Monday, 30 September 2013

Problems uploading video?

We've all been having problems uploading video to our blogs. One thing I've not tried before worked today - filmed this on my iPad, then selected the option to email it. This compressed the video, I downloaded the email to my laptop, and it has uploaded quite easily. Worth a try, all of you, as another way to upload your videos to your blog.

Bloggers of the Week

Sorry to be a day late posting this. However, A2 Blogger of the Week is Amandeep. Well done for posting the most in September - 13 posts this month. AS Blogger of the Week is Shona, who has the posted the most (six) in September. A2s, you should aim to have 80 posts by the end of your coursework. AS students, aim for 40.

Monday, 16 September 2013

Bloggers of the Week

Contratulations to the two Bloggers of Last Week who managed to impress the most - Shona for getting her Preliminary Task up on her blog so quickly and at the right resolution, and Abbie for setting up as she means to go on and really showing the journey of her Advanced Portfolio as the research and planning progresses. Close runner-up was Priya, who also managed to get her Preliminary task up on to her blog.

Wednesday, 11 September 2013

Sound in Cinema BBC4 from Thurs 12th Sept 9pm

A MUST LISTEN this week is the BBC's celebration of sound in cinema. Relevant to your AS Exam and your A2 coursework, check out the details at http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2013/sound-of-cinema.html and tune from Thursday 12th September at 9pm when:

BBC Four’s celebration of film music begins with Sound Of Cinema: The Music That Made The Movies, a three-part documentary presented by writer, composer and film music aficionado Neil Brand. Neil tells his alternative history of cinema, putting the soundtrack centre stage. The series features some of the biggest directors of past and present, including Quentin Tarantino, Alfred Hitchcock and Martin Scorsese, alongside film scores of cult and blockbuster movies like Star Wars, Inception, Hitchcock’s Psycho, and Gladiator.

Thursday, 5 September 2013

Bloggers of the week!

Well done to Katherine for winning Blogger of the Week for the first week of the school term. Her essay on what she's learned from the lip-sync task is well-constructed and shows clearly the skills she is building up for her own music video.

Well done also to Alexa for being the first to post in Year 12!