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This assignment consists of a practical creative response to the notion of remediation (remediation component), as well as research demonstrating your understanding of the processes of production, distribution and consumption, and how these may be changing in a digital media environment (written component).

This assignment assists you in achieving the unit learning outcomes because you will demonstrate:

· your practical skills in, and engagement with, the concept of ‘remediation’ and the contemporary media environment

· your critical understanding of the various factors influencing the production and consumption of media texts

· your ability to present these understandings in both written and creative form

Remediation Component:

Choose a media text that you enjoy or think would make a good candidate for ‘remediation’ (i.e. representing it in a different media form). Your text could come from any form of mass media. Some good examples include:

· A book

· A poem

· A song

· A video

· A newspaper article

· A photograph

· A speech

Remember, these are just examples - don't be afraid to think outside the box and it can be any analogue or digital text.

You need to remediate this text – i.e. re-present the text in a different media format and upload it publicly online. For example, if the original text was a newspaper article, you could rework it as a webpage, or a video. You do not have to stick to a strict definition of what a remediation is; your new text may involve re-mixing, mash-ups and changing the original content/text, but you'll have to think about and justify why you had a more open approach to remediation in the written component.

Your remediated text needs to be uploaded online for the public to engage with (e.g., as pdf, video, webpage, blog, jpeg etc). You'll need to submit the url of your remediated text on the cover page when you submit your assignment. As a general guide, audio or video texts should be no more than about 3 minutes long; involved graphical texts (e.g., graphic novel, cartoons) should be no more than 12 panels; text based remediations (including websites, blogs, newspaper articles etc) should be no more than 1100 words.

Your remediation will not be assessed according to technological or artistic prowess, but on the success of the process of transforming the text into a different form and the understanding it suggests of the shifts in production, distribution, and/or audience in a new/digital media environment. (Hint: it will be hard to demonstrate this understanding if your new text does not differ much in terms of production, distribution or consumption from the old text).

In order to fully engage with the issues surrounding new media production, you are required to upload your Remediation online to be publicly accessible and record the location in your Written Documentation so your tutor is able find it. You will have to consider any copyright implications of your remediation. Please view the supplementary lecture on Blackboard for a discussion of ways to approach these issues.

Please submit the Written Documentation to the assignment dropbox on Blackboard with your cover page.

Written Component:

Along with the remediation you need to submit a short-written document that outlines your understanding of how your remediation changes the ways in which the original text can/has been produced, distributed and consumed.

Your documentation should take the following format (NB a pro-forma laying out all the required sections is included on Blackboard).

Original Text (200 words +/- 10% you only need to briefly list these)

· Title

· Format

· Producers (list in as much detail as possible the people, companies or institutions involved in the production of the text)

· Distributors (list in as much detail as possible the people, companies or institutions involved in the distribution of the text)

· Consumers (identify the intended and /or likely audiences for this text)

Remediated Text (200 words +/- 10% you only need to briefly list these)

· Title

· Format

· Production (who/what was – or could – be involved in the production of the text)

· Distribution (how might text be distributed? Who would be involved?)

· Audience (identify the intended and /or likely audiences for this text

Provide a response to the following (1000 words +/-10%):

1. In your own words, briefly describe the process of remediating your text and articulate what might be differences in meaning between the original and remediated text/s.

2. In what ways does your remediated text demonstrate an understanding of how remediation impacts on the contemporary media environment?

3. What key themes and/or concepts covered in the unit do you think are raised by your remediation? Why/How?

Your assignment will be marked according to how well it:

1. Demonstrates a sound understanding of the shifts in production, consumption and distribution in a digital media environment

2. Demonstrates a clear understanding of the concept and process of remediation

3. Effectively engages an audience, working appropriately within the medium chosen

4. Displays evidence of research and planning in terms of remediation and written component

5. Links remediation to unit themes and concepts