RESOURCE FOR YEAR 13. The internet and the music industry.

Watch this you freaks. ZQ should be aware of this resource:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/click_online/9422026.stm

Read these:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12003499

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8645878.stm

BANKSY DOCUMENTARY IS A PRANK: Article questioning the validity of ETTGS.

Year 12 students really should read this article. It relates to Exit Through The Gift Shop being a 'prankumentary'. Documentary is always associated with a mediated 'reality' or 'truth' but this interpretation views the whole film as being a Banksy joke.It questions the reality of the film and is an essential resource for our cross-media study. Documentary is not objective truth and this article suggests that ETTGS is the ultimate example of documentary as fiction.

http://www.fastcompany.com/1616365/banksy-movie-prankumentary

YEAR 13 LESSON TWENTY TWO [23rd March 11]: Homework.

Students were offered time to discuss their linked productions and critical investigations. The session was used to discuss ideas, film interviews for documentaries, and peruse photoshop.

Homework: COMPLETE COURSEWORK!

YEAR 12 LESSON TWENTY THREE [22nd March 11]: Homework.

Students were introduced to an exemplar evaluation to help them construct a credible and relevant coursework evaluation response.

Students were then shown two films and asked to produce an 'oral' MEST 1 Section A response to both media texts. Click on link to access both media texts:
This is the NHS advert titled 'Girl's Night Out'.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAmI1MJECZ4
This is Rankin's anti-binge drinking campaign film:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/video/2010/may/20/rankin-anti-binge-drinking-ad

The second section of the session looked at MEST 1 Section B and considered the title:
Consider how the role of new technology in your case study. How has it enhanced audience engagement and activity?

Homework: Complete your coursework. Students should peruse both the films and think of how you would answer the cross-media study question.

RESOURCES FOR ZQ.

ESSENTIAL MUSIC RELATED MEDIA RESEARCH MATERIAL.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12382785

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12120789

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12117510

http://www.nme.com/blog/index.php?blog=10&p=6500&more=1&c=1

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/mar/28/global-recorded-music-sales-fall

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/mar/28/digital-economy-act-illegal-downloading?intcmp=239

Here is a fine Guardian article that looks at ten years of the i-pod:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/mar/18/death-ipod-apple-music?INTCMP=SRCH

YEAR 13 LESSON TWENTY ONE [16th March 11]: Homework.

Students were encouraged to share creative ideas that relate to their linked productions. The MEDIA BEAR [?!] offered the students some Photoshop tricks to help with the construction of print media, documentary interviews were collected, and I discussed the content of individual critical investigations.

The nature of this session will be repeated next week.

Homework: CREATE YOUR COURSEWORK.

YEAR 12 LESSON TWENTY TWO [15th March 11]: Homework.

Students were asked to consider issues relating to the cross-media study. The first half of the session involved a discussion of the question:
'Audiences are no longer just consumers of media texts but producers too'.
Evaluate how far audiences participate in and contribute to the media products in your case study.

The second half of the lesson was a timed response. Some essential exemplar resources were given to the students in the first half of the session that provide a very clear idea of the nature of the content students will be required to produce for MEST 1 Section B.

Homework: Read the resources provided and make sure you are familiar with the content of the cross-media booklet. COMPLETE YOUR COURSEWORK.