David Brent

David Brent
David Brent - If at first you don't succeed, remove all evidence you ever tried.

Contacting Mrs Miller

If at any point you need to contact me for support or guidance with your coursework, don't hesitate to contact me on millere@turton.uk.com

Thursday 23 May 2019

Friday 24th May 2019- week2


Period 1 - Year 12 Business - 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-krK7TYvCA 

I've done it!!! Downloaded the example PP for you please see link below.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1N-w8ysoj_OfQzypqFdQE8CK164w-_iy3/view?usp=sharing

Here's the second document example for you to have a look at when you're doing your own. I've separated it for you to make it easier!  - I know... you can thank me later! :)
https://docs.google.com/document/d/13TSNffJ7MAzKGWWEfo_PceMoUcqSqZgLhJy1ybGR8nU/edit?usp=sharing

The link below is the document you need to help you structure your report! Follow it and do your research first!
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XiNb05HmuI4OMpkBCw76T0HXnhjHAhcjFz8VCtSy474/edit?usp=sharing

PS: do not repeat the same points from your report and your second document!
Homework - research Elon Musk on TED TALKS or youtube.
Complete the assignment - deadline 1st Friday back!

Period 2- Year 11C Media in C5

Class & Dr Who

How do the codes and conventions of the Sci -Fi genre compare within Class and Dr Who?
How is gender represented in Class & Dr Who?

Period 3- Year 13 Media - Revision session
All to work on an aspect of the bullet points below: doing research you have half an hour and half an hour to feedback

Social and cultural contexts
Metroid is a Japanese, sci-fi, action adventure video game developed by Nintendo. It is one of
Nintendo’s most successful franchises with 11 games available across all of the company’s
platforms. Metroid is a culturally significant game in the gaming universe due to its mix of style and
tone which combines Super Mario Bros style platforming with darker content, but also due to the
representation of the central character, Samus Aran. Aran is a bounty hunter whose gender
identity has been the subject of controversy and debate, leading some commentators to identify

the character as transgender reflecting contemporary social and cultural contexts.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zy_qouJn7R0   - THIS IS A GOOD REVIEW - GIVES YOU BETTER INSIGHT INTO THE GAME PLAY AND THE NARRATIVE


Period 4- Year 11A Media in C5

Class & Dr Who

How do the codes and conventions of the Sci -Fi genre compare within Class and Dr Who?
How is gender represented in Class & Dr Who?



Period 5- Year 13 Business in C5
Unit 9

Wednesday 22 May 2019

Thursday 23rd May 2019 = week 2


Year 12 Business
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Jpb7WQbI0fxTqrOkmsyHV5EIkX6Kll2kEdvsEtFtST0/edit?usp=sharing 

Learning aim E: Investigate the role and contribution of innovation and enterprise to business success
E1 Roleofinnovationandenterprise
  • Innovation,e.g.creativeprocess,productorservicedevelopment,newwaysofincreasing business efficiency or improving profitability, successfully exploiting a new idea, adding value to products, services or markets to differentiate the business from the competitors.
  • Enterprise:identifyingopportunitiestodevelopbusinessactivitiesthrough,e.g.creative, lateral (approaching subjects from alternative perspectives) and ‘blue sky’ thinking (approaching subjects with no restrictions on perspectives); chance and serendipity, intuition.
    E2 Benefitsandrisksassociatedwithinnovationandenterprise
  • Benefits:improvementstoproducts,processes,servicesandcustomerexperience, business growth, development of new and niche markets, offering unique selling points, improved recognition and reputation, smarter working.
  • Risks:failingtomeetoperationalandcommercialrequirements,failingtoachieveareturn on investment, cultural problems (resistance to change, unsupportive systems and processes, insufficient support from leadership and management). 
Learning aim E
For distinction standard, learners will prepare and present an individual assessment and analysis of the use of innovation and enterprise in an existing business. Learners will weigh up risks versus advantages and come to a justified conclusion, supported by relevant evidence that clearly explains the importance of innovation and enterprise.
For merit standard, learners will carry out adequate research to allow them to demonstrate how the use of innovation and enterprise has affected a business, and to analyse how this has affected the success of this business.
For pass standard, learners will carry out research on use of enterprise and innovation in an existing business, and show an understanding that although innovation and enterprise may have its benefits, there are also risks and drawbacks. 



Learning aim E: Investigate the role and contribution of innovation and enterprise to business success
E.D4 Justify the use of innovation and enterprise for a business in relation to its changing market and environment. page36image50320 page36image50960 page36image51280
E.P7 Explore how innovation and enterprise contribute to the success of a business.
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Wednesday 22nd May 2019 - week 2

Period 1 - Free


Period 2 - Year 13 Media


Period 3 - Year 12 Media
Continue with deadline for pre-production or make a start on next assignment


Period 4- Year 12 Business
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/10SLqqvESmlFRBpLJfMojZrowoj8ynDDJ5qUG_Z--PkU/edit?usp=sharing E1
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Jpb7WQbI0fxTqrOkmsyHV5EIkX6Kll2kEdvsEtFtST0/edit?usp=sharing  E2


Period 5 - Year 11

Monday 20 May 2019

Tuesday 21st May 2019 - week 2

Period 1 - Year 13 Media - free




Period 2 - Free
Year 13 Business marking




Period 3 - Free




Period 4 - Free
Year 12 Media marking




Period 5 - Year 12 Media
Year 12                           

Monday 20th March 2019 - Week 2

Period 1-  Year 13 Media in C5
Free - Business Unit 9 marking - check reg for cover!




Period 2 - Cover





Period 3 - Year 11C Media
Revision - essay writing
https://docs.google.com/document/d/10a-JaWOgkKVGxrSjjPR5iXOdRYo0oC-sUZrk9iOKt6Q/edit?usp=sharing



Year 12 Media - Miss Scott's lesson




https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KN5uGiWaYl8psPLukv5wZElQZTbtEvjCUaHKxdjyLcY/edit?usp=sharing

Year - 11A Media
Revision - essay writing

https://docs.google.com/document/d/10a-JaWOgkKVGxrSjjPR5iXOdRYo0oC-sUZrk9iOKt6Q/edit?usp=sharing

Friday 17 May 2019

Friday 17th May 2019 - week1

Period 1 - Year 12 Business

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/10SLqqvESmlFRBpLJfMojZrowoj8ynDDJ5qUG_Z--PkU/edit?usp=sharing

https://www.tutor2u.net/business/reference/enterprise-adding-value 

Period 2 - Year 11C Media 

Class document


Period 3 - Free




Period 4 - Year 11A Media

Class document




Period 5 - Year 13 Business

Unit 9

Wednesday 15 May 2019

Thursday 16th May 2019 - Week 1

Period 1 - Year 13 Business
Unit 9



Period 2 - Year 12 Media
Pre-production



Period 3 - Year 12 Media
Pre-production





Period 4 - Free






Period 5 - Year 13 Media 
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1gWujXWtYFtITQjyLwwvzsUZofytkbIhlPHfUj8gp-38/edit?usp=sharing

Monday 13 May 2019

Monday 13th May 2019 - Week 1

Period 1 - Year 13 Media

Let's go through the questions on SIMS

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1qdekGKpTP5HXBl8mI_v097kw70cLHI2LsJfoBfZOvPQ/edit?usp=sharing 

Period 2- Free




Period 3 - Year 11C Media

Or answer the question - How does the audience know the genre through the codes and conventions presented in both TV programmes, Class and Dr Who?

What is marketing? https://www.bbc.com/bitesize/guides/zc8tv4j/revision/4   read bitesize and feedback.
Marketed on IMDB.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p048h1bz  - have a look and make a list of what things other than a trailer/tv promo was available to engage the younger audience.

Available on Netflix, Iplayer, BBC America,

Dr Who Knowledge organiser

Period 4 - Year 12 Media
https://qualifications.pearson.com/content/dam/pdf/BTEC-Nationals/creative-digital-media-production/2016/specification-and-sample-assessments/9781446937846_BTEC_NAT_ExtDip_CDMP_SPEC_Iss2C2.pdf 



Period 4 - Year 11A Media 
Feedback audience (stick man) and narrative - then Dr Who.

Or answer the question - How does the audience know the genre through the codes and conventions presented in both TV programmes, Class and Dr Who?

Wednesday 8 May 2019

Thursday 9th May 2019 - Week 1

Period 1 - Year 12 Business
Exam brief based research.



Period 2 - Year 12 Media

Pre-production

Make amendments and improvements this lesson.



  1. C2 Contents of pre-production portfolio

    • Client brief.
    • Names / contacts.
    • Chronology / dates.
    • Record of costs.
    • Minutes of meetings.
    • Contingency plans / alternative ideas.
    • Revisions and decisions.
    • Annotations and labelling (shots,sketches,photos,scripts).• Hyperlinks.
    • Templates (letters/forms).
         C3 Maintaining a pre-production portfolio

  • File sharing to enable group contributions (cloud-based document sharing, e.g. DropboxTM, Google Drive®).
  • File sharing to distribute documentation (email attachments).
  • Updating / amending documentation when changes occur.
  • Deleting documentation when appropriate.



Period 3 - Year 12 Media

Pre-Production continued - deadline next Thursday! :)


Period 4 - Free


Period 5 - Year 13 Media
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1qdekGKpTP5HXBl8mI_v097kw70cLHI2LsJfoBfZOvPQ/edit#slide=id.g5736a3d096_0_18
Media Industries and social and cultural contexts.

HOMEWORK FOR MONDAY :








Friday 10th May 2019 - week 2

Period 1 - Year 12 Business

Research


Period 2 - Year 11C Media 
We shall watch the remainder of the programme Class and go through each theoretical framework and then each team will feedback!

Period 3 - Free




Period 4 - Year 11A Media
We shall watch the remainder of the programme Class and go through each theoretical framework and then each team will feedback!


Period 5 - Year 13 Business
Continuing with unit.

Wednesday 8th May 2019 - Week 2

Period 1 - Free



Period 2 - Year 13 Media 
Complete the slides on audience. read them all and complete the tasks.
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1qdekGKpTP5HXBl8mI_v097kw70cLHI2LsJfoBfZOvPQ/edit?usp=sharing



Period 3 - Year 12 Media


Results from assignment and go through the following:



Make amendments and improvements this lesson. Remember:


  1. C2 Contents of pre-production portfolio

    • Client brief.
    • Names / contacts.
    • Chronology / dates.
    • Record of costs.
    • Minutes of meetings.
    • Contingency plans / alternative ideas.
    • Revisions and decisions.
    • Annotations and labelling (shots,sketches,photos,scripts).• Hyperlinks.
    • Templates (letters/forms).
         C3 Maintaining a pre-production portfolio

  • File sharing to enable group contributions (cloud-based document sharing, e.g. DropboxTM, Google Drive®).
  • File sharing to distribute documentation (email attachments).
  • Updating / amending documentation when changes occur.
  • Deleting documentation when appropriate.



Period 4 - Year 12 Business
Prepare for your exam - continue with your research!


Period 5 - Year 11C Media

Watch the Dr Who clip and answer the following questions - working in pairs you should've already completed this for homework but I want you to share your ideas and be really familiar with the clip so you have lots of examples!

TASK




Watch Dr Who episode all the way through! Analyse it answering the following questions and then we shall have some feedback in lesson next week:
  • MEDIA LANGUAGE
  • How are codes and conventions used to communicate meaning in Episode 1 of Dr Who?
  • Identify the genre of Dr Who as it is demonstrated by An Unearthly Child.
  • How would you describe the narrative structure? How useful are narrative theories (such as Propp) in the analysis and understanding of this product?
  • REPRESENTATION
  • How are place, education, masculinity and femininity, class and age represented? positively or negatively? If so how do you know? 
  • How is fantasy represented through the constructions of reality?
  • Which stereotypes are featured; you will need to identify these and explain their functions. 
  • The social, cultural and political significance of representations or the absence of representation of some social groups can be discussed in relation to the aims of the producers, the target audience and the historical context in which the series Dr. Who was produced. Is it diverse, liberal, if not why not?
  • AUDIENCE
  • Who is the target audience for Dr. Who?
  • What narrative techniques are used to engage the audience in Episode 1? 
  • What pleasures, uses and gratifications are available to today’s audience of An Unearthly Child? 
  • How may contemporary audiences interpret this product differently from the original audience in the 1960s?
  • INDUSTRIES
• You will need to explore the role of the BBC as a public service broadcaster in the 1960s.



Homework: Revise your notes on the Class episode we watched in preparation for our lesson Friday.


Tuesday 7 May 2019

Tuesday 7th May 2019 - Week 2

Period 1 - Year 13 Media
The SIMS Freeplay - Year 13 I'm really sorry I'm not in today, but it really can't be helped ... in the meantime you have questions to answer on the link/PP below... if you can answer the questions on media language and then representation in the afternoon, we can go through them when I'm back in. Hopefully my trip to the doctors will sort me out!

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1qdekGKpTP5HXBl8mI_v097kw70cLHI2LsJfoBfZOvPQ/edit?usp=sharing

Period 2 - 



Period 3 - Rota



Period 4 - Year 13 Media
The SIMS Freeplay

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1qdekGKpTP5HXBl8mI_v097kw70cLHI2LsJfoBfZOvPQ/edit?usp=sharing


Period 5 - Year 12 Media - 

Continue with your pre-production documents and in order remember! Also, your deadline is next week.

Monday 6 May 2019

Thursday 2nd May 2019 - week 1

Period 1 - Year 13 Business
Unit 8/9



Period 2 - Year 12 Media
Pre-production

Vocational Scenario or Context
The community media organisation that you work for have secured funding for a new not-for-profit digital media product. One of the aims of the project is to engage local people in digital media production.

You will select a digital media project to create and complete the necessary pre-production activities for the proposed project. You will store the pre-production work in a portfolio, which will need to be maintained in an organised and systematic way throughout the pre-production phase of the project.

You must also provide an individual review evaluating the effectiveness of project management and its impact on the pre-production stage.
 (NOT YET)!


Task 1
Select a digital media project to create.

Your media product will fit into one of the following sectors: digital moving image production, digital publishing, digital audio production, web production or digital games production.

Complete the pre-production requirements relevant to the specific sector that your media product belongs to. This will include:

  • sourcing personnel and resources
  • preparing budgets, costs and schedules
  • health and safety documentation
  • legal/ethical considerations
  • risk assessing the project.

Document your pre-production work in a comprehensive and systematically organised portfolio. You will need to decide upon:

  • the format for the portfolio e.g. electronic format or hard copy documentation as appropriate.
  • the contents of the portfolio, and how these are presented
  • how to maintain the portfolio

Checklist of evidence required
Hard copy or digital copies of the pre-production tasks, which should be annotated to indicate the tasks undertaken by each learner.

A pre-production portfolio, containing relevant documentation and annotations. The portfolio can be presented as:
  • a log
  • a blog
  • a physical portfolio
  • a digital portfolio.
Criteria covered by this task:
To achieve the criteria you must show that you are able to:

Manage pre-production procedures consistently to produce comprehensive pre-production planning material, showing professional practice throughout.

Manage pre-production procedures and requirements effectively for a specific media sector.

Produce and maintain an organised and systematic pre-production portfolio to enable effective planning and delivery of a specific digital media product.

Apply pre-production procedures competently to prepare for completion of pre-production tasks.

Carry out pre-production requirements appropriately for a specific media sector.

Produce a pre-production portfolio in an appropriate format to enable the planning and delivery of a specific digital media product.


Period 3- Year 12 Media
Lesson observation and interview


Period 4 - Free




Period 5 - Year 13 Media
Hand in your essays please!
http://mediamacguffin13.blogspot.com/2019/02/videogames-sims-freeplay-part-1.html 

The SIMS Freeplay

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1qdekGKpTP5HXBl8mI_v097kw70cLHI2LsJfoBfZOvPQ/edit?usp=sharing

Friday 3 May 2019

Friday 3rd May 2019 - Week 1

Period 1- Year 12 Business - Research for their exam



Period 2 - Year 11C


GO THROUGH AUDIENCE PROFILE AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS ON 
  • How does Beats 1 fulfil the needs of listeners and contribute to their sense of identity? Sense of identity by offering an array of music, that is new. Which demographic does this suit the most?
  • Is the audience passive or does Beats 1 provide opportunities for the audience to engage actively?
  • You should discuss the usefulness of Uses and Gratifications theory in understanding the Beats 1 audience.
Genre

Codes and conventions of that genre and intertextuality

Stereotypes - representation of age, gender, class, race, femininity, masculinity, sexuality, ability, disability.

Who is the audience?

Who is the audience and how are they targeted?

Narrative theory - Propp, Todorov, Binary opposites! Apply it !

Homework: Watch Dr Who episode all the way through! Analyse it answering the following questions and then we shall have some feedback in lesson next week:
  • MEDIA LANGUAGE
  • How are codes and conventions used to communicate meaning in Episode 1 of Dr Who?
  • Identify the genre of Dr Who as it is demonstrated by An Unearthly Child.
  • How would you describe the narrative structure? How useful are narrative theories (such as Propp) in the analysis and understanding of this product?

  • REPRESENTATION
  • place, education, masculinity and femininity, class and age should be considered. 
  • How is fantasy represented through the constructions of reality?
  • Which stereotypes are featured; you will need to identify these and explain their functions. 
  • The social, cultural and political significance of representations or the absence of representation of some social groups can be discussed in relation to the aims of the producers, the target audience and the historical context in which the series Dr. Who was produced.

  • AUDIENCE
  • Who is the target audience for Dr. Who?
  • What narrative techniques are used to engage the audience in Episode 1? 
  • What pleasures, uses and gratifications are available to today’s audience of An Unearthly Child? 
  • How may contemporary audiences interpret this product differently from the original audience in the 1960s?


  • INDUSTRIES
• You will need to explore the role of the BBC as a public service
broadcaster in the 1960s.




https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5ooi91


Period 3 - Free



Period 4 - Year 11A


Genre

Codes and conventions of that genre and intertextuality

Stereotypes - representation of age, gender, class, race, femininity, masculinity, sexuality, ability, disability.

Who is the audience?

Who is the audience and how are they targeted?

Narrative theory - Propp, Todorov, Binary opposites! Apply it !



Homework: Watch Dr Who episode all the way through! Analyse it answering the following questions and then we shall have some feedback in lesson next week:
  • MEDIA LANGUAGE
  • How are codes and conventions used to communicate meaning in Episode 1 of Dr Who?
  • Identify the genre of Dr Who as it is demonstrated by An Unearthly Child.
  • How would you describe the narrative structure? How useful are narrative theories (such as Propp) in the analysis and understanding of this product?

  • REPRESENTATION
  • place, education, masculinity and femininity, class and age should be considered. 
  • How is fantasy represented through the constructions of reality?
  • Which stereotypes are featured; you will need to identify these and explain their functions. 
  • The social, cultural and political significance of representations or the absence of representation of some social groups can be discussed in relation to the aims of the producers, the target audience and the historical context in which the series Dr. Who was produced.

  • AUDIENCE
  • Who is the target audience for Dr. Who?
  • What narrative techniques are used to engage the audience in Episode 1? 
  • What pleasures, uses and gratifications are available to today’s audience of An Unearthly Child? 
  • How may contemporary audiences interpret this product differently from the original audience in the 1960s?


  • INDUSTRIES
• You will need to explore the role of the BBC as a public service

broadcaster in the 1960s.



Wednesday 1 May 2019

Wednesday 1st May 2019 - Week 1

 Period 1 - Free



Period 2 - Year 13 Media


SIMS Freeplay - homework research the Facebook and Twitter pages and watch The SIMS freeplay links on slide2.

Period 3 - Year 12 Media 

Pre-Production

Period 4 - Year 12 Business

Research for the brief


Period 5 - Year 12 Media


Pre-Production 



I will work in the media...sweedie!

I will work in the media...sweedie!
Media Studies GCSE and A'Level, has really took off over the past 15-20 years...with good reason.
We are bombarded by the media everywhere we turn and the mythical 'glamour' of working in the media has increased. And as a result so have the students!
Which is why it is so important for those who are serious about a career in it, to fend off competition by being one step ahead of the game.
If you do want to work in TV, Radio, Games, then I suggest you develop your CV by gaining as much industry experience as possible. Speaking as an ex-tv producer, I can tell you the media is all about networking. Researching companies, meeting people, developing working relationships and maintaining contact (without mythering!).
Your work ethic needs to be willing and able with an awful lot of enthusiastic attached! Those are the qualities all media employers seek.
You may instantly think about the major TV/Radio companies like GTV and BBC when you imagine the word 'Media'. And yes, you'd be silly not to, they're both based in the North West, so they are accessible in that sense, and they do have fantastic learning opportunities on their work placement schemes. However, you may find you gain a different kind of experience if you choose to seek work experience from a smaller independent production company. Your role may be more varied, thereby getting the opportunity to broaden your skillsbase. So think about what kind of experience you are looking for, do you want to learn more about the workings of the industry or would you prefer it to be 'hands on'.

Interview Techniques

The media is all about ideas! I'm sure you have seen various TV companies asking for programme ideas. Well this is because a producer is one idea away from making their mark.
Therefore even before you get to interview stage you should always produce an idea, the risk of someone using it, without employing you is always there, but if you impress them enough they will call you for an interview and hey presto you can really pitch it to them then.
Pitching is important you have to know everything there is to know about the programme...and I mean every detail. You may be asked, and you don't want to go in with an idea you wote 6 months ago and barely remember.
So the key to any interview is PLANNING and PREPARATION.
Make sure you research the company, the type of programmes they make, the type of programmes they are looking to make.
Look at who commission their programmes, what is their area. A company would not pitch a programme idea of a chat show to a commissioner who specialises in documentary.
Double check that the programme isn't already on air, there is no way to find out if a similar show is in development, but I'm sure you'll be told during the interview. If this happens have a back up. It may sound like a lot of work but it will certainly pay off in the end...
So you've got an interview, you've researched the company and programme ideas. The rest is really up to you, the more you prepare the more confident you will feel, and the less painful it will be, because lets face it sometimes they can be when you're starting out.
Another tips is answer every question as best you can, if you can not think of an answer (we've all been there) ask if you can go back to it, don't dismiss what they are asking.
Take notes in with you, try not to read them word for word. Write down key words as prompts this generally helps and you don't always need them.
Try and gain some experience if you haven't got any at interview stage ensure you are "actively in the process of finding some work based learning".
Finally always thank them for their time, and leave pre-production documents like programme ideas, shooting schedules, and budgets.
One last point, which is imperative never go into an interview and give 'negative' feedback about programmes, as you may be asked to. Watch out because the programmes in question are probably produced by the interview pannel. They are not asking in order to catch you out, they do want genuine feedback but there is a way of doing it, perhaps use sentences like "I would perhaps try to enhance it by incorporating...", or even "I wouldn't change it for the world, we love it in our house!" Some people just can't take criticism very well, so it is best to air on the side of caution more often than not. Plus some media egos are the largest in the world, and the hardest to massage! :)
Good luck!