Yr 10 MOJO

Today you use the Photoshop template that I emailed you (the psd file) to create your own MOJO magazine.

In class, during your break, I take in your own MOJO plans and give them a mark out of 10. Below are some of the best.

PREP Continue working on your own original MOJO magazine. Try to keep calm using Photoshop and SAVE your work as you go.

 

 

Yr 10 MOJO

MOJO magazine is our set text for the exam. You will answer different questions on it and you will compare / contrast it with other music magazines.

You study aspects of MOJO magazine today:

• MOJO is the UK's largest music magazine and features classic & modern rock, folk, soul and reggae, electronic and experimental.

• MOJO has a strong, clear brand identity. Bauer Media describes the MOJO brand.
• MOJO has a clearly defined readership: Bauer profiles the typical MOJO reader as 'truly obsessed with music' and 'passionate about music' - see below
  
  
• MOJO readers expect quality: world-class journalism and iconic photography
• MOJO's front cover: the masthead, central splash, cover lines, plugs, skybox. The central splash represents the musician in a reverential way as 'legendary'.
• You download the MOJO press pack - the pdf
  
• MOJO's front covers show its content and style: a bespoke CD featuring major musicians both classic and contemporary, reviews and articles
  
  
  
  
  

Yr 11 MOJO

We have revised MOJO magazine and how to answer questions on representation and on media language. 

PREP Pick one recent MOJO cover from the MOJO website 

Copy the cover to your blog. Write an analysis in two paragraphs: media language and representation.

MAGAZINE LAYOUT

You will make an original magazine cover using your own photograph, which you must take. Consider the genre of magazine before setting up the shot. You will work from a template that I will email you.

Today we are learning about the 'language' of print magazines, the terminology to describe them and their layout.

In your email from me, you will find an interactive magazine template to use which looks like this:.

In your own original magazine FRONT COVER: 

You need an original masthead (title)

You need a strapline (see below).

At least 3 cover lines on the front cover 

as well as cover price, bar code, edition number.

 

PHOTOSHOP

FIND A PHOTO OF A CLOUD ON THE INTERNET  & SAVE TO YOUR DESKTOP

OPEN PHOTOSPHOP

FILE> NEW

SAVE AS> CLOUD

INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENT> A4 > LANDSCAPE (NOT PORTRAIT)

THEN GO TO YOUR CLOUD IMAGE

AND COPY / PASTE YOUR CLOUD IMAGE ONTO YOUR A4 CANVAS

You can change the size with EDIT> TRANSFORM SCALE THEN PULL THE LITTLE SQUARES ON THE CORNERS

SELECT A PEN OR PAINTBRUSH TOOL FROM THE TOOLBAR ON THE LEFT You can change the colour of the ink as well as the size of the pen / pencil; there are also stamp tools

EDIT> UNDO or EDIT> STEP BACKWARDS corrects mistakes

DRAW ON YOUR CLOUD

 

ADVERTISEMENTS USING PHOTOSHOP

PREP Take a photo that you will use as the basis for an original advertisement created in Photoshop next lesson. This is for Photoshop practice (as well as part of your study of the 'language' of advertising), so no-one will see your photo or use your photo unless you consent.

Here are some previous pupil examples. Both boys and girls made fragrance ads.

 

 

 

 

 

01 TELEVISION THE AVENGERS Yr 11

Towards being exam-ready! The Avengers is set on location in the fictional seaside village Little Bazeley where Steed and Peel investigate troubling reports of government agents disappearing. They go undercover and are immediately wary of the people that they meet, the strange noises that they hear and the uncovering of suspicious activity.

PREP Exam question

20 minutes watching the Little Bazeley scenes on ClickView The Town Of No Return

10 minutes writing for ten marks (suggested time): "Explain how social, cultural, historical and political contexts influence television programmes."

01 TELEVISION: THE AVENGERS

Today we watch the opening five minutes of our tv drama text on Clickview and relate what we learned last lesson about: 

• audience pleasures (why audiences enjoyed watching it). What is their relationship like?
• how Emma Peel is presented (including why her representation reflects the 1960s when it was made). Listen to what she reveals about herself.
• how John Steed is presented (including why his representation reflects the 1960s when it was made). How does he come across?

PREP Write about the first five minutes of the tv programme, analysing it, as suggested above. Do your prep tonight (the night it is set) and email it to me. The more detail, the better.

Think about what we heard in the documentary last lesson.

To find the tv programme, look on ClickView > Media Studies > J200 Television

In today's lesson, we went over the uses and gratifications model of audience behaviour: that audiences use media to gratify needs

The Uses and Gratifications audience framework offered by Blumler and Katz suggests that audiences use media to gratify needs for:

• escapism, entertainment, diversion
• surveillance (finding out what's going on in the world) 
• forming relationships (both with on-screen figures and in real life through sharing pleasures with friends & family)
• shared values and beliefs (we identify with certain people as heroes, hope that villains will be defeated, want a particular set of values to be restored and so on)

01 TELEVISION: CUFFS & THE AVENGERS

Our two TV drama texts are CUFFS: 1990s and THE AVENGERS: 1960s

What are the social, cultural, political and historical contexts of these two television programmes?

The 'historical' television drama programme is The Avengers Series 4, Episode 1 "The Town of No Return" (open the link).
We are introduced to the world of The Avengers in the documentary programme (open link on left) which sets it in context.

PREP What is a police procedural TV drama? Research and record your findings.

Why do we like watching them?

03 CREATING MEDIA

For Year 11 only: we work on your NEA brief this morning

First, we celebrate the achievements of Diana Rigg, the heroine of our set TV drama text The Avengers, whose obituary appears in today's newspapers. Thanks to Ollie who presents on Diana Rigg. We link what we read to our set text. 

"An impeccably dressed duo who fought crime and traded quips."

03 CREATING MEDIA

Read the class blog page on the new brief here 

Note the requirements about camerawork, narrative, performance and editing. We look at various music videos to identify these elements and learn from Andrew Goodwin Dancing In The Distraction Factory, Pete Fraser Making Music Videos  and Richard Dyer Stars.

PREP Post title: MUSIC VIDEO RESEARCH

• List your potential / preferred tracks
• Hyperlink them to the music video / website so that discussion next lesson is efficient
• Pick clean lyrics
• Add the lyrics if you are really keen on the track
• As you will have to lip synch, pick slower tempos
• Images help!

INTRODUCTION TO CAMERA LANGUAGE

 

Spend your PREP time getting to know the language of TV and film either here (above) or below:

The Grammar of TV and Film by David Chandler

01 TELEVISION: CUFFS and THE AVENGERS

On Friday 4 September, PREP is Q1

On Monday 7 September, PREP is Q2. In a 10 mark question, aim for 10 points / sentences. You should quote what Jake or Ryan say. 

Jake's family connections have furthered his career and offer him a privileged step up: the Seargent comments " a dad with stripes on his arms... and the corner office." He selects Ryan to 'babysit' his son.

In Propp's terms, as Chief Superintendent Vickers is Jake's father, he could be constructed as a Prop helper.

 https://media.edusites.co.uk/article/ocr-j200-gcse-media-paper-1-section-a-indicative-content