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A2 QUESTION 1A
POSSIBLE TOPICS•Digital Technology•Creativity•Use of Real Media Texts•Research and Planning•Post Production•Blue represents same essay structure plan for
1. Pre-production2. Production3. Post-production
# OF TOPICS?Will you be asked about just one of these?
# OF TOPICS?
NO! It may be 1 or 2!
VARIOUS THEORIES “A process needed for problem solving….not a special gift enjoyed by a few but a common ability processed by most people.” (Jones 1993)Post production, research and planning
“The making of new and the re arranging of the old.” (Bently 1997)Conventions of real media, post production, digital technology, creativity
“Creativity results from the interaction of a system composed of 3 elements: a culture that contains symbolic rules, a person who brings novelty into the symbolic domain, and a field of experts who recognize and validate the innovation.” (Csikszentmihalyi 1996)Creativity
“There is no absolute judgement (on creativity) All judgements are comparisons of one thing with another.” (Donald Larning) Conventions of real media, creativity
INTRODUCTION TEMPLATE1. 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 TECHNOLOGY TIMELINE1. What did you know/use before you started AS?2. What technologies in the R& P phase?3. What technologies in preliminary?
1. What did you learn about technologies from doing preliminary?4. What technologies in construction?
1. How did your use and knowledge of technologies improve over the drafts?
5. Starting A2, what did you use in AS that you already knew?6. What changes in technologies in A2?7. How did your use and knowledge of technologies improve in the
R&P and construction phases in A2 compared to AS?8. Looking back, what technologies can you confidently use/know?
DEBATES IN DTIn terms of skill development, what are the pros and cons of using digital technology to make products?
How did you use your skills to aid the construction of your task?
DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIESINTERNET DIGITAL SOFTWARE DIGITAL HARDWAREYoutube (research and uploading)
imovie
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
Webcam (part of iphoto) 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
PC/MAC
Slideshare, Flickr, Scribd, prezi,
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 3 examples
Compare AS & A2
Part 2: PRODUCTION 3 examples
Compare AS & A2
Part 3: POST-PRODUCTION 3 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 3 examples
Compare AS & A2
Example 1
Ex. Youtube
Example 2
Ex. Researching real products (DVD/streaming)
Example 3
Ex. Blogger
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DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY ESSAY PLANNINGPart 1: PRODUCTION 3 examples
Compare AS & A2
Example 1
Ex. Still cameras
Example 2
Ex. camcorders
Example 3
Ex. Uploading footage or other technologies?
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DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY ESSAY PLANNINGPart 1: POST-PRODUCTION 3 examples
Compare AS & A2
Example 1
Ex. Adding sounds/music
Example 2
Ex. Editing tool 1
Example 3
Ex. Editing tool 2
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THEORIESWhat theories/theorists could you connect to digital technology?
Theorist Theory How connected?
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HOMEWORKComplete the charts for each stage:
1. Pre-production2. Production3. Post-production
AND
Complete a basic plan for digital technology (not fully written essay) by choosing 3 examples for each stage.
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)
THEORIES FOR CREATIVITY
“The making of new and the re arranging of the old.” (Bently 1997)Conventions of real media, post production, digital technology, creativity
“Creativity results from the interaction of a system composed of 3 elements: a culture that contains symbolic rules, a person who brings novelty into the symbolic domain, and a field of experts who recognize and validate the innovation.” (Csikszentmihalyi 1996)Creativity
“There is no absolute judgement (on creativity) All judgements are comparisons of one thing with another.” (Donald Larning) Conventions of real media, 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 3 examples
Compare AS & A2
Part 2: PRODUCTION 3 examples
Compare AS & A2
Part 3: POST-PRODUCTION 3 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 3 examples
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?
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CREATIVITY ESSAY PLANNINGPart 1: PRODUCTION 3 examples
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?
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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)
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THEORIESWhat theories/theorists could you connect to creativity?
Theorist Theory How connected?
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HOMEWORKComplete the charts for each stage:
1. Pre-production2. Production3. Post-production
AND
Complete a basic plan for creativity (not fully written essay) by choosing 3 examples for each stage.
USING CONVENTIONSOF REAL MEDIA
TEXTS
TIPSBefore planning for this topic, you might want to look at your:-AS evaluation-A2 evaluation
This is clearly related to the 1st question ‘How does your media product use, develop, challenge forms and conventions of real media products”
1. Know your inspirational real media products2. Know the genre and conventions you used/developed/challenged3. Explain WHY your used/developed/challenged4. Explain HOW they are similar and different to real media products
GENRE• ‘Genre’ is a critical tool that helps us study texts and audience responses to texts by dividing
them into categories based on common elements.
Daniel Chandler (2001) details that the word genre comes from the word for 'kind' or 'class'. The term is widely used in rhetoric, literary theory, media theory to refer to a “distinctive type of ‘text’”.
• All genres have sub genres (genre within a genre).
• This means that they are divided up into more specific categories. Barry Keith Grant (1995) suggests that this allows audiences to identify them specifically by their familiar and what become recognisable characteristics.
• Genres are not fixed. They constantly change and evolve over time – your coursework productions, are postmodern pieces and/or adapt to changes to advances in technology.
Christian Metz (1974) argued that genres go through a typical cycle of changes during their lifetime.
David Buckingham (1993) argues that 'genre is not... Simply "given" by the culture: rather, it is in a constant process of negotiation and change’.
Steve Neale (1995) “genres are processes of systemisation” – they change over time.
WHAT ARE REAL MEDIA TEXTS
AS A2 main A2 ancillaryExample 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 documentaries + real double page magazine spreads in listing magazines + newspaper adverts
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.
WHAT ARE CONVENTIONSAny media product has generic conventions in order than an audience understand it’s form and purpose. Conventions are recognizable and familiar characteristics that an audience expect to see/experience based on existing products they have previously seen/experienced.
When a media product mostly uses generic conventions, it is conventional or stereotypical.
Example: ‘House of Wax’ = group of attractive, young teenagers going on adventure, in isolated place, dumb blondes,
sex, disturbed villain who was mistreated and taking it out on ‘normal’ others, blood & gore & torture of tolerable degree
When a media product mostly challenges (or omits) generic conventions, it is NOT stereotypical because it breaks the mould.
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 ASFill in the chart to know your conventions
RealInspirational FilmsAnd theirConventions
YourConventionsUSED
YourConventionsDEVELOPED
YourConventionsCHALLENGED
Similarities to real inspirational film
Similarities to real inspirational film
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2.
3.
LIST YOUR CONVENTIONS IN A2Fill in the chart to know your conventions
RealInspirational Documentaries And theirConventions
YourConventionsUSED
YourConventionsDEVELOPED
YourConventionsCHALLENGED
Similarities to real inspirational documentaries
Similarities to real inspirational documentaries
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2.
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LIST YOUR CONVENTIONS IN A2Fill in the chart to know your conventions for ancillaries1. Double page magazine spread 2. Newspaper advert
RealInspirational AncillariesAnd theirConventions
YourConventionsUSED
YourConventionsDEVELOPED
YourConventionsCHALLENGED
Similarities to real inspirational ancillaries
Similarities to real inspirational ancillaries
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ESSAY PLANSThere are two CONVENTIONS OF REAL MEDIA TEXTS ESSAY PLANS
Choose1 (if you choose 1, then create similar charts to digital
technology and creativity)
Or
2
CONVENTIONS OF REAL MEDIA TEXTS ESSAY PLAN 1.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: PRE-PRODUCTION 3 examples
Compare AS & A2
Part 2: PRODUCTION 3 examples
Compare AS & A2
Part 3: POST-PRODUCTION 3 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
CONVENTIONS OF REAL MEDIA TEXTS ESSAY PLAN 2.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 3 examples
Compare AS & A2
Part 2: CONVENTIONS USED/DEVELOPED/CHALLENGED 3 examples
Compare AS & A2
Part 3: HOW YOUR CONVENTIONS ARE
SIMILAR/DIFFERENT TO REAL MEDIA PRODUCTS 3 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
THEORIESWhat theories/theorists could you connect to conventions of real media texts?
Theorist Theory How connected?
1.
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HOMEWORKDUE NEXT WEEK (1 WEEK TO COMPLETE!)
Complete the charts for your conventions essay plan (1 or 2):
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Complete a 30 minute response for:1. Digital technology2. Creativity 3. Conventions of real media texts
R&P & POST-PRODUCTIONAn ‘affect on/effects of’ structure can be applied that takes into account the stages of production to more difficult options:
- Research and Planning
- Post Production
RESEARCH&
PLANNING
NOTESRemember research & planning is part of PRE-PRODUCTION
Remember that research and planning are 2 different things:
RESEARCH PLANNING
-learning material/key terms-investigating and researching real media products
-mind mapping (generating ideas)-exploring range of ideas-narrowing down ideas-developing idea-finishing idea-on-going: drafting the planning ideas after making drafts
ESSAY STRUCTUREINTRODUCTION1. 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 2-3 examplesCompare AS & A2
Part 2: HOW DID YOU COMPLETE EFFECTIVE PLANNING 2-3 examplesCompare AS & A2
Part 3: WHAT WAS THE EFFECT OF YOUR RESEARCH & PLANNING 2-3 examplesON 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 examplesON 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
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Example 3
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PLANNING
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EFFECT OF R&P ON PRODUCTION
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EFFECT OF R&P ON POST-PRODUCTION
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HOMEWORKComplete the charts for your research and planning essay plan
You could complete a response if you wanted to.
POST PRODUCTION
NOTESConsider the fact you have already completed pre-production, you have researched and planned.
Consider the fact you have already completed production, you have shot/filmed/photographed (your raw footage).
Remember that post production means EDITING, manipulating raw footage.You should consider the stage of whole production:
What effect did R&P have on post-production?What effect did production have on post-production?
It is about editing the form to make meaning of representation, narrative, message etc.
EDITINGYou should consider terms/techniques associated with editing (you can review the editing revision presentation to help you with the terms/meanings)
Continuity editing = How the editing techniques are used to create continuous actions
180 degree rule
Match on action
Eye-line matching
Cross cutting
Insert shots (can be any type of shot)
Sound bridging (sound but linked to cont. editing)
Pace = What type of pace is used and what is the effect on the audience?
Slow, medium, fast
Effects on audience = suspense, fear, excitement, on edge of seat, thrill, shock, boredom, calm, relaxed,
Time = How is the time being shown through editing? How/why?
Story time = the time of the story (ex. 50 years in a 2 hour film….story time is 50 years)
Discourse Time = the time taken to tell the story (ex 2 hours to show the story of 50 years, 2 hours is discourse time)
Summary, ellipsis, scene, stretch, flashback/flashforward
Time Allocation = How much time the characters/objects have on screen? Link this to their representation
Transitions = How a scene goes to the next scene, what type of transition is applied?
Straight cuts (no transition, wipe, fade in/fade out, overlap/dissolve, flashing, Graphic match,
Special effects = Things applied in editing process that didn’t happen during filming, usually to enhance something
Black and white/sepia, blurring, CGI, ghost trail, animation, colour filters, contrast/lighting, cropping
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 STRUCTUREINTRODUCTION1. 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 2-3 examplesON 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 2-3 examplesON 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 2-3 examples APPLY IN POST-PRODUCTIONCompare AS & A2
Part 3: EXTENSION (only if you can) WHAT WAS THE AIM IN YOUR 2-3 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
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EFFECT OF PRE-PRODUCTION ON POST-PRODUCTION
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TOOLS/TECHNIQUES/TECHNOLOGIES
Example 1
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HOMEWORKComplete the charts for your research and planning essay plan
You could complete a response if you wanted to.
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