Don't use theorists.
USE EXAMPLES.
Structure…
Paragraph One - Introduction explaining which of the projects I completed (Short Paragraph)
Paragraph Two - Should pick up on the skill area and perhaps suggest something about the starting point. Talk about the skills you have used and how this was shown in the work produced, use an example.
Paragraph Three - Talk through use of that skill in early projects and what you have learned and developed through these. Use examples.
Paragraph Four - Go on to demonstrate how the skill has developed in later projects, again back up with examples and reflecting back on how this representation moves forward.
Paragraph Five - Short conclusion.
REMEMBER THAT THIS QUESTION IS ONLY 30 MINUTES!
Possible areas… Digital Technology
- What Software was used?
- What equipment was used?
- What were the technical pros and cons of the software and the hardware?
- In what ways were the technology used to create the production?
- In what ways id the technology constrain or enable the production to be developed?
Camera, Youtube, Web 2.0, Premier pro, Imovie, Photoshop, Blogger etc.
Creativity
- What was the intended outcome of the production?
- How were these outcomes achieved in terms of camera shot choices and editing decisions?
- What Stylistic techniques were used to appeal to the audience?
Post-production
- What editing decisions were made?
- How did they inform production?
- What particular editing tools were used and to what effect?
- How did the post-production process enhance the overall production?
- What skills did you develop at the sage of post-production?
- Production at AS consisted of filming and making the preliminary task and title sequence/ taking photographs.
- Production at A2 consisted of filming for the adverts, photographs for pop up and audio for the radio advert.
- Post-production at AS consisted of editing the timelines and putting text and graphics together and using photoshop.
Post-production at A2 consisted of editing the footage and audio in premier pro and the pop up in photoshop.
- What primary and secondary research was undertaken?
- How did it inform the production? (existing adverts)
- How effective were planning methods such as story boards and practice edits? Were they followed?
A2 Research - More advanced, more direct, in more detail.
A2 Planning - More detailed and intricate.
Using conventions of real media products
- In what ways were conventions adhered to?
- Were the representations involved appropriate to the product?
- Audience?
Previous Questions…
June 2012 - Describe a range of creative decisions that you made in post-production and how these decisions made a difference to the final outcomes, refer to a range of examples in your answer.
Jan 2012 - Describe how your analysis of the conventions of real media texts informed your own creative media practice. Refer to a range of examples in your answer to show how these skills develop over time.
June 2011 - Explain how far your media understanding of the range of existing media productions influenced the way you created your own media products. Refer to a range of examples in your answer to show how this understanding developed over time.
Jan 2011 - Describe how you developed your skills in the use of digital technology for media production and evaluate how these skills contributed to your creative decision making, refer to a range of examples in your answer to show how your skills have developed over time.
June 2010 - Describe the ways in which your production work was informed by research into real media texts and how your ability to use such research developed over time.
Jan 2010 - Describe how you developed research and planning skills for media production and evaluate how these skills contributed to creative decision making. Refer to a range of examples in your answers to show how these skills have developed over time.
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