Postmodernism exhibition at the V&A

We will be studying Postmodernism in Spring term. This exhibition looks really interesting so get yourselves down to the Victoria and Albert Museum in South Kensington and have a look around! Remember to take your student card for a discount.

http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/exhibitions/postmodernism/


http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2011/sep/24/postmodernism-exhibition-victoria-albert-museum

Welcome to Year 13 Media Studies!

We're starting with the horror genre and over the next few weeks we will be watching and analysing:

Nosferatu (Murnau 1922)
Dracula (Fisher 1958)
Psycho ( Hitchcock 1960)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Hooper 1974)
Carrie (de Palma 1976)
Halloween (Carpenter 1978)
Bram Stoker’s Dracula (Coppola 1992)
Scream (Craven 1996)
The Blair Witch Project (Myrick & Sanchez 1999)
Let the Right One In (Alfredson 2008)

Enjoy!

A useful website on Genre theory

http://www.aber.ac.uk/media/Documents/intgenre/intgenre1.html

Evaluation questions

Your evaluation needs to be prepared for the week beginning Monday 14th February 2011.

In your evaluation you need to answer the following questions:


1.In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

2.How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary texts?

3.What have you learned from your audience feedback?

4.How did you use new media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages?

Media Showcase

• To be presented to an invited audience next Wednesday 9th Feb 2011 at 12.45 in MS1
• Design your invites & questionnaires ready to give out at the showcase
• Present your poster and magazine cover first

GOOD LUCK!

Amended deadlines due to SNOW!

We are now VERY pushed for time due to the snow.
The new deadlines are as follows:
Complete ALL editing by Friday 14th Jan 2011
Complete BOTH magazine front cover and film poster by Friday 21st Jan 2011.

Extra editing times - please meet Mr Varghese at the following times:

Group 1 (Sahar): Monday 1 & 2; Tuesday 3 & 4
Group 2 (Mehreen): Tuesday 3 & 4; Wed 5 & 6
Group 3 (Louise): Monday 3 & 4; Thursday 3 & 4 & Friday Period 6
Group 4 (Maria): Thursday 3 & 4 and Friday 1 & 2

Deadlines

ALL filming must be complete and ALL footage captured by Friday 17th December 2010.
You can obviously begin the editing process before that date if you are ready!