Message for our Moderator Mr J W Brogden

Dear Moderator
Welcome to our blog hub.  Below are links directly to the blogs for the students requested in the OCR sample.  After selecting the link, the blog page will open up in a separate window.  The student work has already been filtered for you:

Nick Bor 3368
Mary Emencheta 2777
Zaskia Delgado 3220
Ryan Cameron 3213
Yasmeen Akthar 9575
Asilhan Demirci 2037
Ismail Pulat 2521
Amy Chau 3215
Beverley Owusu-osei 3254
Nelema Khanom 3238
Shani Henry 2880
Jem Omer 2468
Eleni Koutis 3239
Alia Haggag 3230
Charon Baya Cummins 2768

If you wish to view the videos straight from the blog then the password is 'student'. Copies of the videos have also been supplied on a DVD for you.

End of the coursework unit

Well done everyone for making the final deadline for the blog and evaluation.  You've worked tremendously hard, and will be keeping your teachers busy for the next couple of weeks with all the marking that we now have to do.

50% of the course is now finished.  Roll on the exam units!

Final deadlines!!

Each class will be given individual deadlines for the evaluation (both draft and final).  Please check with your teacher(s) for your deadline.

The blogger password will be changed after the final deadline.  Be warned!

Please make the most of the access that you have to the mac rooms this week (w/c 16th January) as we cannot guarantee access after this because of the AS thrillers.  Remember that workshop runs every lunchtime if you need help with your work.

Cinema Visit

We hope you all enjoyed your trip to the Screen on the Green yesterday.  We are so pleased with the standard of work this year - you all deserve a large pat on the back for all your hard work.  Now it's eyes down and on with the ancillary work.....

Cinema Screening

If you have a lesson on a Tuesday afternoon (unless it's Media!) it is your responsibility to seek permission to miss this lesson in order to attend the cinema.  All teachers have been informed about the screening but it is their decision as to whether you will be allowed to attend or not.  

You must remember to bring your media ID card with you.  No ID = No Entry.

The screening will last for approximately two hours.  

Here is a map:

Deadlines are looming....

The music video deadline is Friday 25th November.  All blogging tasks relating to the production of the music video must be completed by this date, along with a completed final edit of your video.  

Admin day and half term holiday bookings

If you are interested in filming on Wednesday 19th or Thursday 20th please see your media teacher to arrange a booking.  We are also allowing cameras out over half term - in two sessions.  Session one is from Friday 21st until 9.30am on Thursday 27th; The second session is from midday on Thursday 27th until 9.00am on Monday 31st October.

Remember to collect, and get signed, a yellow slip.

Hello A2 Media students - Welcome Back!

We hope you enjoyed your summer break and are raring to get going on your A2s..... In Media Studies you will be starting with your coursework unit and this will take you all the way to January.  


This page is the blog hub - where all the links to student and resource blogs are kept - and it's useful to bookmark this page so that you can find it quickly.  It's important that you access your group blog via this page, rather than the dashboard of blogger, so that you can keep up to date with important information that will be posted on this page.  

Blogging Checklist

Blogging Check List - 2011-2012

Reading list

Below are titles of books that you will find in the library that could help you widen your understanding of the music video form:

Carol Vernallis: Experiencing Music Video: Aesthetics and Cultural Context

Andrew Goodwin: Dancing in the Distraction Factory

Pete Fraser: Teaching Music Video