Deadlines

Here they are guys. They have been carefully thought about and planned in order to break your work up into manageable pieces and for this reason they are non-negotiable.

There is SO much to do this year and your ancillary tasks come out of your main task so getting that finished is of the utmost importance.

As well as this you have a huge amount of work to do on your Evaluation questions which are going to be more detailed in terms of content and more sophisticated in term of presentation so these will take you about a month to complete.

Monday 30th January 2012 - Rough Cut

(Feedback completed by Friday 3rd February)

Friday 24th February - FINAL CUT

Friday 9th March - BOTH ancillary tasks

Evaluation Question 1 - Thursday 15th March
Evaluation Question 2 - Friday 23rd March
Evaluation Question 3 - Friday 30th March (end of term)

Evaluation Question 4 - Friday 20th April

FINAL deadline for EVERYTHING finished and posted on your blog - Friday 27th April

Briefs

Briefs

1. A promotion package for the release of an album, to include a music promo video, together with two of the following three options:

• a website homepage for the band;
• a cover for its release as part of the digipak (CD/DVD package);
• a magazine advertisement for the digipak (CD/DVD package).

2. A promotion package for a new film, to include a teaser trailer, together with two of the following three options:

• a website homepage for the film;
• a film magazine front cover, featuring the film;
• a poster for the film.

3. The first level of a new computer game, together with two of the following three options:

• the cover for the game's package;
• a magazine advertisement for the game;
• a radio advertisement for the game.

NOTE: All material for all tasks are to be produced by you yourself with the exception of acknowledged non-original sound or image material used in a limited way in video / radio work.

Formats - Video work must be in DVD format; audio work must be in CD format. No print item should be larger than A3 size. Games should be either in Flash format or playable on an exiting console.

REMEMBER:

• Maintain a consistent house style throughout all 3 platforms i.e. same colour schemes, page layouts, mode of address etc.
• Maintain a tangible link between all 3 media products e.g. use still frames from a video sequence within a poster or DVD cover and or embed clips of video within a webpage.
• Create a logo that will brand the product across all 3 platforms.
• Incorporate the expectations of your audience into your product.