Liverpool John Moores Open Days - Media, Creative Industries, Art, Design, Architecture

https://www.ljmu.ac.uk/study/undergraduate-students/visit-us/subject-specific-events

I will be organising a trip out on Tuesday 19th June. 
NOW CANCELLED as school trip but can go individually. 
You are all registered to attend and if you want to go inform Mr Phipps or Mr Kimberly as this is specifically related to your studies.


Creative & Media Industries. 10am-3pm.

Letters to be handed out or posted to parents in the next week.

Can you all register please by going to links on webpage.

Mr Dougan lessons

• Please sign in with Gary Astor and then go to our computer room and complete any outstanding work for Mr Dougan.
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• This must all be evidenced so Mr Dougan can mark it and for you to be on target with everything.

InDesign Tutorials - examples

Today we are working in Adobe InDesign a DTP (desktop Publishing software:

• We placed jpeg images into our A4 page.
• We used text tool to create a title.
• We sent image to the back if it was over our text - click on image and send to back.
• Save as......in your documents folder

We discussed file formats:

Go through these tutorials to help and guide you:

https://helpx.adobe.com/uk/indesign/tutorials.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHDy_nEvgd4

http://www.indesignskills.com/tutorials/#

Practical Task - Launching your own Magazine/ Design and make

Today we will   research and development on creating our own 'LIFESTYLE' magazine.

There are a number of rules we must apply:

1. Thumbnails - good planning = good design = good outcomes

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=magazine+thumbnails&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjEidqur5bbAhWOr6QKHTNeCbMQ_AUICigB&biw=1024&bih=491#imgdii=BIU5uPFDKjnnRM:&imgrc=6fqwFu2K3HFpFM:

2. Layout - Housestyle

3. Typography - Fonts

4. Serif - Sans Serif

5. Images - photographs

6. Margins, double pages spread, columns, page numbers.

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=typography+for+magazines&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjen4fRsZbbAhWEDewKHd-uBK8Q_AUICigB&biw=1024&bih=491#imgrc=Cl_lNesv4aTk4M:

• Today you will find FOUR magazines or more and create informative thumbnails for these magazines.
• Include cover and inside 'double page spreads'.
• Include as much info on the magazine, date, title, genre etc
• Your designs must contain as much information as possible as this will aid you when we start our InDesign development.
• GQ, Forbes, Mens Health, Time, Elle, Vogue, Blend, Esquire, Aesthetica, Attitude.

 http://resource.download.wjec.co.uk.s3.amazonaws.com/vtc/2016-17/16-17_1-32/pdf/_eng/6-practical-task.pdf

Cultivation Theory Essay Question and mind map - to be handed in next Monday 3- 4 pages

Click on link below to go to worksheet:

http://resource.download.wjec.co.uk.s3.amazonaws.com/vtc/2016-17/16-17_1-32/pdf/_eng/unit5/5f-cultivation-theory.pdf

Scheduling- Why does the BBC need Crime Dramas?

• Use the sheet from class to explain the importance of scheduling for Life on Mars.
• Find out what the terms scaffolding and hammocking mean?

Watch the clip below on

• A life time of original British drama and answer the questions:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtEUySDDg-I

• Use the other side of the sheet bottom section and include any information on Life on Mars that you didn't know into your case study.

Magazine & Advertising worksheet - Big Issue adverts in your pack (5 questions)

Complete the following worksheet in relation to your Big Issue booklet handed out a few weeks ago.
Three initial questions followed by two more on digital benefits - 

http://resource.download.wjec.co.uk.s3.amazonaws.com/vtc/2016-17/16-17_1-32/pdf/_eng/unit4/4m-magazines-and-advertising-students.pdf

Digital link below:

https://www.bigissue.com/

Complete in lesson and homework to be handed in on Monday 14th in double lesson.

Resit Mock Exam - This Thursday lessons 4&5 - Study Centre with Mr Astor

Resit Mock Exam - This Thursday 4th May. Lessons 4 & 5  (Mr Dougans' lessons)

Study Centre with Mr Astor.

Be prompt.

 Bring pens, ruler and ensure you have revised this time.

60 marks plus to pass this time 

(you have had an extra 4 weeks to revise)