Dear Moderator,

Here are the links to our year 13 students' blogs. They have all worked on their individual projects. All have produced a promotional package for the release of a new album, including a music video, a promotional poster for the album, and the digipak.

Nesreen Bin Ishaq - Candidate No 1038: Nesreen's blog
Simran Deol - Candidate No 1053 : Simran's blog 
Amira Johnson - Candidate No 1094 : Amira's blog
Trisha Vekaria - Candidate No: 1263: Trisha's Wix site

Evaluation - 20 marks (as much as Research and Planning)

Can I remind you  that the 4 evaluation questions are:
1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
2. How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary texts?
3. What have you learned from your audience feedback?
4. How did you use media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages?

Assessment: to achieve Level 4 in Evaluation, you are expected to demonstrate excellence in the creative use of most of the following technical skills:
- understanding of the forms and conventions used in the productions.
- understanding of the role and use of new media in various stages of the production.
- understanding of the combination of main product and ancillary texts.
- understanding of the significance of audience feedback.
- choice of form in which to present the evaluation.
- ability to communicate.
- use of digital technology or ICT in the evaluation.

Here is a example of a level 4 blog (a bit weaker on the Evaluation, particularly question 4, where the focus should really be on Creativity):
http://musicvideocm3christina.blogspot.com/

The following booklet is for guidance. You might have better ideas and be keen to do vlogs instead. That would be fine. AVOID PREZI IF YOU'RE JUST GOING TO STICK TEXT IN IT. THE MODERATORS GOT FED UP WITH THAT LAST YEAR.

Open publication - Free publishing - More a2

OR in this format: UPDATED Music Video Evaluation Tasks



Lisha's fantastic evaluation on Wix:

http://lishagorasia.wix.com/a2mediastudies#!evaluation-/cok4


GREAT EXAMPLES OF QUESTIONS 1 AND 2 FROM OTHER CENTRES: Check out the competition for a top level 4!!!

Question 1:

Question 2:

URGENT - POSTED ON 7TH JANUARY 2016

Dear all,

Our troubles continue with the media drive so we need to be flexible.

I am concerned that nothing has happened on the blogs over Christmas, particularly those students who were behind.

BLOG WORK MUST BE UP TO DATE BY NEXT THURSDAY. I will be contacting parents from next week otherwise, and 'inviting' you to stay behind on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays until your work can be awarded a Band 4.

I know the production work has stalled but not everyone has a mock up of their ancillary tasks! You should also have sought feedback and written a paragraph reflecting on it to show to what extent the feedback will inform your further planning, keeping in mind what you are trying to achieve with the Star text and representation issues, music gender and target audience.

You need to keep posts on your blog tracking the development of your production work.

THERE SHOULD BE NO GAP OF MORE THAN TWO WEEKS.

FINALLY, FOR NEXT THURSDAY, YOU NEED TO HAVE WATCHED AND MADE NOTES ON SOME VIDEOS DEALING WITH AUDIENCE THEORY.

GO OVER TO THE CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES BLOG - IT IS YOUR EXAM BLOG FROM NOW ON.

http://parkg325.blogspot.co.uk