LO4: Visualisation diagram

A visualisation diagram is a picture or sketch that shows the layout of the product.

Examples of media products that would use a visualisation diagram in the pre-production stages:
Website - called a 'Wire Frame'
Game
I.e. Interactive products
DVD Cover
Print products - leaflet, poster, magazine cover

Home screen - First/main screen of an app, game or website:

All social media homescreens should have:

Masthead - the title, goes at the top so everyone can see it

Images/pictures - interactive feature

Tiles - links to other functions

Communication - messages

Profiles - pictures, info, username

Settings - personalisation, notifications

In exam, talk about your choices - why this colour, what does it mean/represent, who does it appeal to etc?

LO3: Forms

Once a production schedule of the tasks are organised, the following forms would need to be created:

a) Call sheet

b) Consent form

c) Location release form

Task

1. Define the purpose of each one

Call Sheet - Used to list important parts of the production - cast and crew, equipment. One purpose of a call sheet is for everyone in the productin team knows when they're needed. Could be used for each shoot or scene, anything that required filming or images/photographs. Made before the shoot so everyone would know what time and what to bring. Contingency is a back up plan, and would be featured on a call sheet.

2. Which order would the above be completed in

LO3: Production Schedules and Forms

I think a production schedule includes:
Dates (milestones) for tasks to be completed, e.g. all shoots - with specific details about the shoots
Talent timings and availability
Resources (hardware and software) (can also be cast and crew) equipment details - arrival of cameras etc.


I think this is important because without it the production wouldn't be as efficient as it could be, resulting in a lower quality product. It allows organistation in the various stages of production (pre, production and post)


Who would use it?:
Producers (who would make it)
Directors
Cast
Pretty much everyone

Project Management Tool (allows you to manage a project):
Microsoft Excel - allows you to make tables to seperate different tasks
Can easily add information


Plenary

Identify one type of project management tool that could be used to keep track of the project tasks and explain why it is suitable for this task [3].


Excel would be a useful projecty management tool for this task. This is because it can easily seperate different parts of the task - research into road safety, coding etc, into sperate tables to be handled and processed easier and without confusion. It can also be accessed via the Cloud, along with any other documents that would be needed, allowing it to be used with ease anywhere, which would be important as different groups would be able to tick off tasks simultaneously.


Assessor: shauna

The project mangagement tool is the production schedule, the schedule would be made using Microsoft Exel. 0 marks.

The production schedule would allow the company to keep track of certain tasks and the activities involved, and more importantly the weeks in which they need to be completed for.

LO1 - Ethical Issues

I think Ethical Issues are the problems faced that aren't illegal, but morally could be damaging or distasteful.
Examples:
Showing intense or upsetting scenes or images
Referencing ongoing issues that some people could find offensive

Ethical Issuses consider things that can be considered offensive, misleading or defamation. Also covers violence, sex, drugs, alcohol and other negative influences. Only an ethical issue of it's not for an appropriate audience.

Where ethical issues should be considered:

Freedom of speech V causing offence (i.e. trolling, incitement, defamation)

Use of disturbing imagery - explicit sex and violence

Use of offensive materials - sexism, racism, homophobia, use of language

It means doing the right/ moral thing.

How does this effect media products?:

Influences what you can include in your product, depending on the audience

Consequences:

Reputation could be damaged

Could harm members of the audience

Product could be banned, taken out of circulation - legal action could be taken against them (fines, lawsuit, court procedings)

Mock Test Feedback sheet

Key Personnel in media industries

Key personnel means people who are essential in the creation or running of something - vital to the operation.

Production stages:
Pre production - planning and drafting stages of a media production. Creating scripts, storyboards and sechedules. Identifying necessary locations, props, cast members, costume, and visual and special effects.
Production - actual making of a media product. Involves filming, photography, graphics and sound recording.
Post production - editing of the media product. CGI and special effects, digital manipulation, sub-editing processes and audio editing techniques. A sub editor is anyone that checks written content, for spelling mistakes, libel.

LO1 - Regulatory Bodies

I think a 'regulatory body' means an organisation or group that regulates (controls and checks) a process or medium, and the output of products. For example, one body regulates the age rating in films, another for TV.

I think this process is important as it enures products of quality and relevance to the topic are produced, and the products are controlled so they are not released to an inappropriate or unwanted audience. For example, a regulatory body would control what is published in a newspaper, in terms of content  - what is included and what isn't, and how the content is given.
Also, not regulating content can lead to criminal charges (prosecution), the product being banned or removed from circulation.

Examples:
OFCOM
ASA
BBFC