Friday, 6 May 2016

Tuesday, 22 March 2016

Easter work- 13C



Create a timeline of the BBFC’s
 history from 1912 to the
present.
Condense and
summarise as much as possible!







(Unit key question:
How does contemporary media regulation compare to previous
practices?)

Thursday, 11 February 2016

13C work for February half term



1. Why did most people see the injunctions as a bad thing for a free press?


2. How did the injunctions (and the news stories around them) highlight a problem with press regulation? (particularly with regard to privacy)


3. How did new media technologies, particularly the internet, play a part in the injunction stories?

Friday, 15 January 2016

Researching the facts: Phone Hacking Scandal


 

1.    What was the first event/story that raised suspicions that phone hacking might be occurring?

 

2.    To date, how many people have been arrested and/or charged by police investigating the phone hacking scandal? Who are they?


3.    Who was Andy Coulson, and how was he involved? Why was it so important that he stepped down from his Media Advisor role when the full scale of the scandal came to light?


4.    Who was Rebekah Brooks? Give details of her role at the time of the scandal, the jobs she’s taken on since, and what has happened to her recently.


5.    Why was Rupert Murdoch’s ‘friendship’ with the Conservative party seen as a bad thing?


6.    Around the time the full scandal was revealed, News Corporation was bidding to take over full ownership of BskyB (of which at the time it owned 40%). How did the scandal affect their bid?


7.    What was Operation Weeting?

 

8.    The Leveson Inquiry was held to investigate the culture, practices and ethics of the press in the light of the phone hacking scandal and the other corruption that had been exposed. What were the four main areas it focussed on? (These are sometimes referred to as ‘modules’).

 


Monday, 14 December 2015

Coursework submission- Tuesday 15th December

I am at an A Level Media conference in London on Tuesday.

I will do my initial check of your coursework on the train home, so everything must be complete and posted by 5PM on Tuesday at the absolute latest.

Do not email me on the day- I will not see it. Any major technical catastrophes we will have to deal with on Wednesday if you can't solve them yourself.

 

 SUBMISSION HELP


1. To export your music video as best quality for YouTube from Premiere:

Click on 'Publish+Share' in the top right of the project screen

Click on 'Computer'

Select AVCHD, drop down the 'presets' menu and select 'YouTube Widescreen HD' at the bottom.

Change the name and where you want to save it, and then click 'Save'.

This is the best format for uploading to YouTube.



2. Export your ancillary texts from InDesign as high quality JPEGs.

3. Check that all links work properly, and that all videos play properly all the way through.

4. BLOG CHECKS:
- Make sure everything is posted on the same blog (no separate blogs for evaluation this year)
- Make sure the evaluation is presented as one blog post per question
- Title each post clearly- help us and the moderator be able to find things on your blog easily
- Make sure posts are in a logical order
- Check all posts are legible/readable- especially if you've posted ppt slides as JPEG
- Double check everything is as you wanted it!