AS EVALUATION EXTENSIONS

A few of you of have asked for additional mini tasks to incorporate into your evaluations and I have provided. I thought it might be handy if I put them all together in a blog post so everyone can see them. You don't have to do them all, you don't have to do them in the way I suggest - just here for ideas. The idea is that these will either extend your answers already OR secure your response. These can be completed however you like and can be done as additional posts to your blog so you don;t have to make changes to pieces already completed if you choose not to. These are EXTENSIONS. Obviously I'd be ecstatic if you all did all of them, but these are here for you of you feel you need them. No idea of an extension for q7.

Film Opening Evaluation Extension Tasks

1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

Screenshot six key moments from your finished film opening which you think help you illustrate how you have used the conventions of both your chosen genre and opening sequence conventions (3 for each). Use any photo editing software you choose to add the labels to the screen shots.

2. How does your media product represent particular social groups?

Extend your evaluation by creating a post in whatever way you choose comparing the representation of one of your characters with the representation of a similar character from a film of the same genre. How are they represented? How are your choices similar / different? How do you conform or subvert the expectations?

3. What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

Create a mock up of what the IMDB.COM page would look like for your film. Include all the information down to the bottom of the 'Details' section.

4. Who would be the audience for your media product?

Choose a film magazine that you think would be interested in your film and:

• create the front cover, with your film the main focus;
• write a 200 -500 word review of your film (imagine it is finished, not just the opening 2-3 mins);
• explain how this publication would appeal to your audience.

You could think about age, gender, occupation, social demography, health, lifestyle etc.

5. How did you attract/address your audience?

Take a copy of your final film and add annotations or captions (see pic blow) labelling your film with examples of how each would appeal to your target audience.

MAKE SURE YOU HAVE MADE A COPY OF THIS BEFORE YOU DO THIS OTHERWISE YOU RISK HAVING PUT TEXT ALL OVER YOUR FINAL VERSION OF YOUR FILM OPENING AND NONE OF US NEED THAT STRESS. Ahem...pic below...

6.  What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing the product?
Extend your answer to include any criticisms you have of either / both the technology itself and your use of it.

Evaluation Question 7 Examples

Here are some examples of what other candidates have submitted. Remember I don't just share top band work and I am not prescriptive in saying you must include THIS and must include THIS - these are there for you to use for inspiration / checking you've included everything you want. Evaluations are at their best when the teachers take big steps back and keep asking you 'what do you think?' If you see a section and it gives you some ideas - go for it!

One thing I have noticed is that people need to be making sure they are using MEDIA LANGAUGE wherever possible. Think about the headings I gave you and use as much as you can. Good for the mark scheme, good revision ready for the exam.

Thanks to these previous candidates for their work...credit given where 'ere possible...

Looking back to your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product? on Prezi

Evaluation Activity 7: Looking back at your preliminary task (the continuity editing task), what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to full product?

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GOOGLING IT

Getting round the annoyance of Slideshare and related things

So, you've done your presentation, but the sharing site you've used has arbitrarily decided to remove backgrounds / delete animations / obscure your text by rearranging your slides?

There is a solution.

It is a little time consuming, but a solution nonetheless.

If you follow these steps if you encounter rpoblems with Slideshare etc, this will save you a lot aof heartache and stress.

1.Open up your PowerPoint
2. Click 'file'
3. Click on 'save and send'

4. Then click on 'create a video', as illustrated by this handy image...

5. This screen will appear:

6. Change the length of the animation duration as also shown in this image, carefully rendered and photoshopped to within an inch its life as it is. 

7. Then click on the 'create a video' button and follow the usual instructions for saving things.

8. You can then use the 'insert video' button on your blog (see picture) to upload a version of your PowerPoint which will hopefully not have received an random editing from other websites.

9. It can take a little while to upload, but it'll work.

AS Evalution Question Stems

In the evaluation the following seven questions must be addressed:

1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? DUE THURSDAY 3RD MAY
2. How does your media product represent particular social groups? DUE MONDAY 7TH MAY
3. What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why? DUE MONDAY 7TH MAY
4. Who would be the audience for your media product? INDEPENDENT STUDY DUE TUESDAY 8TH MAY
5. How did you attract/address your audience? INDEPENDENT STUDY DUE 8TH MAY

6. What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product? LESSON THURSDAY 3RD MAY, DUE 10TH MAY VERY LATEST
7. Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product? LESSON THURSDAY 3RD MAY, DUE 10TH MAY VERY LATEST.

Read Pete Fraser's advice on the evaluation here.

Read Pete Fraser's quote - "What we DON'T want to see is essays on blogs or powerpoint slides. If it is so dull, you wouldn't read it, then take it from me, no-one else would either!"

Example blogs for your perusal. HEALTH WARNING - just because I have shared it with you, doesn;t mean it would get a band 4. And don;t be tempted to copy. There are loads of stories of candidates who have without thinking 'but they weren't in my coursework group, so how can I just copy it?'

WILL ADD QUESTION 2 EXAMPLES LATER

Here are the samples we looked at in class for QUESTION 3
for one example
for another example
for a third

Very excited by your ideas for how you're going to present question 3. If they are as good as they sound I think I may just have to do a little dance.

*BUMP* I am concerned...

...that there are very few blogs which:

1) feature all the expected posts;
2) feature posts which are fully labelled;
3) feature posts which are not rushed;
4) feature posts using a range of media technologies.

I CAN HEARTILY RECOMMEND LOOKING AT MARISSA'S DIGIPAK WORK TO SEE WHAT A REALLY DETAILED SERIES OF POSTS LOOKS LIKE.

Your research and planning posts are worth 20 marks.
Your evaluation posts are worth 20 marks.

Each of you has received a pack of tasks, deadlines and assessment criteria which, if completed (and remember, very few of these were new tasks) would have set you up to really impress the moderator as they've been designed with specific reference to:

a) the exam specification;
b) the chief examiner's reports; and
c) what centres highlighted as delivering best practice by OCR do.

Well done to those of you who are on top of it. Encouraging noises to those of you who are getting on with it and I can see it taking shape. Wild, flurrying of arms and loud noises to those of you who are missing lessons, arriving late, behind, or verging on negligent. This is the end of the course - take your finger off the pedal now (if aforementioned foot had ever found the elusive pedal) and you risk your marks.

The spirit and letter of the specification encourages independence and originality. Not only because it produces better work, not only because this way the board can see what YOU can do rather than reading near identical post after post from a centre which has basically made the candidates fill in the blanks, but because it will also prepare you for university study regardless of whether you plan to study Media or not.

In order to help I shall be booking computer rooms for after school for as many of the days as possible for the next two weeks. The marks have to submitted to the board by 15th May but remeber I will actually need time to assess. I've got an initial assessment done of what has been evidenced, and these marks can only improve.

And now the block capitals begin.

REMEMBER - IF IT ISN'T ON YOUR BLOG THE MODERATOR WON'T KNOW IT EXISTS.

REMEMBER - IF YOU'D PLANNED ON DOING PIECES AS A GROUP AND SOMEONE IS LETTING YOU DOWN, DO IT BY YOURSELF INSTEAD. DON'T LET SOMEONE ELSE RUIN YOUR GRADE. THAT IS THEIR LOOKOUT.

REMEMBER - IF I THINK YOU'VE JUST COPIED STUFF OFF SOMEONE ELSE'S BLOG AND HAVE NO EVIDENCE OF YOU ACTUALLY ENAGING AND CONTRIBUTING, I'M NOT GOING TO GIVE YOU THE MARKS FOR IT.

A2 EVALUATIONS

Below are examples of people's evaluations over the past few years. Look at what they include and how.
PLEASE aim to include some moving image in your evaluation. I will also be setting a couple of extra pieces in addition to the main evaluation task - be warned. EVALUATIONS NEED COMPELTING BY THURSDAY 3RD MAY

R really impressive and detailed evaluation: A2 Music Video Evaluation Another evaluation:

A2 Music Video Evaluation

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