A2 QUESTION 1AESSAY PLANS

TOPICS

•Digital Technology•Creativity•Use of Real Media Texts•Research and Planning•Post Production

POSSIBLE TOPICS

•Digital Technology•Creativity•Use of Real Media Texts (slightly diff)•Research and Planning•Post Production•Blue represents same essay structure plan for

1. Pre-production

2. Production

3. Post-production

YOU CAN GET 1 OR MORE

Example 1 only: research & planning (jan 13)

Explain how your research and planning skills developed over time and contributed to your media production outcomes. Refer to a range of examples in your answer.

Example 2: Creativity + digital technology (june 13)

Describe a range of creative decisions that you made in a post-production and how these decisions made a difference to the final outcomes. Refer to a range of examples in your answer to show how these skills developed over time.

INTRODUCTION TEMPLATE

1. Answer or give point of view to question.

2. Outline briefly what they made across both years.

3. Explain to the examiner how they are going to structure their essay.

This stays the same in every draft!

DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY

DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIESINTERNET DIGITAL SOFTWARE DIGITAL HARDWARE

Youtube (research and uploading)

imovie TRIPOD IS NOT DIGITAL

Blogger garageband Sony HD digital camcorders & USB uploading

Copyright free music (MP3/MP4 etc)

iphoto Digital voice recorder -

Streaming sites: BBC iplayer/40D/youtube channel…..netflix/lovefilm!

iSight Digital still cameras (camera or camera on phones)

3G Programs to watch = WMP, quicktime, VLC

Ipad – all the apps you used.

Social networking: facebook/twitter

Ipad apps PC/MAC

Slideshare, Flickr, Scribd, prezi, artofthetitle,

DVD’s to watch (actual DVD, DVD player vs streaming)

DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY ESSAY PLANINTRODUCTION

1. Answer or give point of view to question.

2. Outline briefly what they made across both years.

3. Explain to the examiner how they are going to structure their essay.

Part 1: PRE-PRODUCTION 1-2 examples

Compare AS & A2

Part 2: PRODUCTION 1-2 examples

Compare AS & A2

Part 3: POST-PRODUCTION 1-2 examples

Compare AS & A2

CONCLUSION Write a brief conclusion of how digital technologies were used to aid make your AS/A2 media coursework and summarize what technologies you used

DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY ESSAY PLANNINGPart 1: PRE-PRODUCTION

Compare AS & A2

Example 1

Ex. Youtube

Example 2

Ex. Researching real products (DVD/streaming)

Example 3

Ex. Blogger

AS

Pro/con’s in colour

A2

DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY ESSAY PLANNINGPart 1: PRODUCTION

Compare AS & A2

Example 1

Ex. Still cameras

Example 2

Ex. camcorders

Example 3

Ex. Uploading footage or other technologies?

AS

A2

DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY ESSAY PLANNINGPart 1: POST-PRODUCTION

Compare AS & A2

Example 1

Ex. Adding sounds/music

Example 2

Ex. Editing tool 1

Example 3

Ex. Editing tool 2

AS

A2

CREATIVITY

WHAT IS CREATIVITY?Some basic definitions:

‘making of the old, re-arranging of the new’,

‘something new that communicates something to someone’,

‘something original’.

Thinking or behaving imaginatively. It could involve extending/developing or going against/challenging conventions. What did you do in your c/w? Why?

What were the restrictions given to you? (You were given specific tasks in AS/A2). After this, what creative processes began? (You choose a genre and had to create an original story)

CREATIVE POINTS TO CONSIDER1. How creative were you in decisions made when creating your c/w?

1. How were you creative in the pre-production stages of research and planning?

2. How was your product influenced by your lifestyle/relationships/interests? (is anything 100% creative?)

2. “Creativity is always constrained by generic conventions”. To what extent did you adhere to or subvert (challenge or omit) conventions in the creation of your media products?

3. How were you creative as an individual and in a group? (sharing and developing ideas, the evolution of ideas)

4. You must appreciate the balance and importance of using individual/group creativity against using existing filming conventions and techniques.

5. Did the technologies enhance your creativity? Why or why not?

1. How did using digital technologies aid you in your ability to construct a desired product?

6. What limited your creativity? (group work/ideas, technology problems, time/deadlines, genre/conventions, other obstacles)

7. What are the overall pro’s and con’s of creativity?

CREATIVITY ESSAY PLANINTRODUCTION

1. Answer or give point of view to question.

2. Outline briefly what they made across both years.

3. Explain to the examiner how they are going to structure their essay.

Part 1: PRE-PRODUCTION 1-2 examples

Compare AS & A2

Part 2: PRODUCTION 1-2 examples

Compare AS & A2

Part 3: POST-PRODUCTION 1-2 examples

Compare AS & A2

CONCLUSION Write a brief conclusion of how your creativity made your AS/A2 media coursework come to life

CREATIVITY ESSAY PLANNINGPart 1: PRE-PRODUCTION

Compare AS & A2Example 1

Ex. coming up with idea (individual and/or group setting)

Example 2

Ex. Using/developing/challenging conventions

Example 3

Ex. How were your creative in your planning such as: blogs, storyboards, scripts,

*Ex. How were you creative in the drafting process?

AS

A2

CREATIVITY ESSAY PLANNINGPart 1: PRODUCTION

Compare AS & A2

Example 1

Ex. Using cameras to film your creative ideas

Example 2

Ex. Ability to create mise-en-scene, actors, costume/props

Example 3

Ex. Uploading footage or other technologies?

AS

A2

CREATIVITY ESSAY PLANNINGPart 1: POST-PRODUCTION 3 examples

Compare AS & A2

Example 1

Ex. How were you creative in Adding sounds/music

Example 2

Ex. How were you creative in your editing?

Example 3

Ex. How were you creative in the drafting process? (combining old/new footage to desired result)

AS

A2

USING CONVENTIONSOF REAL MEDIA

TEXTS

MEANING

Conventions:

Real media texts:

Reword ‘conventions of real media texts’

WHAT ARE CONVENTIONSRecognisable features or elements in a particular genre/subgenre

Can be a range of things:

-camera work

-editing techniques

-types of music

-character types

-settings

-lighting techniques

-costume/props/make up

-narrative structure

-plot

TIPS

1. Know your inspirational real media products

2. Know the genre and conventions you used/developed/challenged

3. Explain WHY your used/developed/challenged

4. Explain HOW they are similar and different to real media products

WHAT ARE REAL MEDIA TEXTS

AS A2 main A2 ancillary

Example 1

Example 2

Example 3

Real media texts are the real life texts of your task.

AS = real film (various genre) opening sequences A2 = real TV Below list 3 examples of real texts you were inspired by for your tasks. Write a few bullet points explaining WHAT/HOW it was inspiring for your idea.

GENRE & CONVENTIONS IN ASGenre and real inspirational films Conventions of this genre

(consider how it has changed over time, therefore how it’s conventions have changed over time)USEDEVELOPCHALLENGE

Come up with at least 5-10 examples….don’t just say ‘horror’…be more specific, we live in a day and age of subgenres!

GENRE & CONVENTIONS IN A2Genre and real inspirational products

MAIN & ANCILLARY

Conventions of this genre(consider how it has changed over time, therefore how it’s conventions have changed over time)USEDEVELOPCHALLENGE

Come up with at least 5-10 examples….don’t just say ‘documentary’…be more specific, we live in a day and age of subgenres!

YOUR GENRE & CONVENTIONS IN AS

ConventionsUSED

Conventions DEVELOPED

ConventionsCHALLENGED

Similarities to inspirational films

Differences to inspirational films

GENRE : _________________________

YOUR GENRE & CONVENTIONS IN A2 MAIN

ConventionsUSED

Conventions DEVELOPED

ConventionsCHALLENGED

Similarities to inspirational documentaries

Differences to documentaries

GENRE : _________________________

YOUR GENRE & CONVENTIONS IN A2 ANCILLARIES

ConventionsUSED

Conventions DEVELOPED

ConventionsCHALLENGED

Similarities to inspirational ancillaries

Differences to ancillaries

GENRE : _______________ GENRE : _______________

LIST YOUR CONVENTIONS IN AS

Fill in the chart to know your conventions

RealInspirational FilmsAnd theirConventions

YourConventionsUSED

YourConventionsDEVELOPED

YourConventionsCHALLENGED

Similarities to real inspirational film

Similarities to real inspirational film

1.

2.

3.

LIST YOUR CONVENTIONS IN A2

Fill in the chart to know your conventions

RealInspirational MV or SFAnd theirConventions

YourConventionsUSED

YourConventionsDEVELOPED

YourConventionsCHALLENGED

Similarities to real inspirational documentaries

Similarities to real inspirational documentaries

1.

2.

3.

LIST YOUR CONVENTIONS IN A2

Fill in the chart to know your conventions for ancillaries

MV = digipak+poster SF = poster+double page spreadRealInspirational AncillariesAnd theirConventions

YourConventionsUSED

YourConventionsDEVELOPED

YourConventionsCHALLENGED

Similarities to real inspirational ancillaries

Similarities to real inspirational ancillaries

1.

2.

3.

CONVENTIONS OF REAL MEDIA TEXTS ESSAY PLAN

INTRODUCTION

1. Answer or give point of view to question.

2. Outline briefly what they made across both years.

3. Explain to the examiner how they are going to structure their essay.

Part 1: INSPIRATIONAL MEDIA PRODUCTS & THEIR CONVENTIONS 1-2 examples

Compare AS & A2

Part 2: CONVENTIONS USED/DEVELOPED/CHALLENGED 1-2 examples

Compare AS & A2

Part 3: HOW YOUR CONVENTIONS ARE

SIMILAR/DIFFERENT TO REAL MEDIA PRODUCTS 1-2 examples

Compare AS & A2

CONCLUSION Write a brief conclusion of how conventions of real media texts were used in aid to create your AS/A2 media coursework and summarize how they were similar and different to inspirational

real media products

R&P & POST-PRODUCTION

These next topics can’t follow that structure so they……

An ‘affect on/effects of’ structure can be applied that takes into account the stages of production to more difficult options:

RESEARCH

&

PLANNING

ESSAY STRUCTUREINTRODUCTION

1. Answer or give point of view to question.

2. Outline briefly what they made across both years.

3. Explain to the examiner how they are going to structure their essay.

Part 1: HOW DID YOU COMPLETE EFFECTIVE RESEARCH 1 examples

Compare AS & A2

Part 2: HOW DID YOU COMPLETE EFFECTIVE PLANNING 1 examples

Compare AS & A2

Part 3: WHAT WAS THE EFFECT OF YOUR RESEARCH & PLANNING 2-3 examples

ON PRODUCTION (can discuss the effect of good/bad research and planning had on production)

AND can discuss how you had to update your research & planning in drafts)

Compare AS & A2

Part 4: WHAT WAS THE EFFECT OF YOUR RESEARCH & PLANNING 2-3 examples

ON POST PRODUCTION (can discuss the effect of good/bad research and planning had on post-production)

Compare AS & A2

CONCLUSION Write a brief conclusion of how you completed research and planning and how it was used in aid to create your AS/A2 media coursework and summarize how they were similar and different to inspirational real media products

RESEARCH & PLANNINGExample 1

Ex. ___________

Example 2

Ex. __________

Example 3

Ex. __________

AS

A2

Example 1

Ex. ___________

Example 2

Ex. __________

Example 3

Ex. __________

AS

A2

PLANNING

Example 1

Ex. ___________

Example 2

Ex. __________

Example 3

Ex. __________

AS

A2

EFFECT OF R&P ON PRODUCTION

Example 1

Ex. ___________

Example 2

Ex. __________

Example 3

Ex. __________

AS

A2

EFFECT OF R&P ON POST-PRODUCTION

Example 1

Ex. ___________

Example 2

Ex. __________

Example 3

Ex. __________

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POST

PRODUCTION

WHAT IS POST PRODUCTION?

?

WHAT IS POST PRODUCTION?

POST PRODUCTIONEditing (manipulating the raw footage)

PRODUCTIONFilming (raw footage) sound

PRE-PRODUCTIONresearch planning

COMPARING AIMS IN AS & A2AS AIM (in post-production) A2 AIM (in post-production)

How did you edit/what technologies were involved in editing process?

What tools did you apply to edit? Why?

What editing techniques did you apply? Why?

What was your aim in your editing (think of purpose of task)?

How did the editing make meaning on an your audience?

ESSAY STRUCTUREINTRODUCTION

1. Answer or give point of view to question.

2. Outline briefly what they made across both years.

3. Explain to the examiner how they are going to structure their essay.

Part 1: WHAT WAS THE EFFECT OF YOUR RESEARCH & PLANNING 1-2 examples

ON POST-PRODUCTION (can discuss the effect of good/bad research and planning had on post-production)

Compare AS & A2

Part 2: WHAT WAS THE EFFECT OF YOUR PRODUCTION 1-2 examples

ON POST-PRODUCTION (can discuss the effect of good/bad production had on post-production)

Compare AS & A2

Part 4: WHAT TOOLS/TECHNIQUES/TECHNOLOGIES DID YOU 1-2 examples

APPLY IN POST-PRODUCTION

Compare AS & A2

Part 3: EXTENSION (only if you can) WHAT WAS THE AIM IN YOUR 1-2 examples

POST PRODUCTION

Compare AS & A2

CONCLUSION Write a brief conclusion of how you completed post-production and how it was used in aid to create your AS/A2 media coursework and summarize how they were similar and different to inspirational real media products

EFFECT OF PRE-PRODUCTION ON POST-PRODUCTION

Example 1

Ex. ___________

Example 2

Ex. __________

Example 3

Ex. __________

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EFFECT OF PRE-PRODUCTION ON POST-PRODUCTION

Example 1

Ex. ___________

Example 2

Ex. __________

Example 3

Ex. __________

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TOOLS/TECHNIQUES/TECHNOLOGIES

Example 1

Ex. ___________

Example 2

Ex. __________

Example 3

Ex. __________

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ESSAY

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PAST PAPER QUESTIONS

Jan 10 R&PCreativity

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 answer to show how these skills developed over time.

Jun 10 ResearchReal media texts

Describe the ways in which your production work was informed by research into real media texts and how your ability to use such research for production developed over time.

Jan 11 Digital technologyCreativity

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 these skills developed over time.

Jun 11 Conventions Creativity

Explain how far your understanding of conventions of existing media influenced the way you created your own media products. Refer to a range of examples in your answer to show how these skills developed over time.

Jan 12 ConventionsCreativity

Describe how 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 developed over time.

Jun 12 CreativityPost-production

Describe a range of creative skills 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 to show how these skills developed over time.

Jan 13 R&P

Explain how your research and planning skills developed over time and contributed to your media production outcomes. Refer to a range of examples in your answer.

Jun 13 CreativityDigital Technology

Explain how your skills in the creative use of digital technology developed over time. Refer to a range of examples from your media productions in your answer.

Jun 14 Post-production