Tuesday 14 October 2014

research and planning: Advance consideration of Genre - linked to Audience/Industry/Exhibition

You must include Genre studies/evidence (for each artefact). you could use tables, talking head videos / comparisons/primary and secondary research. You must have deconstructions
Conventions
Definition the ‘rules’ that are generally understood and accepted when producing a media text in a particular genre. they are long accepted as the norm by an audience and although you can change them if as genres evolve if you do it too fast the audience will be confused

stage 1
the conventions, aesthetics and representation codes of your chosen media area. The codes and conventions in media can be separated into 3 distinct groups –
- Technical (camera techniques & shots),
- Symbolic (ie clothing, colours)
- Written and audio (music etc).

they can include:
  • structure
  • form
  • narrative
  • colour
  • editing
  • character / representations
  • mise-en scene
  • camera and editing work


stage 2

the conventions, aesthetics and representation codes of your chosen media genre: 
Codes
Definitiion - Codes are systems of signs, which create meaning - they are really firm and almost never broken. Codes can be divided into two categories – technical and symbolic
there can be  a number of codes:
  • character codes
  • plot codes
  • structural codes
  • cultural codes
  • production codes


you could power point it
for example


stage 3
how your intended genre meets the needs of your Target Media Audience

  • identify your audience and explain what they like
  • genre habits
  • prefered reading style - active / oppositional / passive / frequency.....
  • expected generic pleasures

stage 4
how your genre meets the needs of your Media Industry:

  • what are the implications for the Industry
  • cost/ profit
  • distribution
  • exhibition
  • audience responses
you will need evidence of all 4 stages to get the highest marks

this site may be of use http://media-studies.tki.org.nz/Teaching-media-studies/Media-concepts/Codes-and-conventions

FEEDBACK: Current issues appearing in blogs as i mark them

THERE are a number of issues that are recurring as I assess - please take note

TIPS FOR SUCCESS


  1. the more secondary content you use the more it looks like you are a weak student so: if you use other peoples material - analyse and criticise it / then produce your own versions - this is especially true if it is other students work
  2. make sure you regularily review your own blog - there are lots of 'post later/I am going to do.....later' type comments so do go back to it and finish / reflect on what you have learned.
  3. Your Blogs should be pretty full by now - only 2-5 posts is simply not enough however good they are
  4. make it interactive - add images/links etc
  5. deactivate the word verification option - it drives me nuts and slows down the process of assessment
many things trigger blogs being blocked - look out for them - here are a few

  • trigger words - violence/racism/aggression/sexism...
  • links that are not word urls
  • links to sites that link to others that are blocked -(look for Urls that use numbers and symbols) - if necessary just remove the hyperlink and add the address only