A2 ADVANCED PORTFOLIO

Monday, 28 November 2011

previous students website - Kate Nash

This website got a 5/10, this is understandable due to the text and layout not being very easy to understand, the format is uneven and has a majority of white space around it, this was done on photoshop. me and george don't think that photoshop would be appropriate for the website due to the white space being around the edges. it doesn't to look professional or formal enough whilst also taking a lot more effort, this contributes to the fact that it wouldn't fit into Miles Kane's image.

Filming update

After searching around various venues in Nottingham, we have decided to film at college in our theatre and then include some domestic at one of our houses. We feel that by doing this, the story line will be easier to follow and will make more sense. It also means we will have more than one location which will make our video more interesting.
We have asked our actors to bring in their costumes today as we will take photos of them and do some filming to see how the location and the positioning of the actors and equipment appear and whether we need to change the set design to fit in with the location.

Photos from the shoots and the filming will be uploaded later on and the images will be edited and used for our CD cover.

previous students website - The Wombats

this group kept to the conventions of the wombats via there image choices, colour pallette whilst using a clear and easy to read font. it uses appropriate use of i.t. from the links to social networking sites, email and RRS news feed, they have video links, links to a shop as well as being able to sign up to to there private members list.

Further news on the shed

I have tried to call Julie Lord, the woman in charge of the hall at the Shed many times, along with my group members. She has yet to answer her phone or answer our messages. Because of the lack of response we have decided to rule out the Shed as an option.

Other Locations

On wednesday I went down to the Shed (Beeston and chilwell community centre) to see if we would be able to use the hall they had there. When I got there the woman in charge of renting out the hall wasn't around, and so I was given a number to ring. I plan to ring them during the day.

Previous students website

Before starting our own website, we decided to look at last year's websites, to get an idea of the layout and the technical skills that are required to get into the top band of the mark scheme.

Here are some examples:

This website scored well, getting high marks for the layout, the skills used to create it and the appropriateness to the genre

This website also scored very well with the marking criteria. The background and font style is appropriate to the band and the website was well planned and set out. The images used were effective to the style and the correct use of language.

Here is the marking criteria: