Evaluation questions

Apologies for those of you who have been driven mad trying to find these - I honestly thought I had posted them!!!

Anyway, these are the questions that must be addressed in your evaluation - and remember to make it as creative as possible!

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?

Good luck with this folks! An example of an evaluation can be found here

Reminder: new deadline date is Friday 22nd January - all work to be completed and blog closed!

Really useful guide to film-making!

Here:
http://www.mediacollege.com/video/camera/tutorial/

More links to music sites

Not having any luck with your soundtrack? The answer may well be here...

http://www.garageband.com
http://www.epitonic.com
http://www.opsound.org
http://ccmixter.org
http://www.sectionz.com
http://www.dmusic.com
http://www.podsafeaudio.com
http://www.jamendo.com/en/
http://www.dance-industries.com
http://www.danosongs.com
http://derekaudette.ottawaarts.com/music.php

Try them and see - some will ask you to register.

DEADLINE DATES!

The following dates are for your benefit and what you should be working towards in order to maximise your grades. The mark for planning and research will reflect your ability to meet these deadlines!

Main Task - Moving Image or Print:
Shooting deadline/images taken - 16/10/09
Rough cut/initial layout and design - 23/10/09
Final deadline for main task - 13/11/09

Ancillary Products Deadline - 4/12/09

Evaluative commentary draft - 11/12/09
Completed evaluation - 18/12/09

Note: you must use the booking system correctly and return all equipment on time. Failure to do so will result in you not being able to borrow equipment at a later date. Other year groups will also be doing practical coursework at this time, so you need to be organised.

* All blogs will be closed at the end of the day on 18/12/09 - nothing posted after this time will be considered towards your mark.

Analysing newspaper layout

A simple guide can be found here

and here