1. AS Media – Coursework Personal Learning Checklist 2015/16 Plumstead Manor
Practical production piece:
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Create blog and email link to daniel.mcdermott@plumsteadmanor.com +
Complete all aspects of preliminary task and post on the blog – this includes audience
research, analysis of existing school magazine, flatplans and blocking, you final
magazine and evaluation of task
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Research one decade of music and culture and post presentation on blog +
Research and analyse codes and conventions of existing music magazines +
Complete audience research with a survey to determine audience type and how to
target your specific social group
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Create hand drawn flatplans and digital blocking +
Take photographs for coursework and explain their relation to purpose and audience
in light of your chosen music genre
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Select a range of photographs to use for each section of your magazine – remember
that the model on your front page should match your double page
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Edit photographs using Photoshop to clear the green background of your images
Create a distinct masthead for your magazine which establishes your brand and is
appropriate to your chosen music genre
Complete written text for coursework with appropriate mode of address
Check for consistency and coherency across the three sections of the magazine – Ask
yourself: Is each page clearly part of the same magazine?
Complete layout of print text – refer back to existing music magazines to check if your
media production follows the relevant codes and conventions
Visit plumsteadmanormedia.blogspot.com to check previous students’ blogs and final
grade to compare your own work against theirs – you may need to do this at home as
school’s access to this blog has been denied
Key:
- Select this if you either have not completed the task OR if you have completed the task but it is not on your blog
= Select this if you have completed the task, posted it on your blog, but the work is of an average to poor standard
Check previous students’ A grade work to compare quality – plumsteadmanormedia.blogspot.com
+ Select this if you have completed the task to a high standard and it is posted clearly on your blog.
