Sunday, 27 January 2019

Links for Assassin's Creed


Video Games The Videogame Business by Randy Nichols. Published by BFI Palgrave Macmillan (Aug 2014); ISBN: 9781844573172.

Assassin’s Creed III Liberation review:

link for review

Interview with writer about the process of creating the game:

https://youtu.be/Dt9izySmwlI

Interview with composer of music for the game:

link to interview 

Friday, 25 January 2019

Assassin's Creed

TWO tasks are due:

1) a contextual break down of this market, the company and the game.

2) application of the theorists listed in our framework in terms of institution and TA
a table was a suggested format

These need to be posted.

Thursday, 10 January 2019

Exam Dates 2019

Wed 5th June. Component 1. Morning. 2 h 15 min

Thurs 13th June. Component 2. Afternoon. 2 h 30 min



Monday, 17 December 2018

Revision Packs - Christmas Holiday reading. Component 1 all fact sheets. Component 2 all information packs.

Today we went through your revision Packs for Christmas Holiday reading. 

Component 1 all fact sheets. Riptide, Beyonce, Tide, Womens' hour etc

Component 2 all information packs. Theorists, Life on Mars (1&2), The Bridge, Gender, Zoella, online media, etc.

Read through three times over the holidays.
High light key words, quotes, and really understand concepts. 

These booklets will guide you through now up to your exams so get to know them really well. 

Do at least four of that tasks on paper (title, date, question etc) and discuss the questions with your families remember you are debating and showing knowledge of theorists in your responses on paper.


Mr D and I wish you all a very Happy Christmas with your families.

Thursday, 6 December 2018

Animation Workshop - Edge Hill University

Today we will have a group of Academics 
from Edge Hill University  visiting us 
to deliver an Animation Workshop.

Group 1. From 9.45am -11am - Year 13: 

Faith Catesby McCabe                                        Joseph Farrell
Millie Curphey                                                       Elliot Greslow       
Ben Crompton                                                        Andrew Howard
Ben Johnson                                                           Neil Gardner
Rebecca Adelt Lomas                                          Callum Sambridge
Rebecca Eaton                                                       Callum Wilson
Liam Furlong                                                           Stephen Kirby
Daniel Bretherton                                                   Alex Walsh (Y11)
Alex Edmondson (Y11)

Group 2. From 11.15am - 12.15pm -  Year 12


Evan Judge                                                               Steven Luu
Marc Carroll                                                                        Conor Martin
Joseph Duffy                                                           Matthew Milton
Dylan Jansen                                                           John Molloy
Dylan Cole                                                               Ethan Oxley
George Kane                                                           Liam Rimmer
Tyler Lockley                                                          Nathan Tweedy

Monday, 26 November 2018

Component 3. Mag & Website- all work due in on Thurs 29th Nov

Component 3. Task 1 & Task 2

Magazine covers x 2 and double page spread x 1 & Website

Deadline for marking:  Thurs 29th Nov

Assessment Criteria below:
Band 5 - highest grades.
 Band 1 - lowest grades

I am hoping you are all within band 4 or 5.




Monday, 12 November 2018

Thursday, 1 November 2018

Task 1 Print - Magazine must be complete before Thursday 9th November. Now overdue by three weeks!

Task 1 Print - Magazine must be complete 
for Thursday 8th November. 

Now overdue by three weeks! 

See info below for full details of what you must include - you have had this since June this year!

The moderator will be marking this work.



You must have your 200 words ready for me for Thursday too. 

TASK 2...see above
I plan on demonstrating 'building a website' in Lesson.
YOU MUST ALL have the appropriate images & text ready.

EXAM Timings Component 2

S ection A Question 1a & 1b = 24 mins each (Life on Mars / The Bridge) 15 mark & 15 Mark Section B. E ither questions 4 or 5 or...