LR

WWW: This is a really good start to AS Media – I enjoyed reading all the blog posts you’ve produced so far. The questions you answered at the beginning are thoughtful and I like your thoughts regarding future study. It’s also great that you’re watching interesting film and TV texts! Your analyses of the two adverts are very good with some excellent insight in places. When you’re picking out interesting and original connotations you’re starting to push towards the top levels. Keep up the good work!

EBI: One crucial aspect to work on: make sure work is on the correct blog! This is a common problem in the first few weeks but please go back to your blogs and make sure everything is in the right place – that means all Film Language work for Mr Bush moved to the MEST2 blog. Another basic aspect to work on: organising your writing. Make sure you left-align text (as you would for an essay on Word) and organise your work in paragraphs. For example, the theoretical analysis of each advert using Hall’s preferred/oppositional reading should have its own paragraph at the very least. For your media consumption, you clearly reflect on needing to read the news more – I strongly advise using Twitter to do this. Follow notable journalists and newspapers and you’ll find you’re more informed about the big stories in world media.

LR: Tidy up your blogs to ensure everything is in the right place. Next, reflect on your first month of AS Media. What do you feel is your strongest piece of work so far? What is your weakest? What specific skills or knowledge do you need to develop over the rest of the course?

I have attempted to align all the text on my blog but it is having trouble working so I will try again on the school computers. I have organised all my posts onto the correct blogs too. I think my strongest piece of work is analysing mise-en-scene or my analysis of the adverts. However, I do think I need to develop my analysis and knowledge on lighting.