Pre-Production Phase

1. Forms and conventions

•Genre conventions

•3-5 in-depth similar text analysis

•Conclusions drawn

2. Target Audience Research

•Minimum of 10 questionnaires with analysis and conclusions drawn

•Target audience research and audience theory

•Contemporary media landscape

3. Subject Matter Research

•Research into the artist, genre etc. with conclusions drawn

•Research into ideas eg. mise en scene, shooting and editing styles, fonts which you will be using

4. Representation issues

•Research into ideology, Representation, Star image and power

•Draw conclusions using Goodwin’s analysis

5. Institutional Context and Professional Practice

•Professional job roles, companies of interest etc.

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Links to BBCS students' A2 G324 production blogs

Jolene's blog

Loretta's blog

Phoebbie's blog

Sarah's blog

Welcome to A2 Media Studies

 Welcome back to the sixth form!

Now that AS is behind us, you need to begin the A2 component. You now need to create a new blog and you may need an additional email address for this.

Create one if necessary and then create a new blog page - please call it: yournameA2media.blogspot.com

Pass this new blog address on to me asap, so that I can link it to this blog.

The second thing to do is to choose your brief. All of the briefs are listed in the new handbook. You need to choose one which will have a combination of media components.

You choose the one main media focus (film, audio, print, or web based.)

• music video
• film trailer
• advertising package for a new product or service
• computer / video game
• soap opera trailer
• material for a children's TV drama
• extract from a TV documentary
• two pages from a local newspaper
• website for a new TV channel
• a five minute short film
• first level of a new computer game
• extract from a local TV programme
• extract from a radio play

You will need to write a proposal and develop your ideas. Alongside the main product, you will need to produce two ancillary pieces using a different media form.