AS Media Studies: Foundation Portfolio

Calendar and Deadlines

Week Topic: Deadlines:
Commenci
ng:
Half-Term – (25/10/10 - 29/10/10)
1/11/10 Introduction to the Foundation Portfolio:
- Outline of project and
calendar/deadlines
- Workshop time
- Student examples

Introduction to the two briefs:

- Opening sequences (video)
- Music Magazines (print)

8/11/10 - Mark schemes: marking real Deadline: own blog

student projects set up – Friday 12th
- Sorting groups and choice of brief November

- Blogs: introduction to blogging…

Setting up own blogs

15/11/10 - Introduction to Research and Deadline: All to

Planning have completed
- Researching projects (see blog training on
checklists in packs) cameras and
software packages
- Training on cameras and software - Friday 19th
- Ancillary Tasks – introduction to November

22/11/10 - Ancillary Tasks Deadlines: All

- Studio Training (studio lighting) ancillary tasks to
- Research and planning (on blogs) be completed and
uploaded to blogs

All studio lighting

training done

- Friday 26th
November
29/11/10 - Research and planning (on blogs)
- Final sketches/outlines completed
(print projects)
- Final storyboards completed (video
projects)

6/12/10 - Final Planning (on blogs) Deadline: All

- Starting journalism (print projects) research and
- Shooting films (video projects) planning to be
- Studio Shoots and feature article completed by
location shoots (print projects) Friday 10th
 December

13/12/10 - Shooting films (video projects) Deadlines: Rough

- Studio Shoots and feature article Drafts of
location shoots (print projects) journalism (music
- Editing magazines)

Deadline: All
photos and video
footage shot

Friday 17th
December
Xmas Holidays – Shoots will need to take
place over the holiday period – BOOK
YOUR CAMERAS!!!
3/01/11 - Shooting films (video projects) Deadline: Rough
- Studio Shoots and feature article Cover completed
location shoots (print projects) (print projects) –
- Editing Friday 7th January

10/01/11 Deadlines: Rough

- Editing edit completed
(video projects)

Rough Feature
Article and
contents page
completed (print
projects)

- Friday 14th
January
17/01/11 - Editing Deadline: Final
Magazines (all
pages) and Final
videos: Friday 21st
January

24/01/11 Introduction to Evaluations: Deadline: Collect

- Student examples audience feedback
- Audience Feedback questionnaires – – questionnaires
data collected (10+)

- Friday 28th
January
31/01/11

6/02/11 Rough Draft of

Evaluations to
teacher: Friday
10th February

13/02/11
Half-Term (21/02/11 – 25/02/11) Final Evaluations
on blogs
(PowerPoints on
Slideshare):
Monday 28th
February (first
Monday back)