Friday, 10 September 2021

Your mood board needs to have a selection of text (type of font, sizes and colour), colour themes and images that would help explain they style and concept of the magazine you want to make.

You could also use pictures you have taken yourself - this will make your mood board more relevant to what you're doing in your productions.






Click on the above link to see some examples of A Level coursework with moderator's comments (go to page 46 to see an example of a top band response!)



Friday, 3 September 2021

Minecraft - podcast/video


 This video covers a fair amount of what you need to know for the Minecraft section of the exam. It was made by two students.  You can endure or enjoy their 'banter' but the subject content should be helpful! 

Friday, 19 February 2021

Top Tip: How to embed a YouTube video into your blog

It's easy to embed a YouTube video into your blog, and it's much easier for your readers to then see and click on the link. Here's how:


Just below the video you want to embed from YouTube, click on 'share', then in the popup box, click on 'embed' and copy the long embed code.

Back on your blog, in edit mode, click on the pencil icon in the top left corner and select 'HTML view'.

In HTML view, paste your embed link where you would like the YouTube video to appear.

Finally, click back in that top left corner and select 'compose view'.

Click 'Publish' in the top right corner. You will then see your YouTube video embedded into your blog.


Wednesday, 25 November 2020

Media Theory Gold - David Gauntlett's Identity Theory

The advantage of one of your set theorists being still alive and working is that he's made a video explaining his own theory for A Level students! Watch Gauntlett's video at:

 



Monday, 16 November 2020

Update your Minecraft Knowledge!

 As Minecraft is one of the case studies on the A Level course, it's good to keep your knowledge updated beyond what's covered in the textbook. Some great articles to help with this:

Minecraft still incredibly popular as sales top 200 million and 126 million play monthly

Minecraft sales have officially topped 200 million, with 126 million people playing the game monthly. Microsoft is detailing the latest sales figures just as Mojang Studios celebrates 11 years since the first Minecraft alpha build was originally released.

Microsoft has also seen a big increase in Minecraft usage during the pandemic. Minecraft saw a 25 percent increase in new players last month and a 40 percent spike in multiplayer sessions.

Minecraft sales previously topped 100 million back in 2016, and the game hasn’t shown any signs of slowing down. A surge in interest from YouTubers and nostalgia-induced playing saw Minecraft remain king of YouTube viewership stats last year.

Microsoft acquired Minecraft maker Mojang nearly six years ago for $2.5 billion, and at the time, it had sold more than 50 million copies across PC, Xbox 360, PS3, and other platforms. It was a smart purchase by Microsoft, and the incredible sales growth and momentum ever since has kept players returning to the game for years.

Minecraft started off life as a bedroom project, distributed initially as a Java applet on a web forum. The game quickly captured the imagination of thousands of gamers who loved the indie game’s concept of allowing players to shape an environment by crafting and building constructions out of blocks. It has spawned a giant community that creates replica objects and YouTube tips on how to play Minecraft that are regularly shared with millions of viewers.



https://www.theverge.com/2020/5/18/21262045/minecraft-sales-monthly-players-statistics-youtube

https://www.creativereview.co.uk/minecraft-coronavirus-lockdown-simulator/

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Lots of Minecraft news from the BBC: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/topics/c1038wnx0glt/minecraft

https://www.edie.net/library/New-kids-on-the-block--How-Minecraft-is-shaping-the-next-generation-of-sustainability-workers/6976

http://extraincomeonyoutube.blogspot.com/2018/04/dantdm-worlds-richest-youtuber-bbc-news.html?spref=pi