Year 11 - work to be completed 25th Sep 11GG

Tasks for today:

• Finish and print ANY OUTSTANDING coursework that needs to be done and make sure your NAME is on it!
• Work on editing/improving your Forrest Gump essays - if you've done this then print and put your NAME on it.
• If you aren't editing/improving your essays, make sure the original marked copies are handed in.
• Reminder - deadline for essays is Friday 2nd October
• I have emailed you all the PPT Mrs H used during her lesson last week

If you've finished all of this, your task for the rest of the lesson is to complete the following:

• Find two front covers of different magazines - any genre or type you like
• Annotate the front covers using the magazine glossary (scroll down and you'll see it!)
• Save and post to your blog
• Open a new document with the same two front covers
• This time annotate with analysis - comment on:
• Font - colour, size, type
• Main image - who's in it, facial expression, clothing, props, colours - what are they selling?
• Cover and sell lines - why are they there? What are they telling the reader?

Magazine glossary

Magazine and Newspaper Glossary by Sarah Ghost

Yr10 Media - representation

Task 1:

Find an image of the following

1. Tom Cruise in The Edge of Tomorrow
2. Jennifer Lawrence in the Hunger Games
3. Pharrell Williams in his Westwood hat
4. Miley Cyrus in V Magazine Sep 2014

Write about the representation of each of the celebrities, including:

• Facial expression
• Styling (hair, makeup, clothes, costume, props)
• Mise en scene (background, lighting, colours, etc.). What does the location and setting tell us about them?

Task 2:

We need to consider how teenagers are represented in the media. 

1. Find a variety of images representing the typical teenager and create a mood board of them
2. Find three news articles which involve teenagers
3. Write a short discussion piece about what you think the key stereotypes that teenagers have to cope with, and whether you think this is fair.
4. Also include a discussion of how easy it is to find positive or negative images, and what you think the reasons are for this.

Challenge task

Try to find examples of where teenagers are presented in a positive light in the media. Add this to the bottom of your work to balance your argument about teenage stereotyping.

Uploading to your blog

Follow these steps to upload to your blog from Scribd:

• Save your document as a PDF
• Upload it to Scribd
• Copy the embed link code
• Open a new post on Blogger
• Click the HTML button
• Paste the code into the white space
• Check it's displaying correctly by clicking the Compose button
• Put in some key words in the Labels section
• Click Publish

Year 10 - lesson 1

L1 representation from Sarah Ghost

Evaluation questions

Individual Portfolio Schedule With Dates

Pitching your film idea

Your film pitch

You will be pitching your film idea to the rest of the class on Tues 16th June.

Your pitch should be a maximum of 3 minutes long, with time for questions at the end of your pitch.

Your pitch should include the following items:

• Genre - codes and conventions you're going to use in your film
• No more than 30 word plot summary
• Key characters - who will you cast and why?
• Director - who will direct, what have they done before, and why have they been chosen?
• Discussion of target audience
• Film setting and location
• Comparisons with other films and why they're similar/different to yours
• Budget (high or low and why)
• Where you intend to release your movie and why

Your pitch can be presented using whatever format you feel comfortable with - but it must contain images and key words. You should NOT read off the screen.

Remember, you also need have evidence of your pitch on your blog so make sure you post it there asap! Include any feedback you have been given by your audience and answers to any questions you were asked.