Mr Jackson's Class Homework

Answer the following questions relating to your magazine cover...

1.What two conventions have I used & Why?

Conventions are:  Mix of content, Aspiration tone, Direct mode of address & model or celebrity on the front cover.

2.What are the effects of my Layout, Typography, Colour choice and Language Choice

Effect means what does it say to the audience. Essentially you need to talk about the connotations of all of these things.

Layout - Is it symmetrical (ordered and sophisticated) or asymmetrical (chaotic and youthful). What Balance does it have? (refer to your past work on balance)

Typography: Is is serif or sans serif? Does it cover hand writing?

Language: Have you use exlamatives (exclamation marks), alliteration (multiple words with the same letter), imperatives (a command) or a pun (a funny play on words)?

3.What issues of representation have I presented?

Issues are potential problems that can be seen by the representation that you have presented.

DUE TUESDAY 11th MARCH

GCSE COURSEWORK LIST

Exam: Section A: Question 3

Discuss how people and lifestyles are represented in the extract.
Refer to stereotypes in your answer.
Use examples from the extract.

Year 10 GCSE Homework:

Due Monday 24th February

Year 10 Homework - Colour Connotation

Find 3 Different Lifestyle magazines

Use the colour connotation wheel (on the Media Shared drive) to analyse the font colours and background of each magazine you pick. Post the analyses to your blog alongside a picture of the front cover your are examining.

The magazines can be specialist OR lifestyle magazines, with a mix of content. You may bring the magazines in for your next lesson, DO NOT buy Nuts, Loaded, Zoo or FHM or any other publication that would be inappropriate for school.

Due Thursday 13th Feb

YEAR 11 MOCK REVISION

Year 11 Homework

Over the next few weeks you will need to spend some time completing you coursework.

In order to this there are a number of pieces that can be done at home...

Questionnaire
Music video genre analysis
Artist branding case study
Pro Green Storyboard using Pixton.
Video Directors Task

You will need to pick up the work from the Media Student Shared drive and take it home to do.

Font Sheet Homework

Your Task is to create your own font sheet.

Step 1 - Find as many images of different fonts as you can, create a collage of the fonts (on paper or photoshop) Scan it and put in on your blog.

Step 2 - Find 6 of your favourite fonts, type them out and then draw them. (Scan them to put them on your blog)

Step 3 - Write about each of the 6 fonts that you have chosen, state why you like them and wht connotations that they have.

Step 4 - Pick your favourite Font. Why is that font the best font?

Below is the example that has been shown in class...

DUE TUESDAY 21st JAN