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Newspaper Front Cover Analysis

Newspaper ownership and conventions

01 Newspapers Audience & Industry by abuc2983 on Scribd

Oxford School Shorts 2018

Inspiration Pack (Updated) by abuc2983 on Scribd

Dear All, 

Submissions are now open for Oxford School Shorts 2018, a new competition for students in Oxfordshire. Winners will have a screening of their moving image work shown at Modern Art Oxford in early February of next year - selected by a judging panel of Ruskin Students.

Oxford School Shorts has decided to change the two film limit for this years entry and make it open to all students. Therefore we hope to encourage more students to take part.

This is an opportunity for all schools in Oxford to get involved in creating video art and show their work in a internationally renowned art institution. We are excited to see all types of film and open to all ideas, however we would like to stress we are NOT looking for documentary-based works. 

We want your students to be innovative, creative and experimental in their film making, showing their enthusiasm for art. This means we aren't looking for a highly polished professional art film, as we want to give students the opportunity to explore an area of art that they might not have previously experimented with before. Collaborative films are allowed.

In Summary

Eligibility: Application is open to current Oxfordshire year 10, 11, 12 and 13 students.

Submission Guidelines:

Type: Moving Image

Duration: 4 min (max)

Expressions of interest should be sent to the email address: oxfordschoolshorts.rsa@gmail.com. The deadline for expressions of interest will be extended to 7th November 2017.

Once you have registered your interest, we will contact you with a link to our Dropbox account and an information pack for your students.

The submissions deadline to the Dropbox account will be 6th January 2018.

We welcome any questions and would appreciate your reply as soon as possible.

We hope to hear from you soon! 

All the Best

Jessie Palmer and Molly Foulkes
Oxford School Shorts Coordinators
Ruskin BA Students

Sound Production

To help us learn the importance of sound and how many different types of sound go into a production to it's best to have a go yourself. Below is an example, does it paint a picture of a dramatic disaster?

Using the brief below you need to create your own storyline/situation using nothing but sound.

Brief

Create a narrative using sound only which communicates some kind of natural or human-made disaster. Consider using the following elements.

• Dialogue - Who's talking and what are they saying. Character, accent and script are important.
• Music - Does it require music, if so what will add the the encoded message of your story?
• Atmosphere - Sounds to create an idea of space, location and time.
• Foley - Bring a realistic element to your production, human sounds!
• Sound Effects - Give it that creative and dramatic edge a good sound effect goes along way.

SoundBible.com and Soundsnap.com are excellent sites for sourcing a range of sound effects.

What is the framework?

No matter how epic or how creative you’re the Media Studies framework provides you with the tools to help you develop a critical understanding of the media.

The framework underpins the study of the media in all three components of the specification and is made up of four inter-related areas.

• Media language: how the media communicates meaning through their forms, codes and conventions, and techniques.

• Representation: how the media portray events, issues, individuals and social groups.

• Media Industries: how production, distribution and circulation are linked to an affect media forms and platforms.

• Audiences: how media forms target, reach and address audiences. How audiences might interpret and respond to different media forms and how audiences may themselves become producers.

Newspapers - Compare & Contrast

01 Newspapers Compare and Contrast by Tony Buckmaster on Scribd

The BFI Film Academy 2017

Are you 16-19? Studying Media? Passionate about film? Want a career in the film industry?

If so, the BFI Film Academy at the Nerve Centre is for you!

Now in it’s fifth year, this highly successful, industry focused film programme has mentored over 80 young people towards a career in the film industry. By studying all aspects of film and having award winning professionals as mentors, successful students have gone on to study, train and work in the film industry in Northern Ireland and further afield.

To find out more visit the BFI Film Academy website. www.bfi.org.uk/film academy

Death of the Newspaper?

John Oliver examines journalism's many problems: the blame is on us.

Describing the industry's 'dire straits'. Oliver devotes a whole episode of his HBO show to analysing the depressing financial state of journalism.

www.theguardian.com/john-oliver-journalism

Beware of Images - A history of visual representation

BEWARE OF IMAGES is a feature-length, animated documentary about the history of visual representation. The movie explores the intricate relationship between the technology, regulation and social effects of media.

From cave paintings to video games, BEWARE OF IMAGES will take its audience on a fascinating journey that is insightful, harrowing and hopeful. 

The film is divided in 14 chapters, which deal with a variety of interconnected subjects such as: the history of visual language and its application to propaganda, gender and cultural stereotypes, media violence, the emergence of broadcasting technologies, the rise of modern advertising, the commercial takeover of the public airwaves, the consolidation and cultural consequences of media conglomerates, the effects of intellectual property on innovation and creativity, the information economy, Net Neutrality and the future of the open Internet.

G321 - Foundation Portfolio Candidates 2017

Dear Moderator,

Please find below links to all AS student work requested for moderation.

Kind regards

Tony Buckmaster

1. http://elenabriggsas.blogspot.co.uk/
2. http://charlieewartmedia.blogspot.co.uk/
3. http://robertewartmedia.blogspot.co.uk/
4. http://molliefoxas.blogspot.co.uk/
5. http://laurenhawtinas.blogspot.co.uk/
6. http://ethankingmedia.blogspot.co.uk/
7. http://milagroslewisas.blogspot.co.uk/
8. http://ellislucasas.blogspot.co.uk/
9. http://ciarannorthwood.blogspot.co.uk/
10. http://joeparkeras.blogspot.co.uk/
11. http://raffyyriceas.blogspot.co.uk/
12. http://jacksaleas.blogspot.co.uk/
13. http://ruariward88.blogspot.co.uk/
14. http://abbeywoolleyas.blogspot.co.uk/

G324 - Advanced Portfolio Candidates 2017

Dear Moderator,

Please find below links to all A2 student work requested for moderation.

Kind regards

Tony Buckmaster

1. http://lloydbelcher2.blogspot.co.uk/
2. http://bencourtmediaa2.blogspot.co.uk/
3. http://hannahhigginsa2media.blogspot.co.uk/
4. http://sophielamberta2.blogspot.co.uk/
5. http://tomlogana2.blogspot.co.uk/
6. http://yasminlyonsa2.blogspot.co.uk/
7. http://ellenmillera2.blogspot.co.uk/
8. http://mattmoseleymedia.blogspot.co.uk/
9. http://gwionsmediablog2.blogspot.co.uk/
10. http://daisymstonea2.blogspot.co.uk/
11. http://alyxmediaa2.blogspot.co.uk/

Section A examplar responses

A2-Level Exemplar Candidate Work Unit G325 by Tony Buckmaster on Scribd

How to answer Q1 & Q2 - OCR Media Studies AS Level

How to answer Q1

How to answer Q2

BFI Film Academy: Find out about our great scheme for aspiring young filmmakers

Young filmmakers from across the UK talk about the experiences on the last BFI Film Academy – UK Network Programme.

The BFI Film Academy, a scheme that offers a real chance for talented 16-19-year-olds to be part of our future film industry. For more information, visit http://www.bfi.org.uk/filmacademy.

Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetotheBFI.

Watch more on the BFI Player: http://player.bfi.org.uk/
Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BFI
Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BritishFilmI...
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Apprentice Digital Media Professional: Oxford University

Becoming an apprentice at the University of Oxford is an excellent opportunity to gain practical experience, training and qualifications.

This is a fantastic opportunity to learn Digital Media skills in a world leading University. The Design Team is responsible for all of the public digital output for the National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit (NPEU), upholding the unit’s professional image through the application of style guides and professional creativity.

You will learn how to take a podcast from its inception through the planning stages, scripting, storyboarding, filming, editing and finally to publication. In addition you will use a wide-range of Adobe software to create supplementary or supporting imagery and artwork for podcasts and other digital output for the unit. This is an exciting and diverse role where you will learn to work with the many members and affiliate partners within the NEPU.

You will complete an Advanced Level 3 Creative and Digital Media Apprenticeship attendance at Cirencester College (https://www.cirencester.ac.uk/ ) over a 2-year training programme.

Please direct informal enquiries about this post to Andy Kirk (tel. 01865 289729) or Sarah Chamberlain (tel. 01865 617926).

Only applications received before midday on Wednesday 3 May 2017 can be considered.

For full details and to apply, please visit:

http://ow.ly/t7MX30aCrxG

Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

This is a question filmmakers and production companies ask themselves frequently. How good was our last film and how can we make the next one even better?

This desire to produce bigger and better films is a driving force in the movie industry. It creates sequels (Indiana Jones, Lethal weapon, Fast & Furious), franchises, (James Bond, Star Wars, Toy Story, Jason Bourne, Harry Potter) and whole new dimensions (Marvel Universe).

Often Hollywood and the film industry will pick up a story that has been told before in an attempt to revamp, reinvigorate and reinvent a popular narrative. Below are four different stories this has been done to. There are many more.

IT - 2017

IT - 1990

Get Carter - 1971

Get Carter - 2000

The Italian Job  - 1969

The Italian Job - 2003

Ghostbusters - 1984

Ghostbusters - 2015

Looking at these trailers/films can help us to identify the key factors that we have improved and built on from our own work, from our Preliminary Task to our Foundation or Advanced Productions.

We improve by looking at what we have done, breaking it down in to key areas and seeing how we can improve our practice.

Want to get in to the BBC?

If you want to work in broadcasting or the media, then kick-starting your career with training at the BBC is a great way to Get In. 

As well as apprenticeships (aimed at school leavers) and traineeships (aimed at graduates) the BBC can also offer two weeks of work experience - which is right for you?

The BBC are looking for people who are passionate about a career in one of the most interesting, demanding and creative industries out there. They're not focused on your qualifications - what they want to know is whether you have the drive, commitment and ideas necessary to make it in the media.

The full list of opportunities is can be found using the link below, with schemes opening throughout the year. 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/careers/trainee-schemes-and-apprenticeships

Vacancies for the apprenticeship with the BBC are open from 13^th March which will cover the following areas;

Production

Business

Technology

Journalism

Students need to be 18 year by September in order to be accepted.

The process is;

Go to www.bbc.co.uk/getin

Create your profile

Do on-line test

Telephone interview

Assessment centre recruitment day

You will be trained at the new BBC Training academy in Birmingham, however apprenticeships are in various locations.

To view a webinar from Simon Broad, BBC Academy Head of Operations and Development about the apprenticeships they have coming up and the criteria please click on the link below and register.

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/recording/5314136890602754817

A2 Evaluation Questions

09 Media Studies - Evaluation by Tony Buckmaster on Scribd

Examples

- http://elliebuncea2.blogspot.co.uk/

- http://benpilstona2.blogspot.co.uk/

- http://xavsindena2.blogspot.co.uk/

The 40-minute video that won £40,000

A 40-minute video art installation inspired by migration and religious persecution wins a £40,000 prize.

BBC News - Entertainment & Arts

Media Outreach Activities - University of Gloucestershire

WHY STUDY MEDIA AT UNIVERSITY?

Found yourself with students who have a talent for media but aren’t sure what to do with it? This is the presentation for them; dispelling the myths about studying a creative course and looking at a range of topics including: subjects, student life and opportunities. This is an eye opening talk into how exciting and rewarding the media world can be and how university can help.

CHOOSING A MEDIA COURSE

If your class are unsure about which subject to pursue or where to direct their interest, this session will put their mind at ease and offer them practical advice. Finding a media course involves a specific set of criteria that they may not know about. Looking at the specific subjects we can help them find their ideal course.

APPLYING TO MEDIA

When it comes to writing your media application you really want to get it right first time and some students just won’t know where to start. So why not get Jack to come in and talk them through some of the criteria that our media academics look for when sifting through those personal statements?

CAREERS IN MEDIA

It’s never too early to start thinking about life after university, especially when you’re planning a career in the world of media. Illustrating the many career paths available to students, this talk is filled with advice about finding careers and tips for how to get your foot in the door.

MediaOutreachActivities@Gloucestershire