media Blog!

As the coursework project progresses you will find lots of relevant information, pointers and tips on this blog which will enable you to make a success of the project.

Have a look at the links on the right hand side:

• Pete’s Media Blog: Pete is the chief examiner for OCR, our exam board. His blog is an invaluable resource for all A2 Media students.

• The OCR Exam Board Blog: This contains loads of really useful information about coursework and all things related to the Media Studies course.

• Ludlow College A2 Media Blog 2011 – 2012 & 2012 -13: Previous A2 Media Blogs are a great resource for you to look around in terms of finding out what the process of start to finish looks like.

I will add more relevant links as we go on.

Please do remember that your blog is available for anyone to see and ultimately will be read and marked by the exam board. With this in mind, you should approach each post that your write as a formal essay: use standard English, check spelling, check grammar and finally don’t post comments on my blog or any student’s blog unless I ask you to do so.

Happy blogging!