Y10 Magazines: A Research Task

In preparation for your next media production project, you need to know more about Magazine products that are on sale in the UK. You need to look at a range of titles, which are catering for different target audiences.

How are they designed to appeal to specific audiences?
Look at colour, font and layout design for clues about who the intended target audience is. What kind of image is chosen to appeal to the audience? Read the content page for clues about the kind of articles they include and think about why they may appeal to the target audience.

What subjects do the magazines cover?
Specialist magazines are specific to one subject, while general magazines may cover a range of different topics.

Task: Create a research portfolio outlining your findings. Present it using your preferred software.

Year 10 essay Deadline Lesson

Today is your final writing lesson.
Task: At the end of the lesson you will need to email your work to hand it in as a final draft. You MUST write the word count at the bottom of your essay. 

The essay is out of 60 marks and is so worth 15% of your final GCSE mark. It is worth working hard to make sure you have answered this well. To gain the marks, you need to show:

• detailed and thorough knowledge and understanding of the two Action Adventure films we watched in class
• thoughtful analysis of the two films and their message
• a good understanding of how the films represent social and cultural values - what do they say about family, friendship, loyalty, what being heroic means, what it is like to be a modern teenager or female stereotypes
• a good understanding of how the films follow the conventions of Action Adventure films - who is the protagonist, antagonist and sidekick, who is facing a challenge, what are the action and narrative sequences....
• accurate use of technical terms and medium-specific terminology
• a good understanding of the effects of techniques on the film and the audience
• a confident comparison of the two films
• appropriate use of some examples from the film to support the points made
• personal insight and engagement with the two films and their appeal

10Z Media Essay: Sound and Editing Terminology

To enable you to complete your essay to a high standard you should analyse the two clips below with the focus on sound and editing. This will ensure you have used the correct terminology and help some of you achieve an A*.

Apply the following terms (definitions can be found in the moving image glossary post below):

Editing

• Continuity editing
• non-continuity editing
• shot reverse shot
• cross cutting
• fast paced editing
• CGI

Sound

• diegetic sound
• non-diegetic sound
• synchronous sound