1 TerminologyMagazine Section:

• Drafting• Costume• Long Shot • Dominant Image• Publishing Houses• Teasers• Anchorage• Conventions

TV Drama:

• Mid Shot• Long Shot• Close Up• Lighting• Establishing Shot• Tracking Shot• Diegetic Sound• Non- diegetic• Ambient Sound• Shot Reverse Shot• Cross Cut • Axis Match• Setting

Considerably more vocabulary to learn from GCSE to A-Level. The camera techniques don’t change, there are only a few more to learn. It is important to learn the vocabulary to make sure your answers are the best that they can be. Especially in textual analysis. There is also another whole section to learn In Film. For example about production and distribution and marketing/advertising.I think it is important to keep remembering the vocabulary all the way into A2.

2 Theories

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3 Using SoftwareLast year I used a range of software to complete my GCSE coursework. I learned how to use Photoshop to edit images and create my magazine pages in year 10. I am now able to edit images much more accurately so that they look much more professional and up to A-Level standard. However I found the green screen particularly hard to use when taking my images for my magazine. It was very creased so it was very hard to edit out when it came to the construction of my magazine. If I took my images again I would use a plain white background. In Year 12 I learned how to use Prezi and Blogger. I found Prezi particularly useful when it came to my evaluation as it helped me to show that I could use a range of technologies.Blogger also helped me to track my progress throughout Year 12, it was helpful in uploading power points so that I could show my progress, however it was sometimes problematic If the internet was not working.

4 Generating Ideas

My initial idea for my magazine was to have a pop magazine aimed at 11-16 year olds. It was essential to plan my ideas and explore them so that I got the best outcome possible.I had to voice my ideas to my audience to see if they liked them or not, to influence my decision. I looked at existing magazines to give me an idea of what I wanted mine to ideally look like and to spot gaps in the market. Publishing houses research also helped to widen my knowledge of gaps in the market, so I knew what ideas I could explore further.

5 EvaluationThe end of year evaluation has changed a lot from year 10/11 to year 12. This evaluation consisted of 7 questions; How does my media product use or challenge conventions How does it represent particular social groups What kind of media distribution would sell your product and

why? Who would be the audience for your media product How did you attract/address your audience What have you learnt about technologies Looking back at the preliminary task what do you feel you

have learnt

This evaluation needed a lot more detail to previous ones that I have done. You had to use examples to back up each of your points and frequently refer back to your work. You also had to complete your evaluation by using a variety of different technologies, such as Prezi, Animoto and Power Point. This meant that it took much longer to complete my evaluation.

6 File Organisation Organisation of files in AS and A2 is very Important especially

on your blog. You need to know where all of your work is on your blog so

that you can refer back to it in your evaluation, save everything under appropriate names.

Labels on your blog help you to group similar work so you and the examiner can find it easily, for example ‘Research Into Existing Texts’ and ‘Planning And Organising Photo Opportunities’.

Organisation of your books for TV Drama and the film industry is also important as it will help you to find things much more easily when it comes to revision.

7 Photography And Planning

In AS I had to develop my photography techniques, for example I had to use a range of shot types and also make sure all my photos were not repeats of the same people, I had to show a variety of photos.• I also had to be able to follow conventions of each page- For

example a mid shot for my dominant picture on my front page.• I also had to show extensive evidence that I could plan ahead

of my work. I had to include drafts, and anything that I wanted to change also any audience research that I carried out that changed or influenced my decision. Much MORE planning is needed at A-Level

• I will have to keep on improving and working on this in A2.

8 DraftingLike in GCSE it is important to show all the stages of your practical work by using drafts. In GCSE you used folders to document your progress whereas in A-Level blogs have to be kept up to date with important drafts and progress.

By uploading drafts you can also ask your audience what they think of it. For example when I uploaded this draft and asked my audience, I changed the page as it was not what they liked. I ended up changing the look of my contents page to suit my audience more.

Even more important in A-Level to upload even more drafts to your blog, it gets you more marks!

9 Use Of Sound

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10 ResearchFor AS I had to do research into publishing houses to find a gap in the market. By doing this research I found what magazines where already being published and who were producing them. This helped me in finding a magazine that would fit into a publishing house and be different and unique. I also had to do research into existing texts to find out the conventions of a real

pop magazine, for example what

images were like, story lines, and anchorage used.

11 People SkillsI basically used the same people skills that I had in GCSE.For example; I had to organise my photo shoot with a group of

people, this meant communicating with the group and organising when the best time was for them.

Asking audience research questionnaires, I had to be able to approach my target audience (13-16year olds) to ask them my questionnaire. This means that I had to have good people skills in order to get people to answer them.

In A2 there could be more development of people skills as I will have to organise and shoot my own music video. This means planning the day and instructing the models in what to do. This will take patience and good organisation.