Half term seemed a lifetime ago at the start of period 4 today. Year 11 Media were straight to business preparing for the Music Press exam this summer. The lesson was simple, requiring students to work independently using their knowledge of magazine conventions to create their own front covers
In the spirit of the exam, students were instructed by a media brief displayed on the board:
Students worked for around 40 minutes (after the slow laptop warm ups). Concentration levels were high and students were able to confidently apply conventions of genre, as well as display impressive ICT skills.
Here are some of the covers. They are generally all true to convention, but perhaps too much so? Next lesson, students will be given more time to plan their front covers. They will be challenged to subvert convention and provide counter-types to representational norms in media.
English Language students: Use the front pages to explore audience and purpose in media texts.
You could also explore the use and effects of presentational features in the texts.
Miss Ryan's GCSE English & Media 
Ms I just wanted to ask that for the exam, we have to pick one genre, but can we have sub genres for that genre. So on whole genre then within it sub genres for example; pop, pop-rock, k-pop etc. Because for the exam I wanted to pick a good genre but still have that slight edge to it. So should I just go with ‘pop’ or have the sub genres?
Thank You
I think that pop with a slight hybrid of other genres is fine Chandni. Ensure that the genre is clear, don’t go overboard with the others (since the brief did state pick one). Hope that helps!