Mr Halsey's Year 12 cover work - Monday 1 December

12C - P3&4
MEST2 Research and planning

Now that we have completed our preliminary exercises, it is time to start working on our MEST2 coursework. I'll go through the full list of research and planning tasks on Friday but for today work on the following:

1) Confirm the group you are going to work with and make sure your ideas are similar for the type of TV programme you plan to create.

2) Watch five opening scenes from television programmes aimed at a similar audience to your brief (E4 - 18-35 year olds etc.) One opening can be from a film if relevant to your idea. For each one, embed the YouTube clip in the blogpost and write an analysis of the two-minute opening sequence to each TV programme using the aspects of film language you have learned (camerawork, editing, sound, mise-en-scene). Also focus on how the narrative, characters and setting are introduced. This is a good example from last year of what we're looking for.

Complete this for homework - I don't expect you'll finish it in the lesson. Due: Friday


12A - P5&6
Representation Photoshop collages

Create two Photoshop collages offering the dominant and alternative representations for a certain group or place. Think about the usual stereotype for that group and collect words, images and colours that capture that dominant representation. For the alternative, you need words, images and colours that don't fit the usual stereotype.

For example, if you were to create a collage of the dominant representation of women, you would look for feminine colours, jobs that are associated with women and more. For the alternative representation, you'd do the opposite.

You will be using Photoshop for your MEST2 print work so it's important you get to grips with it if you're not confident already. Use YouTube tutorials, Mr Qureshi and other students in the class to help you learn the software.

When you have finished the collages, save them as JPEGs (low quality) and post them to your blog along with an explanation of the task.

Good luck!