Welcome to the Monkseaton G324 blog!

I'm intending to use this blog as a way of making information and sources available to you that I think will help with your coursework. You should check in on it regularly and make sure that you're up to date with everything I'm asking of you. I'll also post key dates and deadlines so that you know exactly when all the elements of your coursework are due.

Deadlines and dates

• Research - TBC (all tasks)
• Planning - TBC (all tasks)
• Ancillary 1 - TBC (draft)
• Ancillary 2 - TBC (draft)
• Main Production - TBC (draft)
• Evaluation - TBC
• Final deadline - TBC

From the exam board

Guidance on the briefs

Specification - see page 70 for the mark scheme

OCR blog

How do I make the best blog possible?

Everyone should be aiming for a level 4 mark for the research and planning section of their G324 unit.  This is worth 20% of the total unit mark.  Please follow the guidelines below carefully:

Research

• Detailed textual analysis of:  3-5 examples of your main product + 3-5 examples of each ancillary product [ensure that you have looked at technical aspects such camera, sound, editing, mise-en-scene; just like you learned for the G322 exam last year]
• Detailed comments on the locations, costumes and props used within the existing texts you've analysed
• Questionnaire on each of the 3 products you have to make + detailed analysis of the results, with summation about findings
• Detailed analysis of at least two scripts and two storyboards, along with analysis of the documents I sent regarding the conventions of both of these mediums

Planning

• Sketches/photographs/images of possible locations, with explanations/reasons for choice
• Sketches/images of possible costumes and props, with explanations/reasons for choice
• Minimum of 3 drafts of your script (initial, development and final)
• Minimum of 2 drafts of your storyboard (with detailed comments on camera, editing, sound and mise-en-scene).

Final Comments

• You must use correct English throughout your blog and use the spell check feature
• You must make the most of being able to include images and videos within your blog
• You should also consider the role of hyperlinks within your blog.

You can see examples here:
exemplar blog 1

OCR Media Studies