12A1 & 12C1 Cover Work Mon 21st September

Sign your names on a piece of A4 with class name and period to record your attendance and leave with the English office (DF11) then go to the sixth form LRA and continue with the following tasks:

a) Analyse the opening sequences of 3 films, each from a different genre) considering all aspects of the mise-en-scene.

Remember that this is not a scene by scene and moment by moment account of what you see. You must pick out some key images, lighting, camera movement/ framing, props, etc which signify what the genre of the film is, how the characters are represented, who the audience identifies with, what we think the likely narrative is etc (MIGRAIN) using relevant examples and the media language you have been taught.

Each analysis should be a side of A4 and work must be typed and printed off to be handed in next lesson. Work must be printed before you come to the lesson. Failure to do this will mean you will receive a detention. All work must also meet at least the standard set by your Minimum Target Grade. (Time spent on this task should be at least 4 hours).

b) You must each set up your own blog as follows.

Firstly sign up for a googlemail account. Once you have your googlemail address go to http://www.blogger.com/ and set up a blog titled MEST1 then select a url address e.g. yournamemest1.blogspot.com (check availability). You can then select how your blogpage will look. On the mediamacguffin homepage you will see the three yr 12 classes. Look for the blogs for your class name which you can see below (if on your timetable it says 12AMd1 then you are 12A). Click on the link that says comment for your class. In there leave your name and blogaddress and we will post up your link to your blog (once we do this there will be a permanent link to your blog in the left hand menu) which will be used for many homework/coursework tasks throughout the year. I will be checking that these have been set up on Monday evening.

12A1 Blogs

12C2 Blogs

12C1 Blogs

'Representations of You' Yr 12 Homework

Create a 'mood board' which you think represents you as an individual. This should be at least A3 in size and could comprise any or all of the following, plus of course anything else that you think is representative of you:

• photographs of you now, as a child, with family, on holiday etc


• images of musical/ fashion or other interests


• things you like doing/ eating/


• things to do with your family/ culture etc.

There should be lots of different images so that we can get a good idea of all the things that make you who you are.

This is due for your next lesson with me.

Yr 12 Representations of Women in Advertising

Your task is to research the statement ' Does Sexism Still Exist in Advertising?'. You have been allocated specific decades in which to look at the changing face of the representation of women in ads (both print and TV) which will be presented back in the first of next week's lessons. You will then make an assessment about whether the regulations and changes in society which we have begun exploring have in fact meant a positive change for women's representation in advertising. Please also create a blog for this topic and post your findings to it.

Cover Work, 12C1, Period 1, Mon 11.05.09

STAY IN DF07...Don't leave until it's time for Ms Holiday's lesson.

MEST 1 Exam Practice

• Watch the Tinchy Stryder music video (Number 1).
  
• Make notes on the following...

Media Forms: How does the extract follow the codes and convention of a music video?

(Analyse the media language used and compare to other examples in the genre).

Media Audiences: What techniques does the music video use to appeal to a tween/teen audience? 

Media Institutions: What does this text tell us about the media institutions involved? 

(Carry out some brief research on Island Records, and consider also the current state of the music industry).

Media Representation: How are the performers represented in this music video?

Start writing your 15 minute responses for each question.  This must be completed for homework and handed in on Wednesday's lesson...failure to do so will mean you staying late after school!