Friday 17 September 2010

Outline for the coursework unit for A2 Media Studies

For this years A2 coursework unit, student have been giving a choice out of 3 questions. The main task is set in groups and is a group grade. The three ancillary tasks included in each question are individually marked. Here are the following question that have been provided,

1. A promotion package for the release of an album, to include a music promo video, together with two of the following three options:

o a website homepage for the band;
o a cover for its release as part of a digipak (CD/DVD package)
o a magazine advertisement for the digipak (CD/DVD package).

2. A promotion package for a new soap opera, to include a TV trailer, together with two of the following three options:
o a listings magazine front cover featuring the new soap
o two hyperlinked webpages (with video extract) for the soap’s website
o a poster for the soap

3. A short film in its entirety, lasting approximately five minutes, which may be live action or animated or a combination of both, together with two of the following three options:
o a poster for the film
o a radio trailer for the film
o a film magazine review page featuring the film

The three options included in each question are individually graded.

From these briefs i will have to produce either,
o a media portfolio, comprising a main and ancillary texts
o a presentation of their research, planning and evaluation in electronic format(s)

I will analyse and reflect upon the creative process and my experience of it. All so i will evaluate my work electronically, from using the options given by the set of key questions below:

A podcast
DVD extras
A blog
A PowerPoint

In my blog i am going to include the use of images, audio, video and links to online resources and each source will be analysed and describe the use to my task.

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