Continuation of Production. Progress table. Image manipulation.

You will be encouraged to maximise your marks through advice and feedback on your Approach to Continuation of Production.

Task 1:

You have all made good progress on 

• Textual Investigation # 1 which is based on the concept of genre.
• Research for your productions (between 2 and 4 pieces of work)
• Planning for production (between 2 and 4 pieces of work)

You will each receive feedback this week on the progress of your coursework.

In preparation for this you will organise a state of play list.

Task 1: 
Create a Word document as set out below:

Year 11 GCSE Media Studies

Coursework review and plan

Name________________________________________________________________

	Item	Is this complete and in your folder?
Research
1
2
3
4
Planning
1
2
3
4
Production
	Title	Word Count?
Textual Investigation 1
Textual Investigation 2

Print this out once complete and keep in your orange folder.

IMAGE MANIPULATION

• You will consider how young people of both genders are exposed to unreal body images in the Media today.
• Key Terms: Stereotype, Photoshop, Size zero, Self confidence, image manipulation 

Many texts use celebrities to endorse their products but the images that the public see on posters and ads etc have been manipulated using digital software called Photoshop.

There are many arguments both for and against image manipulation in the media by the public.

Photo retouching makes it possible to beef up a man's physique or give a woman a wasp waist. The resulting images of models in magazines present impossible ideals for people. Here are some of the attributes that get manipulated:

Here are some images of celebrities before and after Photoshop treatment:

Task 1:

Look at this link to a 'Photoshop Hall of Shame' and write a bullet point list in your orange books. Use the heading:

Essentially, “the feminine ideal is...
You should list all the elements of the female celebrity that are manipulated to create an 'ideal'

Task 2:
Same task but for men. 
Use the heading:

Essentially, “the masculine ideal...
You should list all the elements of the male celebrity that are manipulated to create an 'ideal'

Adobe Photoshop CS6

Below is a link to a guide to the toolbox in Photoshop:

http://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/tools.html

Photoshop Tutorial 1:

Toolbox

Magic Wand Tool

Eyedropper

Blur Tool

Clone Stamp Tool

Task 3: Open the images below in PS and manipulate the images using the tools we have covered to conform with feminine/ masculine ideals.

These images can also be found in Student share/Media/X_images

Save the manipulated images in your Media Studies home area in a folder called Photoshop.