YEAR 12 LESSON FIVE [8th Oct 12]: Homework.

The lesson began with feedback to the last written homework. The American cigarette adverts/Art Gallery written response was unimpressive. Students need to use media language in a more convincing manner when constructing a critical analysis and students must support their argument with specific reference to the media text. Exemplar material was offered to the class. Students need to read this resource.
The next critical written work will be a critical response to the resource below.
Dexter's 'Morning Routine':   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ej8-Rqo-VT4

The heart of the lesson was an introduction to the construction of creative media. Students were given the task of filming material that can be used to create a film that offers a 'BEVERLEY JOINT SIXTH FORM SURVIVAL GUIDE' for a Year 11 audience. Students were given the task of collating interviews and capturing images of the school. This was the first opportunity that students have been offered to capture moving image material. Some groups have captured some really good material. One group seem to have been wasting my time. We will have a feedback session at the beginning of the next session.

HOMEWORK: Students need to watch the Dexter resource and consider how media forms are being used to suggest the nature of the central character.
Next week students will be expected to gather as much footage as possible for the Sixth Form Survival Guide. I expect students to collect the video cameras at or before 9am next Monday. We need to be collecting material throughout the day, not just in the two 'media' hours. Students are encouraged to use their smart phones to gather moving and still images that we can use in our film. We need some footage of the sixth form centre at BHS. CO'B has a video camera. Feel free to share this resource and collect material from BHS.
Next week we gather as much material as we can. The week after, students will be introduced to the wonderful world of film editing.

Next week you will receive the results of the Barnardo's homework.