Welcome

Hello everyone and welcome to AS Media Studies!

We are very excited to be following a new brief this year of an opening sequence to a film genre of your choice. Hope you don't find blogger too annoying everyone masters it in the end and it's how we send all your work to the examiners.

Miss Shuttle and Miss Brookes are always at hand to help so don't hesitate to ask.

Good luck in all your A level choices.

Websites for Creativity

INJECTING SOME CREATIVITY INTO THE FOUNDATION

PORTFOLIOS

Suggested online platforms to host whole Foundation Portfolio projects

www.wix.com - free website builde
moonfruit.com - free website builder
www.wordpress.com - free blog builder
www.blogger.com - free blog builder

Some creative online tools/websites useful for the research, planning and evaluation stages

Tools

www.wordle.net - an online tool to produce creative thematic word clouds/brainstorms

www.bubbl.us - online brainstorm/mindmap creator

www.prezi.com - interactive presentations

www.pixton.com - an online comic strip creator

www.scrapblog.com - online scrapbook tool
www.mashuparts.com - the ability to combine multimedia to form another product

www.sketch.odosketch.com - online sketching

www.mindmeister.com - online mindmap creator

www.smartdraw.com - create 3d graphs or spider diagrams

www.spicynodes.org - online organisation tool for websites
 
www.gliffy.com - flowchart creator etc

www.evernote.com - upload photos and make notes on top to preserve ideas

www.springnote.com - create group notebook online

www.glogster.com - online poster construction

www.my-diary.org - free online diary

www.goanimate.com - create animations for free

www.polljunkie.com - create online polls/questionnaires

www.animoto.com - create short 30 second videos out of photos or video clips

www.voicethread.com - upload docs and allow people to leave comments

www.authorstream.com - upload and share powerpoints to blogs/websites

www.slideshare.com - upload and share documents to blogs

www.mixbook.com - create photo albums and share online

www.timeglider.com - create online timelines for projects/research

www.timetoast.com - create online timelines for projects/research

www.voki.com - convert text to speech – online voice for websites

www.prezentit.com - online presentations

www.vcasmo.com - synchronise videos and slideshows side by side

www.worditout.com - word cloud generator

www.sketchfu.com - Create a drawing, save and play back as a movie of the drawing being created. Embed into any

webpage

www.a.freshbrain.com - decision making tool
www.openstreetmap.org - online editable world map useful for location details
 
 
www.tadalist.com - free to-do list creator

www.video2mp3.net - convert videos from youtube to mp3

www.wallwisher.com - online comments board

Some useful websites

w.artofthetitle.com - analyse the opening titles of films


http://thefilmstage.com/2010/09/03/the-25-most-memorable-opening-scenes-in-film/ - top 25 most memorable film openings


www.watchthetitles.com - a focus on the titles used in openings


http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/12/19/30-unforgettable-movie-title-sequences/ - 30 unforgettable film openings


www.petesmediablog.blogspot.com - Pete Fraser’s blog with great advice for students and teachers


www.bbfc.co.uk - film classification site


http://www.madtuts.com/2010/02/85-famous-tv-movie-fonts/ - film fonts for analysis


www.stonewashed.net/free-music.html - copyright-free music


www.bfi.org.uk/filmtvinfo/publications/16+/ - download 16+ study guides on different aspects of film