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Exam VocabularyTerminology

Purpose

The reason which something is produced orcreated, or for which something exists.

Content

The information that is directed towardsand end-user or audience.

Uses

The action of using something for a purpose.

Plan

A detailed proposal for doing or achievingsomething.

Produce

To make something using creative skills

Review

A formal assessment with the intention ofmaking a change, if necessary.

Verbs

Identify

What are the key features of something.

State

Present the main points in brief.

Explain

How things work or how they came to be theway they are.

Describe

Give a detailed or graphic account.

Choose

Pick out something as being the best ormost appropriate.

Create

Design a new product.

Justify

Express valid reasons for your decisions.

Indicate

To point or show.

Essay Question StartersA mind map is created to …

A script is a pre-production document that …A positive feature of this script is …

Another strength of this story board is ..A clear weakness of the visualisation diagram is …

Another fault of this document that I have identified is …A suitable improvement that I would make is …Further improvements could be made by …

Essay Question GuideTop Tips

1. DO NOT write in bullet points as they will restrict you to the lower mark band.

2. WRITE AN INTRODUCTION.

● Purpose of the pre-production document.

● The target audience.

BALANCE

● Good points

● Bad points

● Equal weighting

4. LINK it to the scenario

5. CONCLUSION/RESTRICTIONS

● Give explanations.

The IntroductionPurposeThe purpose of the …● moodboard is to inspire ideas for … so that they can then go on to design and create a

… for [INSERT COMPANY NAME] to …● visualisation diagram is to create a rough design that will guide the graphic designer

to create the final …● mind map is to structure and organise ideas, so that … can plan …● storyboard is to plan out animated/video productions. This helps the

actor/animator/director/camera operators .... to know what is going to happen andwhen.

● script is to plan out animated/video publications which include dialogue. This helps theactors/animator/director/camera operators/lighting operators … to know what isgoing to happen and when.

AudienceThe audience is therefore … . However the end user audience is the people who will view it

[explain the products target audience].

Balance

Points you could look at:

It is vital that you use the points above to identify what is good and bad about the pre-production document. You must give an equal amount good points and bad points.

Moodboard Storyboard Mind Map VisualisationDiagram

Script

Text

Annotation

Grouping

Textures

Images

Colours

Timings

Sound

Scene

Camera angle

Cameramovement

Lighting

Location

Dialogue

Scenery

Characters

Central Node

Sub-nodes

Text

Images

Colour

Branches

Logical structure

Colours

Annotations

Text

Images

Dimensions

Dialogue

Location

Character

Sound

Camera angle

Cameramovement

LinkWhen you have identified the good and bad points of the pre-production document try to linkthem to the scenario by writing about how it would benefit or disadvantaged. Think in termsof the end user of the document.

Conclusions/RecommendationsHow would you improve the bad points?What effect would this have on the pre-production document?Try to link it with the scenario.

Hardware and Software

Warm Up

What is the difference between hardware and software?

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What examples of hardware and software are there in your school?

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Hardware

● This includes the devices to create digital documents and the equipment tocreate hard copies.

● Computing Devices

�Desk tops

�Laptops

�Net books

�Smart/Android Mobile Phones

�Tablets

● Computing Peripherals

�Key board

�Mouse

�Graphics Tablet

�Microphone

�Monitor

�Speakers

�Web Camera

�Printer

● Image Devices

�Digital Camera

�Web Camera

�Video Camera

�Scanner

● Equipment

�Pens

�Pencils

�Paper

software● Graphics Software

�Adobe Photoshop

�Serif DrawPlus

�Serif PhotoPlus

● Desktop Publishing

�Microsoft Publisher

�Serif PagePlus

● Word Processing

�Microsoft Word

�Google Docs

�Apple Pages

● Presentation Software

�Microsoft PowerPoint

�Apple Keynote

�Google Slides

● Web browsers

�Internet Explorer

�Google Chrome

�Safari

�Firefox

�Microsoft Edge

● Spreadsheet

�Microsoft Excel

�Apple Number

�Google Sheets

● Dedicated Software - This issoftware that has beendesigned for a specificprogress. For example MindMupis an online application used tocreate mind.

Digitising

There are two techniques used when creating pre-production documents.

1. Creating - the use of hardware to create documents in a digitalformat which are then saved using a file name and format.

2. Digitising - the document is created by hand and then turned into adigital format to be shared or stored.

The methods for digitising work are :

● Taking a photograph of the work - documents larger than A4.

● Scanning the work - documents that are A4 or smaller.

Exam advice

● Make sure you know the hardware that is required to digitise documents.

● You may also be asked for a relevant file format for the digital version.

● Make sure you know the difference between creating and digitising.

● Consider the size of the document when choosing a technique.

Knowledge

1. Name a piece of hardware and software that you would use to create a moodboard.

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2. Name a piece of hardware and software that you would use to create a mindmap.

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3. Name a piece of hardware and software that you would use to create avisualisation diagram.

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4. Name a piece of hardware and software that you would use to create a storyboard

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5. Name a piece of hardware and software that you would use to create a script.

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6. What are the two different ways you can digitise a document?

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hardware

Make a list of the hardware that you could use at your school to create pre-production documents.

Mind map

Mood board

Visualisation diagram

Story Board

Script

Software

Make a list of the software that you could use at your school to create pre-production documents.

Mind map

Mood board

Visualisation diagram

Story Board

Script

deeper

What are the file formats for the software you have found?

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Why would you use the .pdf file format?

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Why would you use not use a proprietary file format to share your pre-productiondocuments?

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Exam Questions

1. A new teenage fashion magazine, called BGStyle, is being published in March.BGStyle magazine will contain a wide range of articles covering fashion, musicand events. Each edition will also include competitions with readers winningsamples of the products promoted in the magazine.

Identify two pieces of hardware that could be used to create a digitalvisualisation diagram for the contents page of the BGStyle magazine.

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2. EmVeTion is releasing a new comic and internet-based animation series which willfocus on a character called Velocity Girl who is aged 14 and has the ability tomove fast in water and on land. The comic and the animation series will bereleased at the same time.

EmVeTion wants to launch an advertising campaign to promote the new comic andinternet-based animation series. EmVeTion has requested that you produce aphysical mood board for the Velocity Girl comic and animation series.

Describe one method for converting the physical mood board into a digitalversion.

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Exam Questions

1. Kids–5–A–Day is a new government backed campaign that aims to improve theeating habits of children, aged 5 to 11, in schools. Kids–5–A–Day uses four maincharacters that are made of bread dough. The characters change shape andcolour into the food that they are promoting.

The Kids–5–A–Day campaign will include a multimedia website aimed at improvingthe eating habits of children. It will provide recipes and advice in a fun andentertaining way.

You have been asked to provide a work plan for the creation of the website.

Identify one type of software that could be used to create each of the followingparts of the website.

Navigation buttons

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Web pages

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Downloadable information sheets

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2. Progressive Park is a theme park which has a new ride opening next summer. Thenew rollercoaster ride will allow riders to wear virtual reality goggles as theyspeed through different parts of the United Kingdom (UK) at various times in itshistory.

Identify one piece of hardware, other than a monitor and computer, that couldbe used to create a digital pre-production document for the new ride anddescribe how it could be used.

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File Formats

Warm Up

List as many file types as you can and identify its associated software ?

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Pre-production documentsThe file formats used will depend on the software you are using to create thedocument. For example, Microsoft Office has the file format .doc or .docx.

Save your work in the format for the software application you are using andthen convert/save it in a open format that can be viewed on devices that maynot have the software you used to make the document.

Final media products