Howard of Effingham Media Studies Department

12C - complete school magazine front cover, contents page and evaluation essay and post on your blog by 15/11/08.

13D Media - continue with primary research for Critical Research Study.

12A - using class notes write a brief analysis of a console game of your choice, identifying what genre of game it is and why. By next lesson Monday 17/11/08.

Please remember that by Monday 17th November I expect to see the following on your blog:

• Analysis of existing music magazines
• Audience Profile
• Questionnaire
• Results and Analysis of Audience Research
• Detailed plans of layout for cover, contents and double page spread

Thanks

Mrs Paine

Read the chapter on TV Drama in the textbook  Get onto a computer and have a look at the relevant section of the CDRom in the back of the book.  Over half term watch a variety of TV Dramas, e.g. teen, medical, police, soaps, historical, etc.

Here are your tasks for this lesson:

• Read the comments on your ‘Memento’ essay
• Change your password and profile
• Change the design of your own blog
• Add a widget that explains your target grade
• Research into the requirements of the OCR TV Drama unit
• Summarise this and attach it to a post by using the Add media function

The following students missed Monday’s deadline (13/10) for posting their magazine cover analysis:

Alice Hollamby, Hannah Vincent, Kate Edwards, Lucy Clarke, Lucy Gwinnell, Natasha Potts, Roberta Dixon, Shelby Marsh, Tallulah Sykes, Will Brixey, Yasmin Bachir.

These students must post their missing magazine analysis before next lesson on Monday 20/10.

Don’t forget the meeting for those going on the trip and their parents - 5th November!

Reminder - today (13/10/08) is the deadline for posting your completed magazine front cover analysis on your blog.

The magazine cover analysis homework, set in class on Monday 6/10, must be posted on students’ blogs by Monday 13/10.

The production of your school magazine cover and contents page must be completed by Friday 10th October at 3.30. 

The following people failed to hand in their Magazine Analysis homework by the deadline:

Alice Ralph, Alyce Lister, Ed Currie,  Jess Dean, Tom Dicks.

Please complete this work by Wednesday at the latest or this will be recorded as a missed deadline.