THE FINAL DEADLINE IS MONDAY 4TH! MOCK EXAM FIRST LESSON NEXT WEEK

You are very nearly at the end of your work on the Advanced Portfolio! 
At some point this week, most of a lesson will be used to present information to you about the MOCK EXAM taking place in one of your lessons next week. This will be on questions 1a and 1b - ie your foundation and advanced portfolio work.
You would find it useful, and pretty essential to revisit your blog from last year. You can find the address by asking us or Ollie or Sophie.

YOUR FINAL EVALUATION DEADLINE IS MARCH 4TH!

This is something like how I feel having seen how many people failed to meet the draft deadline for the evaluation yesterday.
Time management is part of your assessment, so this is likely to have an impact on your mark, especially if you have failed to meet previous deadlines. The expectations on this were clear. I am today making comments on those evaluations submitted by the deadline. Any other drafts will not receive the same level of attention or time and seriously risk being a reason for underachieving at this late stage.

YOUR DRAFT EVALUATION DEADLINE IS SUNDAY!

• Draft deadline: SUNDAY FEBRUARY 24^TH , 9PM (To be written over Half Term and posted to the blog – you are strongy advised not to leave it until the Sunday night above, as poor or lazy draft work will result in less detailed feedback and is likely to lead to lower marks overall ).
• During this period you may also continue to improve the blog, taking advice from our comments throughout. Please do advise us of any changes so that we are sure to find them.

Sunday Night is Oscars Night!

What are your Oscars predictions?
Predict Sunday's winners here

YOU ARE APPROACHING THE FINAL PORTFOLIO DEADLINE!

The END of your portfolio work is nearly here: 
FINAL PORTFOLIO DEADLINE THURSDAY FEB 14TH!
I have been getting very concerned about the state of several of the blogs. Once the product deadline is over, you must work hard on the EVALUATION draft and work to substantially improve the whole blog. EVERY SINGLE GROUP and EVERY STUDENT has work to do here, for as things stand, many people will underachieve on the basis of the poor quality of their blog. Unfortunately, it appears that many people have still not understood how much work is expected on the blog for a level 4 or 3. Once more, I suggest you all look at a level 4 blog from last year to see what is expected. 

New article on short film

http://m.guardian.co.uk/film/filmblog/2013/feb/07/clip-joint-british-shorts
Can you use any of this in your review (referenced properly of course!)?

FINAL DEADLINES FOR THE PORTFOLIO ARE APPROACHING FAST!

REMEMBER - THE FINAL DEADLINE FOR THE WHOLE PORTFOLIO 
ON FEBRUARY 14TH IS FIXED. 
BY THIS DATE, THE THREE PARTS (FILM, POSTER AND REVIEW) 
MUST BE ENTIRELY FINISHED.
YOU MAY CONTINUE TO IMPROVE THE BLOG OVER HALF TERM, 
AND YOU WILL BE WRITING A DRAFT OF YOUR EVALUATION 
(ADVICE TO FOLLOW).

UPCOMING INTERIM DEADLINES:

Deadline 3 Continued work on poster following supervisor feedback and preparation  for final deadline below. Teacher-led introduction to Review ancillary task over 2 lessons Audience feedback on finished POSTER AND FILM products   (perhaps gathered using Facebook or similar) to be recorded on blog MONDAY 11th February, 4.10   (THIS IS SLIGHT EXTENSION) Deadline for first written draft of review copy (word processed on the blog) Deadline for first indesign draft for review, for blocking and layout, uploaded to blog Deadline for comments justifying design and copy decisions as blog posts.

Deadline 4 Final work continuing on poster and review  and re-drafting following supervisor advice to complete these components. All decisions and drafts to be posted to blog. Aim for 3 drafts of work in progress for the poster and review. Final deadline for poster and review:  Thursday 14th February (half term) All 3 parts of the portfolio are now complete.