Mrs Hammond's A2 blog: 2013

Jan 2010 - Describe how you developed research and planning skills for media production and evaluate how these skills contributed to creative decision making. Refer to a range of examples in your answer to show how these skills developed over time.

June 2010 - Decsribe the ways in which your production work was informed by research into real media texts and how your ability to use such research for producion developed over time.

Jan 2011 - Describe how you developed your skills in the use of digital technology for media production and evaluate how these skills contributed to your own creative decision making. Refer to a range of examples in your answer to show how these skills developed over time.

June 2011 - Exaplain how far your understanding of the conventions of existing media influenced the way you created your own media products. Refer to a range of examples in your answer to show how these skills developed over time.

Jan 2012 - Decsribe how your analysis of the conventions of real media texts informed your own creative media practice. Refer to a range of examples in your answer to show how these skills developed over time.

June 2012 - Describe a range of creative decisions that you made in post production and how these decisions made a difference to the final outcomes. Refer to a range of examples in your answer to show how these skills developed over time.

Rooming

Mon 8/4 - period 5 - O1
Wed 10/4 - period 1 - A10
Mon 15/4 - period 4 - A10
Wed 17/4 - period 1 - H19
Mon 22/4 - period 5 - O1
Wed 24/4 - period 1 - H19
Mon 29/4 - period 4 - A10
Wed 1/5 - period 1 - H19
Mon 6/5 BANK HOLIDAY
Wed 8/5 - period 1 - H19
Mon 13/5 - 22/5 - back in H2

Past questions G325 1b

Analyse media representation in one of your coursework productions.Jan10
Analyse one of your coursework productions in relation to genre.Jun10
Apply theories of narrative to one of your coursework productions.Jan11
Analyse one of your coursework productions in relation to the concept of audience.Jun11
Analyse media representation in one of your coursework productions.Jan12
Analyse media language in one of your coursework productions.Jun12

Sunday, 7 April 2013

Monday, 18 March 2013

An introduction to Question 1b.

Copy of Intro to A2 Course - G325 Critical Perspectives in Media - Question B -Final Copy by amhammond

Theories to include in Question 1a.

Theories to Include in Question 1a by amhammond

Monday, 4 March 2013

DIKW Pyramid - a theory

The DIKW pyramid can be useful theory to apply to the areas of Research and Planning as well as Digital Technology.How can the DIKW Pyramid be applied to your c/w?

How can this theory be applied to your c/w?

Sunday, 24 February 2013

Digital Technology

Digital technology

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Wednesday, 20 February 2013

Feedback on Creativity Essays

What made a good essay:

Applying theories to your work confidently
Constantly linking to the question
A good understanding of how your skills have progressed from AS to A2
Using the 5 key words (Pete Fraser) as a starting point

Year 13 work for Wednesday 20th Feb

The post 16 talk resulted in a large number of absences today so here is a quick break down of the work I expect you to complete by next Wednesday 27th Feb:

Complete the first handout titled Using Conventions from Real Media Texts
Check your answers for Task 1 against mine on the answer sheet.
Complete the essay plan.
Complete the essay for next Wednesday (27th Feb).

If you have any questions please email me a.hammond@lc.leics.sch.uk

Using Conventions from Real Media Texts Essay Question and Plan

Using-Conventions-From-Real-Media-Texts Essay plan.doc by amhammond

Using conventions - suggested answers

Using-Conventions-Handout-answers.doc by amhammond

Monday, 18 February 2013

Using conventions from real media texts

Using Conventions from real media texts by amhammond

Wednesday, 6 February 2013

Rooming - half-term to Easter

Mon 18/2 - AVS (studio)
Wed 20/2 - H19
Mon 25/2 - 01
Wed 27/2 - H19
Mon 4/3 - AVS
Wed 6/3- H19
Mon 11/3 - 01
Wed 13/3 - H19
Mon 18/3 - AVS
Wed 20/3 - H19

Sunday, 27 January 2013

Creativity - theory and exercises

For the exam, make sure you have:
* read all of the information
* completed all of the tasks
* learnt at least 2 theories
* completed the 750 word response
Creativity

Monday, 21 January 2013

Any questions?

Any unanswered questions? Any difficulties? If there's anything you are unsure about after today's lesson, post a comment :)

What is creativity?

How creative have you been in your AS and A2 productions?

This is what Pete Fraser, the chief examiner for OCR Media Studies, has to say about creativity:

"One of the possible areas you could be asked about in the exam is creativity. The projects you have undertaken will hopefully have felt like an opportunity to display your creativity, but you will need the chance to discuss what you understand by creativity and what it might mean to be creative.

The assignment options at AS and A2 all offer constraints for your work, whether it be making pages for a music magazine, the opening of a film or the packaging for an album; one of the reasons why you aren't offered total free choice is because people often find that working within constraints gives them something to exercise their creativity, whereas total freedom can sometimes make it really difficult to know where to start. It's why genre can be interesting- how has something been created which fits with certain structures and rules but plays around with them to give us something a little bit different?

The word 'creative' has many meanings- the most democratic meaning would really suggest that any act of making something (even making an idea) might be seen as a creative act. In more elitist versions of the term, it is reserved for those who are seen as highly skilled or original (famous artists, musicians, film-makers etc). An interesting third alternative is to think about how creativity can be an unconscious, random or collaborative act that becomes more than the sum of its parts."

Task:

Create a blog post titled An Introduction to Creativity.
Copy and paste the passage onto your post.
Working in pairs, reduce the last 2 paragraphs into 5 statements.
Next reduce the 5 statements into 5 key words.
Consider each of these key words in relation to your own coursework. Add it to your blog post.
Carry out the creating a CD task as described on Pete Fraser's blog http://petesmediablog.blogspot.co.uk/search?q=creativity
Briefly evaluate the level of creativity you have just demonstrated. How does this compare to the level of creativity you showed in your actual AS and A2 pieces of coursework?
Answer the following question:

How creative have you been in your AS and A2 productions?

Use the marking criteria for G325 to help you:

Explain what you did and analyse the extent of your creativity.
Give examples from the texts you created to support your points.
Use terminology e.g. media terms, creativity terms.

Remember:
Level 1 = limited, descriptive
Level 2 = simple, basic
Level 3 = straightforward, clear
Level 4 = complex, articulate

Sunday, 13 January 2013

An Introduction to Section A of G325 Exam

G325 an introduction to the exam

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Wednesday, 9 January 2013

Last minute updates to blogs

To Do List

· Complete evaluation questions

· Ensure all Research and Planning is completed to the best of your ability – see check list

· Check that you have labelled everything clearly so a moderator could navigate their way around your blog

· Make sure the labelling identifies who has done what on the group blog

· Put links to your individual blogs on your group blog and vice versa

· Check that everything is dated correctly

· Post a welcome note to the moderator

Tuesday, 14 May 2013

Apply theories of narrative to one of your coursework productions.

Sunday, 12 May 2013

Wednesday, 1 May 2013

Tuesday, 30 April 2013

Monday, 29 April 2013

Tuesday, 23 April 2013

Monday, 22 April 2013

Tuesday, 16 April 2013

Monday, 15 April 2013

Monday, 8 April 2013