Unit 2 - Pre production
Pre production
- script writing
- casting
- location scouting
- Story boarding
- hiring crew
- Buying equipment
- costuming
- set construction
- finalise budget
Key Terms and Information
Types of Media Production:
Television, film, websites, animation,
advertising, digital print
Types of Brief:
Formal
Informal
Negotiated
Contractual
Tender
Commissioned
KEY WORDS
Entertainment: Gaining the
attention of an audience so that they relax and enjoy the activity
Information: Providing
facts about a topic or answering a question
Promotion: Raising the awareness of a
product in potential customers. This in turn can increase the popularity of a
brand
Revenue Stream: A method of
raising money for a project. Revenue streams contain elements of
unpredictability, risk and return
Sponsorship: Money paid
for a brand to be associated with final media production. This can involve the
placement of a brand name or logo on the final product or telling the viewer
who a TV product is sponsored by.
Crowdfunding: How finance
can be generated for a project or idea conceived by amateurs or professionals,
which is promoted via social media networks and funded by public contributions
through websites such as Kickstarter.
Corporate Finance: The raising
of money from businesses willing to invest in a project. The business must be
convinced that they will receive more money back in the long run from their
investment. Investment returns are measured over long timeframes, such as ten
years for films
Advertising: monetary
payments from brands and organisations in return for the placement of
promotional material on pages or during a production. This could include the
placement of products within a media product such as within a scene of a TV
show.
Franchising: The
intellectual property of the original product is licensed
Milestones: checkpoints
built into tasks so that the media production allows tracking of performance
against a deadline
Gantt Chart: A timeline
schedule of tasks with resources allocated to them. Uses blocks of colour to
symbolise periods of time in a visual way
Production Schedule: An overall view of a media production with all the tasks,
resources and timescales included
Contingency: A back up
resource, extra time or budget allocated to a task, alternative location etc
Proposal: A formal written plan produced for others to assess the validity
of a project
Pitch: Planned presentation of a project
to possibly gain support and financial backing
High Concept document: One page
document summarising a project
Laws:
Freedom of Information Act
Intellectual Property Act
Data Protection Act
Copyright, Designs and Patents 1988
Regulators:
ASA
BBFC
PEGI
PEGI
OFCOM
PRS
IPSO
W3C
Types of production document:
Call Sheet
Production Schedule
Asset log
Risk Assessment
Location Recce
Storyboard
Shooting Script
Concept Art
Visualisation Diagram
Flat Plan
Prototype
Page mock up
Set Design
Site Structure Diagram
5 Purposes of media
- Advertise
- Educate
- Inform
- Entertain
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You need to embed the image of the big brainstorm you did with Mr Boon. If you didn't take a picture of it, you'll have to ask someone in the class to send it on to you (Noya has it uploaded).
ReplyDeleteEnsure that you revise over these keywords from the context booklet, as they are fundamental to your exam unit.
Remember that you were asked to use the long list of media texts, pick 6-7 and note all of their pre-production documents and purposes.
To help with the purposes, write all 5 of them underneath this image.
Please create another mind map with a further 2-3 media texts.
Miss Crader
It looks like you haven't read my comment here. You need to get into the habit of reading, responding to my comment and improving your blog posts.
ReplyDeleteEnsure this is completed by our next lesson back.
Miss Crader
You still need to write all 5 purposes them underneath your mind map image.
ReplyDeleteMuch improved - well done Jamie.
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