FOUNDATION PORTFOLIO DEADLINES

In next week's lessons we will begin preparing and completing your evaluation. This is worth 20% of your overall portfolio grade.


Your blogs will be officially closed for marking on Wednesday 25th March at 5pm, marking the end of your practical work worth 50% of your Media AS. 

Follow the link for ideas on how to present your blog posts:

http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2012/05/list-of-20-free-tools-for-teachers-to.html

Music Industry Revision

To aid your revision of the music industry the following link takes you to some key terms which you can study:

http://quizlet.com/8441245/the-music-industry-g322-media-studies-flash-cards/

Foundation Portfolio

This marks the start of your foundation portfolio:

Your brief: To create a new music magazine (front cover, contents page and double page spread). 

Exploring the Independent Label 2014

Homework:

Read the following article taken from The Guardian:

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/apr/19/10-best-record-labels

Preparing for the Exam: Music Industry Resources

Your revision for the exam should be well underway at the moment and to support this please ensure you checkout the OCR Music Industry Blog OCR G322 Music Industry Resources

It includes lots of interesting posts linked to the specification and so a good read through the posts is well worth while!

'Construction' Blogging

You're now all working on the construction of your music magazine and it's important you blog about the major decisions, experiences and issues you have during this process - this is your chance to highlight and support your creative decisions.

Tips:

Make a habit of blogging after every time you worked on your construction for about an hour - this will avoid having to go back and retrace your steps and gives your online portfolio fluency.

Print screen the big changes/decisions you make in Photoshop and keep this images in a powerpoint for you to then select the ones you need for your blog.

Don't just blog the images/print screens - explain the decisions, experiences and issues you've had.

Your research and planning doesn't just stop - link all of your creative decisions to what you've found out from your market and audience research and make this clear in your blogging. 

You should be showing aspects of your construction to your target audience throughout and amending your design to suit their feedback - all of this needs to be evidenced on your blog!

Happy blogging!