ESSENTIAL TASK - do this one first
Task one - learning conversation
A learning conversation is a chance to catch up with your teacher at key points throughout the course, and to discuss anything that is going particularly well, or anything that might be concerning you.
Most importantly, you also set goals for the coming weeks. Having a goal helps with organisation, and allows you to become a more effective Media Studies student.
- What do you think has gone particularly well so far this year? What are your strengths?
- What is stopping you from achieving your goals? What threats might you face, (for example not enough time, lack of organisation, pressure from other subjects...)
- Identify 3 specific targets for yourself for the rest of this year. They can be both academic and organisational goals.
- What grade do you want to achieve in media studies?
- Do you have any suggestions about the course?
BONUS TASKS - do a few of these in whatever order you wish
Task two - Find two different (audio-visual) adverts and analyse the following
How is meaning created through the narrative?
Can you identify any binary oppositions?
What intertextual references are made?
Can you apply Todorov’s narrative theory of equilibrium?
Is the narrative linear or nonlinear? Why? Impact?
Task three - Tidying up
Revise your blog – collate your notes and ‘tidy’ it up (ensure you have distinguishable labels for each post) Personalise it using theme, pictures etc. Your blog is not only a way of demonstrating your knowledge and understanding to your teacher: it's also on it's way to being one of the most effective revision resources you will ever use!
Task four - Make an advert
Create an advert using Photoshop and bits you find on the internet. Select an audience and a product. Include all of the following aspects:
A non-stereotypical representation
Intertextuality
Generic hybridity
Narrative codes
Task five - Make a resource
See that stuff up on the wall? You can do something like that to replace/add to it!
Select one of the three case study adverts we have looked at and create a visually exciting resource that details it's key textual elements. Please complete this digitally using Photoshop, PowerPoint, Word, Paint... anything that looks striking and can be printed out. You can use the following headings:
Genre
Narrative
Representation
Media language
Task six - Building a new display
We've been given a new display board outside. Can you help but up some backing paper? You can? Great!
Task seven - Do a past paper
Your key assessment one will be posted on the blog on Monday 15th October. This will give you two whole weeks to prepare for it. Lucky you! But one of the best ways to prepare is by having a go at past paper questions. Obviously you've only done advertising so far, so you'll need to be picky about the questions you pick, but you can find every past paper to date by looking at the key resources box at the top right of the blog. Or you can just click here.