Graphic design competition

We are making a series of posters for the school to form an anti-bullying campaign.  We would like to use mainly graphic images for these (not photos).  They will have a house style by using a similar colour palette across all the designs (see below).  

Bring your own ideas on Tuesday lunchtime where we can have a look at some early drafts and discuss some future designs.   We would like to get these finished by the end of January so they can go up around the school.   Good luck and get involved!

Inspirational print adverts

Click on the advert to see 100 inspirational print advertising campaigns.

Who made Adweek's list of top print adverts from 2013-4?

Click on the image below to see Adweek's top print adverts of 2013-4.
What makes them so good?

Road Safey advert in China.

M&C Saatchi have long been a leading light in the advertising world.  Click on the picture below to review some of their latest work.

We were lucky to have a visit from David Kershaw, the CEO of M&C Saatchi.  Here were his top 6 questions to consider when working on your advertising pitch:

1.Who are we selling to?

2.What do we want them to do?

3.What should we say?

4.How should we say it?

5.Where shall we say it?

6.  How will we know if it works?

Why might advertising agencies get left behind?

The world is changing incredibly quickly, read this article to find out what is making advertising executives concerned about their futures.

Who made Forbes' top adverts of 2013?

Forbes magazine is a leading source for reliable business news and financial information. Click on the image below to view their top adverts of 2013.  Do you agree?

The IPA (Institute of Practitioners in Advertising)

The Institute of Practitioners in Advertising is where you can find all sorts of information about the Advertising Awards, different advertising agencies, the latest advertising ideas etc.  Click on the logo below to visit their webpage.

The Guardian advertising page

The Guardian is an excellent newspaper when it comes to media.  They have a whole webpage devoted to the latest advertising news.  Click on the image to see the page - maybe set up a twitter feed to keep up to date with advertising news.

Yr11 Advertising

Welcome to your advertising page!  You'll find some useful videos, articles and resources that help raise your awareness of the industry and some of the key debates.

Emma Watson makes a direct plea to achieve gender equality in society

Emma Watson (Hermione) spoke this year at the United Nations conference about the topic of feminism.  Have a watch of her speech or read the transcript here.

Introducing Anita Sarkeesian - an expert on gender representation in gaming

Listen to the 5 minute interview with Anita Sarkeesian on The Colbert Report (Comedy Central) on issues of gender representation in the gaming industry.

She has an educational blog with lots of useful videos and blog posts on gender representation in the gaming industry.  Click on the image to go to the site.  She believes the tide is already turning in the representation itself but shines a light on the issues facing women who give voice to their experiences of misogyny (look it up!) from the players.

Why does sexism persist in the video games industry?

Read this BBC article to find out why sexism was a hot topic at 2014's E3.... Click here

Do female game characters really require more work to make?  

What evidence in the article suggests that gender representation is not getting any better?

"Are women not playing hardcore games because they don't like them? Or because they feel alienated?" summarises Prof Williams.

Where are female gamers to be found?

Check out this short video from the BBC on what is happening to the number of female gamers.

Why has the number of female gamers gone up?

What are the main consoles they are playing on?

What are the main genres they are playing?

What impact might this have on the representation of gender in games?

Welcome!

Year 10 - this page has some helpful links, videos and resources to enhance your knowledge of gender representation.  In your own time, feel free to read through these - add to your notes and learn more about the topic.

Monarch of the Glen_age

Here is the Monarch of the Glen clip used in the exam in January 2009 on the representation of age.

 

See the example essay of a high grade here:

G322 Exemplar Answer Cand A High Level by Julie Thrasher

Regional identity_Dr Martin

The exam board have uploaded sample answers to the question - click here to review the highest answer of 46/50 on page 12-14.  It is probably worth reading the lower answers to see the difference.

Here is the clip from June 2013 on regional identity and Dr Martin.

Gender_Primeval

This clip came up in June 2010 on gender.  See the example essay and it is worth reading the examiner's comments too!  Click here

A2 Coursework 2014/5

Centre Hub G324 - June 2015

ST. BONAVENTURES SCHOOL

Centre No: 23236

GCE MEDIA STUDIES: June 2015

All students have individual blogs which contain clearly labelled links to their research and planning, construction tasks and evaluation.

At A2 LEVEL, all students follow brief 2 to create a new promotion package for a new film. This includes a trailer, together with two of the following three options: a website homepage for the film; a film magazine front cover (featuring the film) or  a poster for the film. They were allowed to work in genres of their own choice. 

The links below are for each student's blogsite which contains all their work, including their final 3 products at A2 level.

Yvonne (3247), Genesis (0392) & Steven (0454)_Venison Media
Ray (0512), Roden (0366) & Morgan (3249)_Luna Arts
Zannath (3369), Bethan (3364) & Natalie (3354)_Calibre Films
Jamul (0518), Rory (0406) & Danielle (3235)_Crystal Peak Productions

Please contact the school if there are any issues with these blogsites or links.

Mrs Lory
Head of Media Studies

St. Bonaventures RC School / Boleyn Road / London / E7 9QD

t:  0208 472  3844

Vimeo page links

Please find the links below to our YR12 vimeo pages:

Jacqueline B

Phil B

Kingsley C
James C
Sebastian C
John C
Zhane E
Darran H
David O
Louie P
Acshayan S
Marc Y

AS Coursework (G321) 2015

Centre Hub G321 - June 2015

ST. BONAVENTURES SCHOOL

Centre No: 23236
GCE MEDIA STUDIES: June 2015

All students have individual blogs which contain clearly labelled links to their research and planning, construction tasks and evaluation.

Preliminary exercise: using DTP and an image manipulation program, produce 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. Additionally candidates must produce a DTP mock-up of the layout of the contents page to demonstrate their grasp of the program. 

Main task: the front page, contents and double page spread of a new music magazine (if done as a group task, each member of the group to produce an individual edition of the magazine, following the same house style). Maximum four members to a group. 

All images and text used must be original, produced by the candidate(s), minimum of FOUR images per candidate. 

Jacqueline B, 6031

Phil B, 6036
John C, 6039

James de la Cruz, 6047
Sebastian C, 6040
Kingsley C, 6045
Darran H, 6072
Zhane E, 6055
David O, 6129
Louie P, 6151
Acshayan S, 6171
Marc Y, 6200

AS re-submissions
Morgan H, 3249
Zannath U, 3369

What is amazing/different about this music video?

Horror genre conventions

Horror film convention from gmckillop

Frozen - recut as a horror trailer

WHAT MAKES THIS A HORROR TRAILER?

Mary Poppins - recut to a horror trailer

WHAT CHANGES THIS FILM FROM FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT TO HORROR?

Useful sites for cinematography (camera shots, angles, movement and composition)

General guides

A good detailed guide to cinematography - which includes
Media Knowall has good links to terminology with examples
Empire's version - The film magazine


Camera shots according to OCR (our exam board)

Composition: Depth of field explained

(a little technical but it does explain the basics)

Slideshare overview:

Media key terms revision slides shots angles movement composition from MissConnell