Link to digipak template

http://www.discmakers.com/templates/Digipaks.asp#

I've pinned some things that might be useful too:
https://uk.pinterest.com/louisecottrell_/a2-print-work/

Print work

To do

At least 2 X analysis of digipaks & 2 X analysis of print adverts

Blog posts on the following:

• Ideas development of visual style: how are you going to link  the three products together? How are you to promote the band / artist - create star image.

• Experimentation with fonts & colours.

• Potential photographs / images that you are going to use.

• Mock-ups / draft designs. Focus on the finer details, especially for the digipak e.g  spine, copyright info. For the digipak what are you going to offer the audience in terms of content that makes it special / unique?

Here are some links to album work design work:

http://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/the-50-greatest-album-covers-of-all-time-444093

http://www.shortlist.com/entertainment/music/50-coolest-album-covers#gallery-25

http://www.popphoto.com/photos/2013/12/100-best-album-cover-photos-ever-help-us-update-our-list?image=14

http://www.nme.com/photos/50-iconic-indie-album-covers-the-fascinating-stories-behind-the-sleeves/376825#/photo/1

Excellent student music videos....

What makes a good introduction to a music video...? 

Music videos of the week...

Some useful advice...

'A' - Level 4 Music Video Mark Scheme

Level 4 32-40

The candidate is expected to demonstrate excellence in the creative use of most of the following technical skills:

• shooting material appropriate to the task set; including controlled use of the camera, attention to framing, variety of shot sizes and close attention to mise en scene

• editing so that meaning is apparent to the viewer and making selective and appropriate use of shot transitions, captions and other effects

• recording and editing sound with images appropriately.

• where a candidate has worked in a group, an excellent contribution to construction is evident.

Music video of the week

Because it's nearly halloween.....

Another student music video

Music Videos To Grade

Music video of the week...getting the lip sync right!

Planning for production tasks

You need to be blogging about the following:

1.    Time management

2.    Research into target audience

3.    Performers - casting

4.    Organisation of locations/permission

5.    Costumes and Props

6.    Choreography/movements and blocking

7.    Lighting & colour

8.    Shotlists and Storyboarding

Animatic - storyboards: the first one is the actual - real storyboard used for the track. The other two are student examples:

Examples of shot lists:

http://amya2mediablog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/planning-shot-list.html

http://indiajonesa2.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/shot-list.html

 

Blog Posts!

On Friday I should see the following posts on your blogs

•  Action plan work flow.

•  Complete conventions of music sub-genre task (we started this last Friday).

•  Apply Goodwin's theory to a music video of the same music genre as yours.

•  Optional extension task on redundancy and entropy.

Audience Profile

In addition to the audience profile that you have in your pitch I would like you to, indvidually, create a blog post on your target audience.

Use the profile on your pitch as a starting point and add more depth to. Try to make the post really visual.
Go to http://www.uktribes.com http://www.findyourtribe.co.uk http://tribes.channel4.com/
Use them to define your perfect audience member.
 
Create a complete picture of your audience member, from clothes to the food they eat, music they listen too. 

Here are some good examples of audience profiles:

Audience profile from rturner93

Audience profile from rturner93

Student Pitch Examples

The pitch from GraceGrier

Louise's music video of the week....

Really useful article on generating ideas for music videos

Corin Hardy is a filmaker and music video director. He wrote an article for Media Magazine on coming up with ideas for music videos.

http://www.corinhardy.com/media-article/

Blog Posts.....

You should have the following blog posts:

• Summer holiday homework (3 posts: introduction to coursework brief, purpose of music videos & a textual analysis of music videos.

• Research task: how an artist creates a coherent promo packagae.

• Optional extension task on 'Stars & Stardom'.

By the end of this week (Friday) you need to have also completed the following:

•  Action plan work flow.

•  Complete conventions of music sub-genre task (we started this on Friday).

•  Apply Goodwin's theory to a music video of the same music genre as yours.

•  Optional extension task on redundancy and entropy.

A History Of The Pop Video

A (long) but really interesting documentary all about the history of music videos.

Coursework Brief

For this coursework, you will be producing the following:

A PROMOTIONAL PACKAGE FOR THE RELEASE OF AN ALBUM.

This must include:
1.  A music promo video
2.  A cover for the album's release on Digipak
3.  A magazine advertisement for the Digipak

You will work in groups to produce the music videos (Max 4).
Both print tasks will be produced invidually.

In addition to this you will also produce a blog to accompany your production work which will include research and planning tasks and an evaluation.

Mark Break Down
Research & Planning - 20
Music Video - 40
Digipak - 10
Print Advert - 10
Evaluation - 20

Welcome

Welcome to the A2 Media Blog!

As the coursework project progresses you will find lots of relevant information, pointers and tips on this blog which will enable you to make a success of the project.

Have a look at the links on the right hand side:

• Pete’s Media Blog: Pete is the chief examiner for OCR, our exam board. His blog is an invaluable resource for all A2 Media students.

• The OCR Exam Board Blog: This contains loads of really useful information about coursework and all things related to the Media Studies course.

• Ludlow College A2 Media Blogs: Previous A2 Media Blogs are a great resource for you to look around in terms of finding out what the process of start to finish looks like.

I will add more relevant links as we go on.

Please do remember that your blog is available for anyone to see and ultimately will be read and marked by the exam board. With this in mind, you should approach each post as a mini formal essay: use standard English, proof read your work and check SPAG (spelling, punctuation and grammar. 

Happy blogging!