Final preparation... URGENT half-term task list!

Complete the following tasks to make sure you are FULLY prepared for your Media Studies exam on the Music Press (Print/Online).

1. Ensure you have read and completed EVERY page in the revision booklet. Make sure you understand each key concept and how it links to the music press (print/online) – if you’re not sure, ask someone or Google it!
2. Find at least three of your own, original examples from the music press (print/online) that we HAVEN’T covered in class. These can be music magazines, websites, fanzines etc. Concentrate on the genre you have chosen. Write these on revision cards.
3. Research your chosen genre in depth. Who are the biggest artists? Who are the next big things? What do the fans of your genre like about the music and lifestyle? You need to know it INSIDE OUT.
4. Go on an online forum for your genre of music and see what the fans are saying. What kind of language do you they use? What are their interests? Write these notes on revision cards.
5. What representation of your genre or typical fan will you offer? Stereotypical? Unusual? Dangerous? Fun? Make a revision card with the heading ‘Representation’ and add these notes.
6. Read the brief again and makes notes on the key words and phrases.
7. Practice writing in-role. Use the language in the brief and example sentence starters to develop phrases that will help sell your idea to Revolutionary Publishing and Rhymix. 
8. Draw your Rhymix website page at least three times on A3 paper. By the end, you need to be able to design and colour it in 20 minutes. You also need to annotate it with the key conventions of a website (leave space around the side for adverts and annotations).
9. Make sure you have specific examples of audio and video content. Decide the actual video (artist/song) that you will have as embedded content. Decide what song you will have playing on a Rhymix Radio player. 
10. Storyboard a TV advert/online viral advert for your Rhymix website genre page (remember the logo, homepage design, colour scheme and featured artists would be the same as your current idea. However, you would have to add music, voiceover and camera shots/transitions). We don’t know what will come up in the exam so it is best to be prepared.

FINAL CHECKLIST...

Final check: do you know your idea for a Rhymix genre section in great detail? Is it original with a clear unique selling point (USP)? Can you confidently explain your idea in 15 minutes?

Final check: have you got a Rhymix logo, colour scheme and design style that you are absolutely confident on and can draw quickly?

Final check: do you know the key conventions for a website and can annotate them quickly?

Final check: have you written 20 minute answers to EVERY practice question in the revision booklet, using examples where appropriate?

Final check: are you confident writing in-role as if you were applying for a real job in the media?