A2 Exam

Explain how your research and planning skills have developed over time, and how that has contributed to your media production outcomes. PLAN INTRO- Give an overview of the type of research and planning skills we have used over both years. Why we research and plan before our product. How this helps our product outcome.  PARA 1- Year 12 research tasks  PARA 2- Year 12 planning tasks (Dancing Animals, Juno, Prelim, On Track, use of DISTINCT, storyboard, website) PARA 3- What skills developed over Year 12. (presentation skills, technology understanding- premiere, cameras (goPro), wix) PARA 4- Year 13 research tasks (artists analysis, genre research, digipak and website, music video editing/techniques)  PARA 5- Year 13 planning tasks (Prelim of 212- synergy, shooting schedule, 20 second breakdown, music video timeline, prop list, digipak ideas, stealomatic, storyboard) CONCLUSION- To what extent have skills developed. How this benefitted the final product. How much adv...

In your experience, how has your understanding of conventions developed through creating your productions? PLAN INTRO            MAIN Prelim Task Genre Camera Mise En Scene Editing Sound CONCLUSION Over the period of two years, undertaking both AS and A2, I have had two final outcomes, one of which was a film opening and the second being a music video. Throughout the process of making these products my understanding of conventions has developed effectively, also benefitting the final results of our end products.  Genre was a key focus when we produced a short film opening within our first year. Genre is a category that depicts a feature of something particular, in this instance we firstly focused on the genre within film. There are multiple different genre categories that films fall under due to their content. Understanding what type of genre the product is is extremely important due to the institutions they belong in and knowing who thei...

Explain how your post productions skills have developed over time and how this has contributed to your media production out comes. (AFTER the filming process) PLAN INTRO- AS & A2: Overview of the tasks from the two years and explain what else was helpful in helping the products outside of the production.  PARA 1- Technology used with reflections on how this was used and understood in the beginning.  PARA 2- Process of editing within the prelim task (use of premiere) PARA 3- How much of the text was 'created' during post-production. PARA 4- How much of the footage was wasted or rejected, why? PARA 5- How was sound and music used? Did we use copyrighted music? Was there any sound editing? PARA 6- Use of transitions? (fades, swipes: Why and How?) Use of effects? (b&w, reverse, colour correction) Use of text? PARA 7- What was done after the editing? Marketing (social media, tour poster, magazine), Audience feedback.  PARA 8- Ancillary texts (websites and ...

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...