Skills Acquired How did the skills contribute to the creation of your product?

How will you develop these skills during the A2 project

Digital technology - What equipment/software packages did you use to produce your production

Knowledge of software, it’s purpose and capabilitiesWays of using hardware more effectively

Brought together a wide range of technology to create unique products with the same brief

I hope to have a good understanding of all areas of media (film) production, using software and to understand the technical side of it.

Post production- What software did you

use to create your production

- Discuss specific features

Final Cut & iMovie.The software was capable of cutting clips and altering the atmosphere of an un-edited clip immensely.

We were able to do our work with more ease, with a higher standard of quality aided by our skills with software.

Research and Planning- What tasks did you

complete when preparing to film your sequence

- How did your planning help the smooth progression of your film?

Analysis of opening sequencesBBFC and Audience ResearchAnimatic StoryboardingRisk Assessment

Andrew Goodwin – Research into his theories of music videosThe editing process of repertoire (Pop music videos)

I will have a better knowledge to do my own research for future projects

Using conventions of real media texts- Which texts did you

analyse?- - Did you take any

inspiration from the conventions found from your research?

We analysed repertoireSin City opening sequenceDexter opening sequenceL.A ConfidentialMan on fire

I gained a better knowledge of the technical language and conventions as well as more sophisticated ways of taking on a project.

I hope to become more fluent in my understanding of media production

Creativity - Were our ideas for our portfolio imaginative and unique or did they challenge the conventions

They were realistic and practical, and followed guidelines

My ideas were creative and followed the criteria for my film genre

My ideas are going to be creative and more impressive than challenging.