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.

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.

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!

Coursework on YouTube

Just to let you all know, your current coursework is now accessible on YouTube on our school channel at http://www.youtube.com/user/years1213 so you can use this to embed into your blogs, get feedback, show to all your friends, family and contacts and feed into your evaluations on audience feedback.

So you think you want to study Media beyond school?

Check out this video on a previous Media Studies student who went on to study at University. Her A Level Music Video is fab!

Exam dates

Remember, remember ... The AS exam is on the morning of Monday 13th May and it's 2 hours.
The A2 exam is on Tuesday 4th June and it's also 2 hours.

Best A Level student video I've ever come across on YouTube - an inspiration!