Deadlines, Christmas, and Postmodernism

"I like deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go past" - Douglas Adams

Well, the filming deadline is upon us. If you haven't met it, then it's essential that there is evidence on your blog for when you will be filming in January, and that you are organised to do so. Explaining why you haven't met the deadline is probably a good idea, too.

I'm not setting any formal Media Studies homework over the Christmas holidays, particualrly as I know lots of you have January exams to prepare for. However, as we'll be moving on to study Postmodernism later this year, it would be an excellent idea to do some research in preparation for the unit. In order to do so, you can:

1. Watch any of the following films:
Blade Runner
Kill Bill (Vol. I and Vol. II)
Pulp Fiction
The Matrix
Fight Club
Kick Ass
A Scanner Darkly

2. Play any of the following videogames, ideally right the way through the main storyline:
Assassin's Creed (any of the games from number 2 onwards)
Any of the Grand Theft Auto games
Braid
Red Dead Revolver
Deus Ex: Human Revolution
The Sims

3. Read any of the following:
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Kick Ass
The Walking Dead
Neuromancer
Watchmen

That's it. The more of these kinds of texts you know about, the better prepared you'll be for the exam. Start early!

Have a lovely Christmas and New Year, and good luck if you have any January exams...

 - JL

VIMA feedback, Blogs, Zombies

Aloha!

I've given you all 1:1 feedback on your VIMAS now, and I wrote our discussion up as a commnet on your most recent blog post. Once you've taken some steps to improve your blog, please reply to my comment explaining what you've done, so I can re-check your blog. Just to clarify: The VIMA grade is the lettered grade your blog would receive if it were completed to the standard it is currently at. The PEG is the grade I would expect you to finish A2 with assuming that you continue to work at this standard. If you improve your blog, or change the amount of effort you're putting in (either up or down...) then the PEG will change accordingly.

Keep using the Zombie-priority system to plan your filming: at the time of writing, there are just 14 days, 4 hours, 43 minutes, and 46 seconds until the deadline...

 - JL