Wednesday, 2 February 2011

Structure for Question 1. (b)

And a minimalist summary of what to cover...

para 1 Intro: which of your projects are you going to write about? briefly describe it

para 2: what are some of the key features of the concept you are being asked to apply? maybe outline two of the theories/ideas of particular writers briefly

para 3; start to apply the concept, making close reference to your production to show how the concept is evident in it

para 4: try to show ways in which ideas work in relation to your production and also ways in which those ideas might not apply/could be challenged

para 5; conclusion

Again remember you only have 30 minutes and that you really need to analyse the finished production, rather than tell the marker how you made it

Friday, 21 January 2011

How to structure Question 1 (a)

This was requested from the e-community; there are other versions elsewhere, but this is probably the simplest!

paragraph 1 should be an introduction which explains which projects you did. It can be quite short.

paragraph 2 should pick up the skill area and perhaps suggest something about your starting point with it- what skills did you have already and how were these illustrated. use an example.

paragraph 3 should talk through your use of that skill in early projects and what you learned and developed through these. Again there should be examples to support all that you say.

paragraph 4 should go on to demonstrate how the skill developed in later projects, again backed by examples, and reflecting back on how this represents moves forward for you from your early position.

paragraph 5 short conclusion

Remember it's only half an hour and you need to range across all your work!

Saturday, 24 April 2010

Music in the Online Age - Digital Economy Bill

Wednesday, 21 April 2010

Twitter Feed

Follow me on Twitter @sallypickford to get the latest news on the G325 exam

Thursday, 25 March 2010

Take me back

Take a look at this website which shows you what web pages looked liked years ago!!

Michael Wesch - Active Audiences

http://www.strangelove.com/blog/2008/05/youtube-statistics/

http://mediatedcultures.net/ksudigg/?p=84

Link to Pete Fraser's blog

Link to Pete Fraser's blog (Pete Fraser is Head of Media at Long Road Sixth Form College and is Cheif Examiner for OCR Media Studies A Level)

http://petesmediablog.blogspot.com/