AS coursework: Your schedule
Monitor your progress against these deadlines – and if you see yourself falling behind, CATCH UP! Record key dates in your diary and work out when and how you will use your independent study periods and homework.
During the course, you’ll be able to see what your teachers think of your blogs here.
Red = We are concerned you are falling behind. If you do not catch up and improve/add to your blog, you are in danger of failing the course.
Amber = You are making satisfactory progress, but there is more to be done to secure yourself the grade you are capable of.
Green = You are on top of your coursework, and are making good progress. Keep up the good work and refer to the comments we have posted on your blog to help develop your coursework even further.
By 5th October
Research into existing media
What are the conventions of a magazine front cover?
What is a school magazine? What are their different purposes and audiences?
Analysis of 2-3 different existing school magazines
Research into target audience
Who is your target audience? (Particular age group/niche if applicable)
Audience questionnaire/interview/focus group etc. – What they want from a school magazine
Results and evaluation of research
Collate your findings and present appropriately
What have you learnt from your research and how will this influence the decisions you make about your school magazine?
Planning and drafting
Based on your research, develop a clear idea of your brand and your target audience: How will you communicate? How will they be positioned? How will both be represented?
Identify which conventions you will follow and why
Which locations, costumes, props and actors have you considered? Which ones will you use and why?
Mock up layouts and from these, draw up a shooting schedule (include shot list, location, props etc.), ensuring you have permission to take photographs in these locations
By 19th October
Production
Ensure you keep track of photos taken (and selected), problems encountered, decisions made (and altered) etc. and upload evidence. This will form an ongoing 'Behind the Scenes' commentary on your production work (and pick you up LOADS of marks for your evaluation if you do it well!)
What technology/equipment have you used? What have you learnt?
Upload final layouts and explain the denotations/connotations, with reference to magazine conventions
By 2nd November– MAIN TASK (MUSIC MAGAZINE)
Research into existing media
What is a music magazine? What different types exist? Who publishes them? For whom? What are their different purposes and audiences?
Analysis of 3 different existing music magazines
Research into your chosen genre
Which genre(s) have you chosen and why?
What seem to be the conventions of this genre? Who is the target audience?
Who are the main publishers for magazines of this genre? Are there particular conventions that are specific to these types of magazines?
Choose three artists associated with this genre and analyse how each one’s ‘star image’ has been created. How are they represented and how does the target audience relate to them?
Research into target audience
Who is your target audience? (Particular age group/gender percentages/geographical/brands they buy/where they shop/interests/values/etc.)
Audience questionnaire/interview/focus group etc. – What they want from a music magazine
By 16th November
Results and evaluation of research
Collate your findings and present appropriately
What have you learnt from your research and how will this influence the decisions you make about your music magazine?
Planning and drafting
Based on your research, develop a clear idea of your brand and your target audience: How will you communicate? How will they be positioned? How will both be represented?
Based on your research, develop a clear idea of your brand and your target audience: How will you communicate? How will they be positioned? How will both be represented?
Identify which conventions you will follow and why
Which locations and actors have you considered? Which ones will you use and why?
Mock up layouts and from these, draw up a shooting schedule (include shot list, location, props etc.), ensuring you have permission to take photographs in these location
By 30th November
Production
Ensure you keep track of photos taken (and selected), problems encountered, decisions made (and altered) etc. and upload evidence ensuring you record evidence (again - an ongoing ‘Behind the Scenes’ commentary - see point above!)
What technology/equipment have you used? What have you learnt?
By 14th December
Production continued
Ensure you keep track of photos taken (and selected), problems encountered, decisions made (and altered) etc. and upload evidence ensuring you record video evidence (an ongoing‘Behind the Scenes’ commentary)
What technology/equipment have you used? What have you learnt?
By 11th January
Production continued
· Ensure you keep track of photos taken (and selected), problems encountered, decisions made (and altered) etc. and upload evidence ensuring you record video evidence (an ongoing ‘Behind the Scenes’ commentary)
· What technology/equipment have you used? What have you learnt?
Upload layouts and explain the decisions you've made and denotations/connotations, with reference to magazine conventions
By 25th January
Production continued
What has your audience said about your finished magazine?
How does it compare to other music magazines on the market?
What have you changed as a result of this? What effect has this had on your finished magazine? Upload any amended layouts and accompanying analysis.
By 8th February
Evaluation
Multimedia evaluation uploaded to include at least three of the following: text, images (screen grabs etc.), hyperlinks to research, video footage, voice-over.
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