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Exam Stratergies

The unit has the following4 learning outcomes: Understand the factors that need to be considered during the planning of a media product Be able to interpret client requirements and target audience considerations Be able to to plan the pre-productionof media product Be able to create and evaluate pre-production documents for a new media product  It is worth 12.5% of your grade Your grade will come back as either Unclassified, Near Pass, Pass, Merit or distinction.  Then it is converted into points. You are sitting the exam on Friday 24th May at 9AM It is 2 hours long Marked out of 80 Starting at 9AM you should spend 15 mins reading through the paper fully mad making notes next to questions (9:00-9:15) At  9:15 you should then spend just over a minute per mark answering the question (9:15-10:45) At 10:45 you should then spend the final 15 mins reading through your answers and adding in anything you may have missed- Particularly terminolo...

Logistics paperwork

Document Description (what it looks like) Purpose & Medium Key advice for completing successfully Production schedule Brings together logistic and resource details for a project. •        Used to track progress of project and make sure its on track •          Shared with all members of the production team so they are aware of milestone are and when deadlines need to be hit Include details of initial proposal Set milestones call sheet Developed from production schedule but offer more detail. •        So people Know where to go for next day shooting •          Gives timings Location, crew, health and safety, transport, filming schedule, equipment, facilities, contingencies. Must be clear ...

Proposals, Project outline, Treatment, SWOT Analysis

Document Description (what it looks like) Purpose & Medium Key advice for completing successfully proposals Used to sell to a client/ boss Essentially is the initial idea for a project- not particularly developed •        Written document or Presentation •          Could be known as a high concept document Audience for a proposal is normally management- so it needs to be non technical language Proposals usally include ·       Target audience ·       Content ideas ·       Resource requirements ·       Costs outline ·       Timescale Project Outlines Initial document given to key members of the production team •      ...

Storyboard, Script/ Screenplay, Shooting script

Beat- a brief pause in a line of dialogue V.O- Voice over O.S- off screen O.C- off camera Intercut- a series of short cuts rapidly between one another Document Description Purpose and medium Key advice for completing successfully Storyboard A visual plan and used in pre production of a video based media product ·        Designed to be the most detailed visual plan for a video production ·        Annotations covers all technical aspects Is the most important working document on a video set- will be used to structure filming Script/Screenplay Produced by a scriptwriter, breaking down the overall ide and story onto a film able, scene by scene structure ·        Used by production team to plan shots as it contains camera language ·        Also used by actors to devel...