Submission of Advanced Portfolio

All of the links to the student blogs are in the blog post below. They are hyperlinked as the candidate names.
Well done to all students for the excellent work demonstrated in the Advanced Portfolios.

Miss Z Lynch, Ms A Leary, Mr D Bull

Guidance on Advanced Portfolio from OCR

Here is a useful document from OCR which outlines some of the 'issues' arising in the Advanced Portfolio work:

Advanced Portfolio Guidance Document

ZLH

A2 Media Studies: Links to Blogs

A2 Media Studies

Group 1

An extract from an original documentary TV programme, lasting approximately five minutes, together with two of the following three options:

a radio trailer for the documentary;

a double-page spread from a listings magazine focused on the documentary;

a newspaper advertisement for the documentary.

0733 Mathew Blackham
0613 Joshua Holmes
0664 Faraz Rafiq
0690 Nazir Ullah

Group 2
A promotion package for a new film, to include trailer, together with two of the following three options:

a  website homepage for the film;

a film magazine front cover, featuring the film;

a poster for the film

0564 Jordan Brown
0582 Charlotte Elliot

Deadlines and Important information

The deadline for your coursework is 23rd March to allow 2 weeks for evaluation. the deadline for the evaluation is 2nd April.

The above includes R&P, the film trailer/documentary plus 2 ancillary tasks (mag cover/poster etc.)

You must have research into similar products, evidence of the organisation of actors, scripts, location, shot lists, storyboards and use of ICT in your R&P.

The filming should be uploaded as a completed piece (trailer/docu)

The evaluation must be electronic and you should be making use of prezis, videos and voiceovers in order to make them interactive and creative.

Any problems, see ZLH, ALY or DBL

Deadline for Research and Planning

The initial deadline for research and planning is 11/11/11
Please ensure that all of your research for the main task is up to date and available on your blog.
ZLH

Welcome, A2 Media Students

Welcome to the A2 Media Studies Blog. Students, please link your blog to this page. Today, you will begin blogging your research and planning for A2. Some of you have decided to do documentaries for the brief and so I will be screening a short extract of a documentary with you.

Please link your blogs as a matter of urgency.

ZLH