The document outlines a 16-week media foundation portfolio course. It is divided into lessons, topics, and assignments for each week. The course covers areas such as content analysis, audience research, photo shoots, page layout training, front covers, adverts, reviews, articles, production logs and reports. It aims to teach skills in evaluation, planning, media production and critical analysis.

1. AS Media Foundation Portfolio
Lesson 1 Lesson 2 Lesson 3 Lesson 4 Lesson 5 Lesson 6 Lesson 7 Lesson 8 Lesson 9
Weeks AS - Content Content Content Audience Audience Audience Audience Building
1& 2 evaluation analysis lesson analysis analysis research research research research appendix
(AS) lesson (ZL) lesson (ZL)
A2 targets
Assignment
brief – recap
Weeks Flat planning Flat Planning Moodboards Moodboards Photo shoot / Photo shoot / Pages training Pages training Pages training
3&4 lesson (AS) /photo shoot /photo shoot Interview Interview (AS/ZL) (AS/ZL) (AS/ZL)
planning planning schedules schedules
Flat
Planning
Pages
training
Weeks Recap Front Front cover Front cover Front cover Recap Adverts Adverts Adverts Adverts Hand in draft
5&6 covers lesson Lesson (AS) front cover /
(ZL) Advert
Front
cover &
Advert
Weeks Recap Review Review Review Review Review Review Review Review Review
7&8 lesson (ZL)
Collect /study
articles over
Review half term
H A L F T E R M
Week Hand in Recap lesson Article Article Article Article Article Article Hand in
9 & 10 finished Article (AS) finished
Review Magazine
Article
Weeks Production Production Production Production Production Production Production Hand in Hand in Draft

2. AS Media Foundation Portfolio
11& 12 Log Draft Log Draft Log Draft Log Draft Log Draft Log Draft Log Draft Production
lesson 1 lesson 2 Log Draft
Production
Report
Draft
Weeks Improvement Improvement Improvement Production Production Production Production Production Hand in
13 & 14 meetings meetings meetings Log Neat Log Neat Log Neat Log Neat Log Neat finished
Advanced
Production Production
Report
Weeks Critical Critical Critical Critical Women and Pop Music Sport and the Children’s TV Crime and
15 & 16 research research research research film Media Media
lesson 1 lesson 2 lesson 3 lesson 4
Critical
Research