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Friday, 9 December 2016

IMPROVING YOUR BLOGS


ARCHIVE FOR THE ‘TV DRAMA’ CATEGORY

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You will need to make sure that your blog has a clear THEME — make it personal and relevant to Media.
Key things to learn and discuss:
• What is the dashboard and how do I use it?
• What are the blog stats?
• How are comments used and what is the use of them?
CATEGORIES: these are the chapters of your blog, the main way that you will find useful information so you HAVE TO HAVE good CATEGORIES - see the main list I handed out on day 1 - it is on the wall in S9. 
The main categories are COURSEWORK, sub-category PRELIM and MAIN TASK, and then Mrs McDonald-Holmes (Master Blog), EXAM, sub-categories: TV  DRAMA, and AUDIENCES AND INSTITUTIONS.
EVERYTHING NEEDS A CATEGORY:
• How do I make a good post, using Tags and Categories? How do you create a TAG and CATEGORY cloud?
• How do I upload images, podcasts and video straight onto my blog?
• You need to show your skills off that you know how to design a blog.
• How do I make links between various websites and categorise them?  
• How do I add Widgets and Themes?
• How do I make a new Header and Background?
• How do I embed links between websites?
• How do I add Twitter, FaceBook and Tumblr buttons to share my posts with everyone?
PLEASE NOTE: Make sure that your THEME actually shows your WHOLE blog post. You will need to check this by trialling your THEME. If it does not, then you MUST change the THEME. Or go to SETTINGS, READING and make sure that “For each article in a feed, show”. Full text.
OTHER KEY AREAS: You need to have a YouTube account, Gmail account, you need a decent sized USB or Memory Card. If there are financial issues, you need to discuss with us.

Monday, 5 December 2016

Monies due in for BBC Media Trip

Monies due in for BBC Media Trip before this Friday

Friday, 2 December 2016

Text Wrap Ideas InDesign Tutorials

Powerful, Text Portrait Poster - Front Cover



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fj_iwNgv8aQ




How to wrap text around a graphic - great for Double page spread


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoPuwLpk1TI




















Simple text wrap around graphic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NL0Z-AQconQ




Filling a shape with text


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ervZqx2N-8c

Friday, 25 November 2016

Thank you to the student who are keeping up to date.
For some of you there is still outstanding work to be completed and posted.
Today I had to adapt the lesson as half the group did not do the homework set.
It is imperative that you complete all homework.

As we discussed in lesson you will need to do the following and bring in for Tuesday lesson:
1. 2 x hand drawn thumbnails for New music Mag Cover
2. 2 x  hand drawn thumbnails for Contents page
3. 2 x hand drawn thumbnails for Double Page Spread (DPS)
4. New Title (name of music mag) with examples using various fonts.
5. Typed up text ready to drop into layouts - make sure it is legible and is appropraite for your music mag genre
6. Band Names etc.
7.All contact sheets of all shots taken to date.
8. Any digital work you have created using Photoshop and superimposing onto green screen shots.


Tuesday, 22 November 2016

BBC TOUR Media City, Salford.

OUR BBC TOUR TRIP IS BOOKED

Tuesday January 31st 2017

Please bring in £10 on Friday to pay for the trip please.


Monday, 21 November 2016

SEMIOTICS





Pop Quiz: 
write answers down - do not show anyone!


Link below to 'Semiotics for Beginners' 
by Daniel Chandler
A full in depth overview to read at your leisure

http://visual-memory.co.uk/daniel/Documents/S4B/


FEMINISM