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Your group photo with an introduction.

Welcome back and welcome to your second year.

You will be starting work on your Advanced Portfolio immediately - researching and Planning for the short film.

Media studies achieved its best ever results last year - 62% of students got an A*, A or B grade.  There is no reason why you should not be aiming for something similar - certainly your AS grades make it a realistic possibility.

Choose your group carefully - are the people you work with reliable, can you meet up easily both inside and outside of college, do they offer different skill sets?

You need to tell us who you will be working with VERY SOON!

Special Announcement for A2 Media Students:

Due to earlier timetabling of the Advanced Portfolio work this year,

we have decided we can offer the following to ALL STUDENTS to maximise

achievement:

· the chance to make improvements to ANY part of the portfolio

· between today and MARCH 20th

· BUT THE FOLLOWING MUST BE

UNDERSTOOD.....

 

· March 20th is the absolute FINAL DEADLINE (exam board deadline follows immediately after internal marking)

· you may not be allowed to begin work that you

didn't do in the first place!

· Previous deadlines will still count as part of your

process and time management (marks will still be

deducted if you missed the March 4th deadline)

· Normal levels of supervision will not apply (we are

preparing and teaching you the exam unit)

· You will be expected to manage your own work

· You will need to alert us on the blog and by email to

any changes made to products or blog

· Work on the production must NEVER be used as a

reason for not completing ANY other work or missing

lessons in Media or other subjects.

· You may use our comments to improve your work

· Any changes made to the products MUST BE CLEAR ON THE BLOG FINAL PRODUCTS MUST BE LABELLED AS SUCH

· IF YOU CHANGE YOUR FILM AT ALL, YOU MUST UPDATE THE FILM IN THE 'FINISHED' FOLDER ON THE MAC NETWORK.

Special Announcement for A2 Media Students:

Due to earlier timetabling of the Advanced

Portfolio work this year,

we have decided we can offer the following

to ALL STUDENTS to maximise

achievement:

the chance to make improvements to ANY

art of the portfolio

between today and MARCH 20th

 

 

BUT THE FOLLOWING MUST BE

UNDERSTOOD.....

Requirements to make it into level 4 for the evaluation.

Level 4 16–20 marks

                

There is excellent understanding of the forms and conventions used in the productions … and so on for the same skills as listed above.

 

There is excellent understanding of the role and use of new media in various stages of the production.



There is excellent understanding of the combination of main product and ancillary texts.



There is excellent understanding of the significance of audience feedback.



There is excellent skill in choice of form in which to present the evaluation.



There is excellent ability to communicate.



There is excellent use of digital technology or ICT in the evaluation.

 

DRAFT REVIEWS

I am more than happy to give you thorough feedback on these - however in order to do so, I need these e mailed to me.  I can then copy these into a word document and give you word processed comments.  Please do this ASAP.

Evaluation

Once the portfolio is complete, you will need to start on the draft of the evaluation.  Each individual group member must do an evaluation.  There are 20 marks for this.  If you complete the draft for the deadline (Sunday 24th Feb), then you will be guarenteed quality feedback

Final deadlines for review, poster and film - this week.

REMEMBER - THE FINAL DEADLINE FOR THE WHOLE PORTFOLIO 
ON FEBRUARY 14TH IS FIXED. 
BY THIS DATE, THE THREE PARTS (FILM, POSTER AND REVIEW) 
MUST BE ENTIRELY FINISHED.
YOU MAY CONTINUE TO IMPROVE THE BLOG OVER HALF TERM, 
AND YOU WILL BE WRITING A DRAFT OF YOUR EVALUATION 
(ADVICE TO FOLLOW). 

UPCOMING INTERIM DEADLINES:

Deadline 3 Continued work on poster following supervisor feedback and preparation  for final deadline below. Teacher-led introduction to Review ancillary task over 2 lessons Audience feedback on finished POSTER AND FILM products   (perhaps gathered using Facebook or similar) to be recorded on blog MONDAY 11th February, 4.10   (THIS IS SLIGHT EXTENSION) Deadline for first written draft of review copy (word processed on the blog) Deadline for first indesign draft for review, for blocking and layout, uploaded to blog Deadline for comments justifying design and copy decisions as blog posts.

Deadline 4 Final work continuing on poster and review  and re-drafting  following supervisor advice to complete these components. All decisions and drafts to be posted to blog. Aim for 3 drafts of work in progress for the poster and review. Final deadline for poster and review:  Thursday 14th February (half term) All 3 parts of the portfolio are now complete.