A2 Media G324 and G325 Long Term Plan Aim Week 1 Set up blog. Choose brief.

Complete detailed research into real life examples of brief primary and secondary products. Week 2 Blog post required Introduce brief. Individual posts for each media product, at least 3 examples for each. Evidence of initial planning photographs of brainstorms, initial sketches, etc. Mind map connotations of name for product. Results of survey, recommendations for altering the products

Complete initial planning and development

Week 3 4+5Week

Survey audience for all three products Initial planning and development marked from exam criteria. Alter planning and development to suit audience, create storyboards, sketches, screenplay etc.

Animatic of storyboard, evidence of sketches, evaluated.

Week 6 Week 7

Present final ideas before production

Powerpoint detailing how the products fit in with real life Key Stage 5 data input mark blogs examples, the and initial ideas for exam criteria. audience and the genre. Project management filming schedule, location scouting, prop procurement. Photographic evidence of locations and props, schedules uploaded

October Half Term

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Participate in software tutorials final cut, after effects, indesign, illustrator, photoshop, hype, iWeb Complete production To maximise on resources, each lesson half of the class will participate in tutorial sessions while the other half film/photograph content.

Screenshots Re-creation of professional examples Initial photography Rushes of good shots/bad shots with feedback

7Weeks 5-

Complete post production primary task Posts for each element of post Mark from exam criteria for magic production, including data input week 2 of spring term. screenshots

Christmas Weeks 1-3 Complete post production secondary task 1 Posts for each element of post production Posts for each element of post production Detailed evaluation, with a blog post per evaluation question February Half Term Week 1 Week 2 What is postmodernism? (different versions, historical style, theoretical approach) What are the arguments for and against understanding some forms of media as postmodern?

Complete post production secondary task 2 Week 4-5

Create evaluation

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How do post-modern texts challenge traditional text-reader relations and the concept of representation? Introduce first case study The Matrix, and other post-modern cinema. Essays marked to exam criteria for Magic Data input. How do post-modern texts challenge traditional text-reader relations and the concept of representation? Introduce first case study The Matrix, and other post-modern cinema. Introduce second case study computer/video games and new forms of representation. In what ways do media audiences and industries operate differently in a postmodern world? Exam skills. Essays marked to exam criteria. Easter

Week 3 Week 5 Week 4

Week 2 Essays marked to exam criteria.

Week 1

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Week 6

Mock Exam Week

May Half Term

G325 Exam Friday 15th June (Week 1)