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Digital 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. PLAN INTRO- AS & A2: What was it? What was used? Compare. PARA 1& 2- Prelim & AS Task PARA 3- A2 Task (softwares, requirements) PARA 4- MAIN TECHNOLOGY- Camera PARA 4- INTERNET CONCLUSION- Explain how skills have developed from the beginning. ESSAY Throughout our AS and A2 modules, advancements have been developed over time with the frequent use of multiple digital technologies. From AS to A2 the amount of progress made is quite large from the use of Photoshop to place an effect on an image, to using this program to thoroughly edit images regarding colour levels, pixel size and understanding all available tools.   Throughout both years we worked with video footage; during AS we developed a short film opening of which we chose the theme of sport of  focusing on two girls with opposite represen...

The Exam: How it is structured.

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1B Structure: Para 1 Intro: 1. First, define the concept you have been given in the question. For example, for Narrative you might say that every text tells a story. Add a quotation, such as for genre, "Genre is a type" (Daniel Chandler, 2001). 2. Outline the production you've chosen to evaluate. 3. Tell the examiner you're going to discuss (x) number of ideas about the concept. Use no more than 5 theories in your answer (so you'll need to have learnt about 6-7 theories in total). para 2: Using the theorists, describe some of the key features of the concept you are being asked to apply. Outline two or three of the theories/ideas of particular writers, relating them to your production. para 3: Start to apply the concept, making close reference to your product and to other examples to show how the concept is evident in it. para 4: Show ways in which ideas work in relation to three areas of your product - production, distribution and exchange - and also wa...