Progress update

Hello All
Before we disappear for our Christmas break remember to update your blogs with your progress. You will all have completed research and in many cases done some of your principal photography. Do not for get to check the evaluative questions and make sure your blogs are addressing them as ell as showing how you have moved your project forward this half term.
Merry Christmas
Mr. White & Mr. Palmer

Focused Blogging

Each time you post a blog it must directly address either research and development or the evaluative questions. You must signpost the purpose of the post clearly. One way of doing this is by identifying the purpose of the blog in the title; Research:  Development: or Evaluation:
This will make it easier for your teachers and moderators to mark your work.

In adition make sure each entry contains analysis rather than just describing what you did.

Audience Feedback and Style Guides

Feedback:
Although we'd like to keep this as a relatively closed site, it's still worth getting other students (in different years) to feedback on your work and elements of your blog.

Style Guides:
It's essential that each group develops its own style guide. We'd strongly suggest that each guide contains (as a minimum the following:

• agreed colours with pantone references
• fonts (other than the blog) a maximum of four would be advisable
• consistency of layout and design
• remember that these will have to match across the range of products you're making; print, web and video

Enjoy half-term, but please don't waste it!

Production Schedule

All groups must ensure that their production schedules are now posted on the noticeboards in the department.

Key Evaluative Questions

Greetings Bloggers!

Just a note to remind you all of the importance of taking time in your blogs to analyze your research and explain how it has shaped your ideas moving forward. In addition to this you must make sure you address the key evaluative questions in your blog. The questions are below;
1.  In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

2.  How effective is the combination of your main and ancillary texts?

3.  What have you learned from your audience feedback?

4.  How did you use new media technologies in the construction research, planning and evaluation stages?

It is vital that you cover these areas during the production process.
Mr. White

Blog Addresses Needed

It is essential that all students give Mr. White or Mr. Palmer your blog address. This is needed so your teachers can follow your blog, make comments and eventually mark your work! You can submit the addresses at school over the next few days.

Many Thanks

Mr. White

P.S; guess the image! Clues - Bristol, engineer, top hat, ship!

Start Blogging!!

Yes the time has finally come for you to start uploading all of your images, weblinks, storyboards and videos that have gone into the construction and development of your pitches. Remember to record the progress you have made regularly and check the site for updates.

Just remember in the words of Bruce Forsythe... Keeeeep Blogging!!

Pitches due in 2 weeks time

The TSBFC have sent out their letters so all groups should be hard at work developing ideas for their advanced productions.

Remember each person must record their progress on their personal blog and create links to the websites and materials they are using for research, scan in draft images and storyboard ideas. Get your pitches ready in good time and rehearse them throughly. The schedule for pitches will be posted here over the next few days.

Welcome to the blog!

This site is the place to check deadlines and get advice and guidance regarding your advanced productions. Each student will need to set up their own page and update it regularly as their advanced production progresses.

Good Luck
Mr. White & Mr. Palmer