Homework Wednesday 24th November

Research the three types of printing- hand crafted, mechanical and digital. Explain the different techniques within these types and the technologies used, providing examples of each.A research document with illustrated evidence explaining each of the three main types of printing and the various techniques within each type. Homework due Monday 29th November

Magazine Production

Consider a number of different audiences and how printed material is designed with the audience in mind.

• Find five magazines that are aimed at different target audiences then produce an annotated front cover and article showing your understanding of how the front cover specifically targets the audience.
• Watch the DVD: Music Press- Front Cover and Page Layout and Design
• Produce some mock ups of front covers and articles that you have written for different audiences to show your understanding of different audiences and how to target them.

You need to show understanding of how language, image, layout, colour, font etc are all choices that are affected by whom the magazine is targeting? This can be completed as a collaged report on A3 or as a PowerPoint

Objective for lesson 1 & 2 / 1st November 2010

Objective of Lesson: to have understood through researching the implications of the spending review. To do this you will need to have:

• researched the topic and taken meaningful notes/ cut & pasted important material.
• found some quotes from politicians/ pundits/ general public on their opinion of the cuts.
• found out who is making the cuts and why?

You will then need to prepare a report to show this understanding and hand in. Complete for homework. Due date: Wednesday 10th November

Homework week beginning 1st November 2010

Hand in your research for the spending review; your research you should include:

• who is making the cuts?
• why are they making the cuts?
• a summary of what cuts are being made and the impact this will have?
• what other politicians/ people on the street/ newsapers and journalists think?

Hand into me or e-mail to eday6512@ocnmail.net Due date: 10th November 2010

Spending Cuts 2010

Your task: Investigate and write a report on how the spending cuts will affect your community; talk to the man on the street, your family and friends, teachers at your school; gauge public opinion in the aftermath of today’s announcements.

Links:
Google:
http://www.google.co.uk/search?rlz=1T4ADSA_enGB383GB385&q=spending+cuts+2010&um=1&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=iw
BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/special_reports/spending_review/
Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/oct/20/spending-review-cuts-bbc
Telegraph:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/election-2010/7682350/General-Election-2010-Families-offered-generous-benefits-despite-spending-cuts.html

Your 1000 word report should be suitable to include in the school newsletter; audience: stakeholders of the college

Example of Research

see Larris Grant's file which is in room 21

Tasks

1. Ensure you have read chapter 3 in the textbook and thoroughly understand the key terms and methods for researching in the media industry.
2. Carry out some primary research tasks for example: questionnaires, surveys and focus groups. Record your results and analyse them.
3. Carry out some secondary research tasks for example: research the topic for your documentary, view some other documentaries, visit relevant websites like BARB to gather audience figures, look at the Broadcast Now magazine to find out about audience figures for BBC3; find out about the mission values for BBC: record all research.
4. Produce a PowerPoint explaining what research is, what methods are used and what evidence you have gathered for each type of research. Ensure you write speaker notes and don't put everything just on to the slide.
5. Present it to the class.

Unit 3 Research

For this unit you need to show that you:

1. understand what the research techniques are for example; the difference between production and market research and the differences between primary and secondary research; what research methods are available and what type of data can be gathered (qualitative & qualitative); and what research institutions can be accessed to gather data.
2. be able to apply these methods to your own research for your documentary ie: gathering secondary research and primary research on your topic.
3. can present a PowerPoint explaining the above.