The Course Outline

AS
GS322 Key Media Concepts TV Drama: Exam
GS321 Foundation Portfolio: Coursework


Print


Preliminary excercise : using DTP and Photoshop, produce:

1. The front page of a new school/college magazine, featuring a photograph of a student in medium close-up plus some appropriately laid-out text and a masthead.

2. A mock-up of the layout of the contents page.



3. Main task: the front page, contents and double age spread of a new music magazine.

All images and text used must be original and produced by you. You must include a minimum of four images.



4. Blogging: Presentation of the research, planning and evaluation should be done in the format of a blog. This MUST be kept up to date. It should be as multi- platform as possible, for instance, you can film your focus group & interview them about magazines. You could film your photo shoot. Scan your flatplans & include those. You should include screen shots of links & quotes to research sources. Try nimating your mood board & include background music. You could keep a video diary of your progress through the work. You can create powerpoint presentations & upload them to slideshare to include on your blog. You can record a podcast of you answering the evaluation questions.



The more imaginative and multi-modal, the better!





Assessment:This unit is marked out of a total of 100 marks: 20 marks for presentation of the planning and research; 60 marks for the construction; 20 marks for the evaluation