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Important Information on your A Level Media Grades
Update from CIE
We have received an important update from Cambridge International Education on how they are going to award grades now that the exams are cancelled.
You can read that update here.
Next Steps
In this light of this information we are going to ask you to submit an essay for each of the units:
- TV Drama (Textual Analysis)
- Audience & Institutions (The Music Industry)
- Media Production Skills
- Media Concepts
- Postmodernism
Guidance
Here is a link to the full guidance we have prepared to support you in this.
Screencastify on Guidance
Below is a Screencastify of Mr Gregson talking through that guidance.
Confirmation
Please confirm that you have read the guidance and/or listened to the whole Screencastify by completing this Google Form.
Contact with Parents
We have sent this information via group call to your parents and have asked them to confirm that they have received and understood the guidance.
So What?
This means that we want you to continue to work on your Media Studies essays up to the time you would have left school to go on study leave (Friday 15th May).
Seize this Opportunity and DON’T PANIC!
We have developed a structured approach to this, with a focus on one essay in turn.
Please make sure that you seize this opportunity to make a real difference to your overall grade for A level Media Studies.
Golden Gregson Nominations
The Golden Gregsons are happening soon:
- Where – The Performing Arts Center
- When – Tuesday 24th March 2020 (6.30 – 10.00 PM)
We want to submit your music promo package into one of the award categories.
To do this you must submit your final product as follows:
- Create a new folder in the D Drive called…
‘The Name of Your Song, The name(s) of group members”. For example: “Love is Blind: Jim, Bob and David”
- In this folder you should put:
- A copy of the whole video (file name = the song title)
- A 30-40 second clip to be played as the videos are nominated
- (file name = the song title ‘clip’)
- 4 x JPEG copies of the four panes of your digipack.
- (file names = front, back, right, left)
- 4 x JPEG screen grabs / snips of your website
- (file names = home, page 1, page 2, page 3)
- Copy this whole folder into: P:\Awards 2020\Year 13 Media
AN ALTERNATIVE WAY TO EXPORT THE VIDEO SEQUENCE: Use the work space marker at the top of the sequence to select your chosen section. When you go to export, make sure you select ‘Work space’ as opposed to ‘Entire Sequence’
HE & Careers Opportunity
Tony Sweeney, the Programme Leader of Film and Television studies at South Essex College is coming over to give a presentation and workshop to A Level & Level 3 Year 2 students on Friday 18 October at 1.30 at the CoFE – Delancey Campus.
Here is one of their promo videos:
Andy is also keen on implementing a mentor system for students entering into film and television which may be a great opportunity.
If you would like to go to this workshop & get more information email Mr Gregson asap!
Course Review
The Golden Gregsons – Your Nomination
The Golden Gregsons are happening soon:
- Where – The Performing Arts Centre
- When – 19th March 2019. 6.30 – 10.00 PM
We want to submit your music magazine into one of the award categories.
To do this you must submit your final product as follows:
- Create a new folder in the D Drive called, ‘The Name of Your Magazine , Your Name”. So for example:
- “Amplify. Johnny Rotten.”
- In this folder you should put:
- 3 x JPEG Files. One for each page of your magazine. These should be named:
- Front Page
- Contents Page
- Double Page Spread
- 3 x JPEG Files. One for each page of your magazine. These should be named:
- Copy this whole folder into: P:\Golden Gregsons 2019\AS Music Magazines
Go Be Inspired.
A not to be missed opportunity is coming to Guernsey. As creative arts students you should try and cultivate an interest and engage with all the visual arts and also try and network and build up your contacts. You should go to this…
