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Associated Resources

MEST2 Coursework Overview 2011-12.ppt

All teacher-assessed marks to be returned to AQA by 10 January 2012 or 15 May 2012

Link: AQA MEST2 Briefs

Brief Two | Regional Newspapers

A regional newspaper is about to run a month long campaign promoting local sports. The newspaper has an online presence and is keen to use its website as a focus for information, as well as featuring a range of sports related features in its print...

Half or Full Day Creative Media Production Courses in Your School

Programme Details

Although we have workshops and revision sessions listed below, we would also be thrilled to offer you a more bespoke package. This can be based on year groups, classes or one-to-one student led or can be based on either exam / internal assessment, theory or practical work.

We are also keen to work with teachers and departments and can offer CPD for your subject...

Find out more about the grid-based approach to design by clicking on the link below:

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/04/14/designing-with-grid-based-approach/

Shared with MediaEdu by Elayne Senn.

Click on the hyperlink to begin creating a website using Google Sites:

http://sites.google.com/?pli=1

You will need to create a google mail account (if you do not already have one).

Give the Site an appropriate name –  the site URL will be generated from the Site name you give it.

To keep the Google Site secure – select the option Only people I specify can view this site

Then type the given code into the box and click on Create...

Lynda.com Tutorials - Subscription Site

Video-Tutes.com Tutorials

Dreamweaver HTML Pages for MAC.dmg

Dreamweaver Templates for MAC.dmg

Dreamweaver Hyperlinks, Rollovers and Multimedia for MAC.dmg

Dreamweaver HTML Pages for PC.zip

Dreamweaver Templates for PC.zip

Dreamweaver Hyperlinks, Rollovers and Multimedia for PC.zip

Dreamweaver Tutorial by Video-Tutes.com

iWeb Tutorial

Retouching Photoshop Tutorial on Basic Model Retouching

Teach-ict.com An excellent source of advice for those wishing to brush up on their computing skills.

BBC Writers’ Room Script Examples

Script Smart The Script Smart tool is a set of Microsoft Word templates for writers to format their scripts using industry-recognised layouts. Script Smart was created by the BBC.

Alluc.org Free films, series, ads - in fact, all you can see!

Newsfilm Online is planned to be one of the most exciting resources to be offered to Higher and Further Education in the UK. 3,000 hours of television news and cinema newsreels, taken from the huge collection of the ITN/Reuters archive, is to be made available online in high quality format for teaching, learning and research. Newsfilm Online will be a gateway of unmatched richness to...

Logocities.org Logo Cities is an ongoing research/creation project addressing signage, branding and lettering in public space, with a particular focus on the city of Montréal.

Museum of Brands, Packaging & Advertising

Online Journalism Review

Poynter Online ‘Everything you need to be a better journalist’

A History of Horror Films Some obscure sub-genres covered

Horror Film History An outstanding guide to the horror film genre across the decades by Karina Wilson

Horror Movie Trailers on eSplatter

Horror The Movie Contains most of the horror conventions in a condensed format.

Dafont.com

Flamingtext.com An excellent place to find some sophisticated and unique fonts to help you create impressive artefacts.

BBC Film Makers’ Guide

Behind the Camera

BFI on Shot Types - a pdf handout

Convivial.com on Video Production

Apple Education - Digital Content Creation

First Light Movies Want to make your first movie? Check this site out for practical advice + competitions you can enter.

Knowledgehound.com on Video Production

Top Ten Video tips - O’Reilly Media

The Guardian Guide to Making Video

Make your own movie with Moving Voices

Raindance Film...

Creative Archive Pilot

Creative Commons Licence

Intellectual Property Office on Copyright

Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 (as amended)

FACT Federation Against Copyright Theft

BBFC.org.uk Find out about film certification and censorship using this site.

SBBFC.org.uk Students’ British Board of Film Classification This site is aimed at media and film studies students and teachers covering the topics of Media Regulation and Censorship in the UK. The site was designed and is maintained by the British Board of Film Classification.

TMAP.org.uk Teenage Magazine Arbitration Panel The Teenage Magazine Arbitration Panel (...

British Newspaper Links

Newspaper Marketing Agency Ad campaigns and image archives

Newspaper Templates for Production Coursework

Sunday Newspaper Links

The Wapping Years & The Sun by The Guardian

2D Animation Software

Adobe AfterEffects [PC & Mac]
Publisher: Adobe
License: Free Trial
Comments: Motion graphics and visual effects for film and media.

Animator-9 3.6 [PC]
Publisher: Key Technology
License: Free
Comments: Make animated GIFs from your digital camera.

AniS 1.0 [PC]
Publisher: Tom Whittaker
License: Free
Comments: Simple image manipulation for the web.

Bauhaus Mirage [PC]

Jumpwel [PC]
Publisher: Phildes
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Win £5000 for your school!

Be ©reative is a unique and exciting production competition for young people aged 11-19, offering recognition for UK creative talent plus great prizes for individual winners and their schools. This year’s competition brief, provided by a real-life industry body, asks students to create an original ad campaign that encourages young people to respect the UK film and TV industries...

Half or Full Day Creative Media Production Courses in Your School

Programme Details

Although we have workshops and revision sessions listed below, we would also be thrilled to offer you a more bespoke package. This can be based on year groups, classes or one-to-one student led or can be based on either exam / internal assessment, theory or practical work.

We are also keen to work with teachers and...