Are you struggling to describe the typography used in an opening sequence...?

Don't know your serif from your sans-serif...?


Can't explain why you should consider 'contrast' when deciding on a font...?


You need this helpful guide to the top 10 typography terms!

Best blogs so far

Rebecca Wood
Annabel Lowe
Daniel Haywood
Hyleana Anthony

Preliminary task

Preliminary Tasks

Prezi

As an educational institution you can all sign up for FREE Prezi accounts.

 

Start here:

 

https://prezi.com/signup/edu/enjoy/

Prezi Read more...

 

Each student needs to create an account using their SCHOOL EMAIL ADDRESS. Then enter the school name, city and website address when prompted.

 

A verification email is then sent. Once confirmed by clicking the link, you are ready to get started.

After Effects Tutorial Videos

In terms of making your titles do amaaaaaazing things. This website collates good tutorials for different effects. Have a look.http://www.noupe.com/inspiration/tutorials-inspiration/50-excellent-adobe-after-effects-tutorials.html

Copyright Free Audio Sites

Copyright Free Music/Audio Sites

(Note: not all music is free to download from copyright free sites – there are download fees)

• http://copyrightfriendly.wikispaces.com/Copyright-friendly+music+and+sound
• http://www.shockwave-sound.com/
• http://audiojungle.net/
• http://www.musicmediatracks.com/?gclid=CK6V-r7ZiJgCFUse3god7XQJCw
• http://www.royaltyfreemusic.com/free.html
• http://freeplaymusic.com/ (free downloads)
• http://www.trackline.com/acatalog/Tracks.html
• http://www.royaltyfreemusic.com/documentary-general-production.html
• http://www.dmoz.org/Arts/Music/Sound_Files/Samples_and_Loops/
• www.freesound.org (free music)
• http://www.mobygratis.com/film-music.html (teacher needs to register for this one)
• felt.com 

Free Sound Effects from PartnersInRhyme.com:

• http://www.ljudo.com/default.asp?lang=tEnglish&do=it
• http://www.jamendo.com/en
• http://derekaudette.ottawaarts.com/
• http://www.acoustica.com/sounds.htm
• http://www.alcljudprod.se/english/ljud.php

Many, many more sites are available just ‘Google’ ‘copyright free music audio download’ or ‘free audio editor software’

Online equipment booking system

The Media department have gone hi-tech!


All equipment now needs to be booked online:



(http://tinyurl.com/THSmediaequipmentbooking)

You need to select from a weekday, weekday evening or weekend booking using the 'Choose' button and then the equipment you require.


You'll need to create a free account, but you'll only need to do this once.

To amend or delete your booking, log in then select where it says 'Hello...' then click 'View appointments'.

What a good one looks like...

Below are some links to the best scoring blogs from last year. Have a look and see if there are any good ideas you can 'borrow' - remember the best Media blog sites are:

• Creative in their methods of presentation
• Well written
• Detailed with regular postings
• Giving the reader a real sense of what kind of student you are

Emma Norton
Max Biddlecombe
Carmel Davenport
Georgie Brough

Blogger confusion - please read!

There has been some confusion with blogger and how your site links to the main blog hub.
Hopefully this clarifiies it but if not please see me ASAP.

1. You should have set up your OWN blog site. You can do this by clicking 'create new blog' . Put your name, AS Media Studies Foundation Portfolio and your candidate number (if you know it). Do not post directly to our blog hub, this acts just as a gateway for us and the examiner to find their way to your blog site. Also this is where Mr Hudson and myself will be posting advice ang guidance and you can also look at each others' blog sites.

2. You need to make sure your blog site is not a google + account otherwise the link on our hub page won't take us or the examiner directly to your blog - it will take them to your google + page which pulls together all of your googly ways. You can change this back by clicking on the link at the bottom of this...
https://support.google.com/blogger/answer/1375600?hl=en

Be creative with your work - useful sites, apps and programmes

Ok - these change all the time but here is the latest list of methods of presentation that I know of and what you can do with them.
Any others you come across please tell me. I haven't used them all so can't vouch for how good they are - please let me know if they're rubbish or not rubbish or slightly rubbish.


Ways of presenting mind maps/thematic links/mood boards etc:
wordle.net
bubbl.us
pixton.com  online comic creator
mixbook.com online scrapbook tool
mashuparts.com   photo mashup tool
mindmeister.com mindmap tool
smartdraw.com create 3d graphs or spider diagrams
serifdraw
spicynodes.org online organisation tool for websites
easel.ly way of presenting
visual.ly professional methods of presenting information
https://issuu.com/ digital publishing site
http://www.videoscribe.co/  Create your own whiteboard videos
pixlr - photo editing software
Adobe Draw - Free illustration app
Serif Draw


Editing software
picmonkey.com
IMovie : The New iMovie app is really good for £3.99 - lots of templates
pixton.com online comic strip creator
worditout.com  online word cloud generator




Uploading powerpoints to your blog
slideshare.net
google slides



Apps / Photo and video editing
piccollage
http://videostarapp.com/
canva - really good site with a wide range of templates and interesting fonts for presenting infographics, completing posters etc.
VideoFXlive
YouCam Make Up
Superpower FX
Repix
Snapseed (photo editing for Android and Apple)
goanimate.com  create animations for free
Clipper video app for iPhone
Filmora app
animato.com create 30 second short videos out of photos, images or videos

More detailed:
prezi.com
gliffy.com  flowchart creator
evernote.com
emaze.com
springnote.com  create group notebook online
glogster.com
tinyscanner
projeqt

Welcome to the THS Foundation 2015-16 blog!

 Greetings student people! 

This will be the hub for your Media Studies portfolio work. You should be linked in the bottom corner, if not let me know as soon as possible. I will use the blog hub to monitor your work so it is essential that you are uploading/posting everything you have done. 

I will be posting information regarding deadlines, course information, practical tips and anything else relevant! 


You will also find some of the resources from lessons on here too.

You should be posting regularly and, as this Media Studies, using a variety of methods of presentation to make your blog suuuuuuper cooooool. Ahem. 


On the next post there will be a range of ways to do this.