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1a) (25 marks) Ja is entirely concerned about SKILLS DEVELOPMENT, but the area that comes up will be quite specific. You will answer a question describing and evaluating your practical skills development from AS to A2. The questions will focus on one and/or two of the following: Digital Technology Post-production Creativity* Research and Planning Using Conventions from real media texts Section A Key Reminders for 1a... e You must discuss your progression across the AS & A2 course ¢ No matter what the question is you should discuss how you were creative, either through RMT, R&P, PP, DT © No matter what the question is you should discuss your use of digital technology e Ensure you make reference to your move from paper based R&P to online and the effects of that on your creativity, R&P, RMT e Ensure you make specific reference to sources of influence e.g. the pacing of Skyfall trailer e Ensure you actually say what R&P methods you did e Ensure you emphasise the impact whatever you are talking about made on the final outcome ¢ Spend only 30 minutes on this question (25mins) digital technology research/planning post-production creativity real media text conventions igital Technology refers to hardware, software and online technology, so the cameras, the computers, the packages you used and the programs online that you have worked with, Itis worth considering how allthis inter-links. 2. Post-Production Wilma Post-production would actually fll under Ieomes up it would probably represent an. ‘expansion of points you's ls PremlorlAfter Effects). Its really about everything you do after constructing the raw materials {or your production; so once you have shot your video, what do you do {oil when editing (sound included!) As -. Filming the ‘edit’, not thinking of the post- production process and literately trying to ‘complete the film through ‘raw’ footage....? Doyevsowtinwthedtininninar AS \ ‘AS PRELIM: basic cuting- sequence 4 FILM OPENING: + location limitations? In school? + image manipulation (tint, colour, bc? + basic titles? 19 for effect? Image manipulatid Sound! - audio effects/manipulatior follow challenge subvert laa ee an tea re-center /A2 evcluation - creativity woe demanded oa ty Research refers to looking at real mediaand audiences to inform your thinking about a media Production and also how you record all that research; >= Planning refers to all the creative thinking and all 1. the organisation that goes on putting the production together, and again gives you the Bul é ‘chance to write about how you kept records of it. ‘Storyboards > Concept Art: Did these help with creative and original shots? Rough dialogue notes > Screenplays: Added realism? Made dialogue sound ‘more professional? Actions controlled? Location/costume/props: Did getting out of day-to-day clothes and beyond, the school gates make your work look more creative/believable? AS Research & Planning and Digital Technology assembly and it ‘organisation of research ovat —~ 1 Sry iy" film openings teaser trailers pre-production rough shots? green screen experiments? location photos Go-pro test shoots? "You should feel free to acknowledge weaknesses and to reflect upon how you learned from them and how you overcame problems. It is not a place to be defensive about your work but to really reflect on it!” OCR » Think about the marks you gained/lost for your AS media production and the difference in quality of your final pieces. WHY WAS THIS?! » What mistakes did you learn from between AS and A2 in terms of R&P, Post Production, Use of RMT, Use of technologies, and what affect did this have on the final outcome? IMPACT! » Would you change your approach at AS given the chance again? » How could your A2 production be even more improved? The Key & Whatever you are asked to discuss, you must talk about how you have progressed and developed your skills over time. AS ——— A2 A2 teaser trailer 7 ‘Question 1() requires candidates to select one protucton and evaluate tin elation toa media concept. The ist of concepts to which questons wil relate as follows 5 You cannot attempt to consider discussing these concepts until . you can define them. ‘+ Media language Inthe examination, questions wilbe set using one ofthese concepts only. In some crcumstances, candidates will be expected o select the production that appear to relate ‘most electvely to the specie concept that anses inthe exam question. However, Pe requrement for cancidates to evaluate one of ther productions in relaion toa concept does not assume that the concept wil necessary aways ft easly andin an orthodox way. Thus mn some cases ‘cnddates wil be deserting the producons terms of tem not lang sranheorwardly tothe ‘concept For example, a candidate producing tree websites over thei two portfolios might ‘eseribe ways in whch wens cannot be understood easly Hough appying conventenal ‘narrative theory. Whether the canddate applies the concept tothe product or uses the production to chalenge the concept. i essential hat candidates are sufficiently owiedgeable about the ‘concep for ether appreach. Candidates may choose to wie about work undertaken at AS or A2, ‘main task or preiennaryanciiany Section A OcR”* Key Reminders for ‘1b... ¢ Discuss only one of your productions ¢ Discuss how you used Mise-en-scene, cinematography, sound and editing in relation to whatever topic you are being questioned on i.e. editing - narrative, MES - Genre ¢ Structure your essay to fully explain your Points and Examples, detailing the effect of the theory/technique on the audience this and how it effected the understanding of Narrative/Audience/Genre/Representation ¢ You must provide specific examples from your production of de ns you made/tecniques used that meet/contradict the theory « For Media Language you can discuss any of the other topics, as long as you do it through MECS ¢ Spend no more than 30mins on this question (25mins) Genre Jacques Derrida “films participate in rather than belong to certain genre: Thomas Leitch ‘The defining problem of the crime film the specific problems involved in estab! ae eracionicl i Grime fm be defined in toms of QD «si or

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