Have a look at this blog - I taught this student when he was in year 11. He's also doing music video for A2 coursework, but probably won't have to have it completed until May next year.
If he had audience research, this planning and research would get 19 or 20 out of 20. As it is it's still worth 15/20.
Click on the link to see his blog.
http://5135aidanchengg324.blogspot.com/
Wednesday, 19 October 2011
Tuesday, 11 October 2011
Screencasting
Ever get bored of typety type typing?... Ever wish there was an easier way of completing your coursework?... Well now your wishes can come true with Camstudio screencasting software which is totally free!
Actually it's been around for years. All you need is a microphone, but even if you don't, most laptops have one built in or you could just borrow one from Matt the tech-man.
Check out the tutorial embeded here, or just Google Camstudio or 'free screencasting software'.
This type of software will record your voice and whatever's going on on your screen. So you could, say, have an image of a digipak or magazine advert and analyse it by speaking into the microphone and using the mouse to point at stuff you are talking about.
This kind of analysis will score you big-time points.
Actually it's been around for years. All you need is a microphone, but even if you don't, most laptops have one built in or you could just borrow one from Matt the tech-man.
Check out the tutorial embeded here, or just Google Camstudio or 'free screencasting software'.
This type of software will record your voice and whatever's going on on your screen. So you could, say, have an image of a digipak or magazine advert and analyse it by speaking into the microphone and using the mouse to point at stuff you are talking about.
This kind of analysis will score you big-time points.
Magazine Ad analysis
Okay - so something I discovered recently was that album and single releases don't really advertise much in magazines anymore. But if you look for long enough, you'll still find some good examples. I've put a choice of 3 you can use on Blackboard under 'Course Materials' - or just find one of your own.
Don't go spending money on a music magazine. Check the net or go the the library - there are loads of magazines up there. A word of caution about finding these on the internet though - if you Google something like 'magazine advert and album release'... you'll get loads of student produced adverts aswell as real ones. Make sure you analyse a real magazine advert and not a student ad.
Here's a fairly simplistic idea of how you might go about it:
Much better would be a spoken/screencast analysis.... see the next post for details on that.
Don't go spending money on a music magazine. Check the net or go the the library - there are loads of magazines up there. A word of caution about finding these on the internet though - if you Google something like 'magazine advert and album release'... you'll get loads of student produced adverts aswell as real ones. Make sure you analyse a real magazine advert and not a student ad.
Here's a fairly simplistic idea of how you might go about it:
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