Unit 2 Revision Checklist

Cambridge Technical Digital Media

Unit 2 Revision Needs

You will be provided with information about a media product and a client brief. All of the questions will relate to this.

The brief could be a media product from any sector, so you will need to revise planning methods across all areas (many are the same – some are not!).

Much of what will be needed is also covered in the Unit 1 work – Unit 2 is more about the use of methods rather than just knowing what they are. You may need to create or evaluate documents, so make sure you learn the contents and conventions of them.

Focus	Notes/content details
Purposes of media products (entertain, educate, inform, promote)
Financial constraints
Revenue streams
Time constraints
Personnel (research job roles in the different sectors – what do these people do?)
Facilities, locations and resources
Legal issues (acts of law etc.)
Regulatory bodies (as with unit 1)
Ethical considerations
Types of client brief
Techniques for analysing briefs (mind maps, mood boards, blue sky thinking, SWOT analysis)
Target audience factors to consider
Project management tools
Types of spreadsheet and chart (be ready to analyse them!)
Production schedules
Logistics
Call sheets
Forms
Staffing issues
Research methods for audience, market and product research
Planning documents: proposal
Planning documents: pitch
Planning documents: high-concept proposal
Planning documents: project outline
Planning documents: treatment
Planning documents: production schedule
Planning documents: call sheet
Planning documents: asset log
Planning documents: risk assessment
Planning documents: storyboard
Planning documents: script
Planning documents: shooting script
Planning documents: concept art
Planning documents: visualisation diagram
Planning documents: flat plan/wire frame
Planning documents: prototype
Planning documents: page mock-up
Planning documents: set design
Planning documents: site structure diagrams
Contingency plans
Evaluation of documents: justification of content
Evaluation of documents: suitability for purpose
Evaluation of documents: suitability for audience

Be ready to:

·      Identify needs from a brief

·      Explain how different job roles would help with a production (you will be given job roles to explain…)

·      Consider financial, legal, ethical and regulatory issues for a production

·      Talk about possible research that could be conducted (audience, market and product) – primary, secondary, quantitative and qualitative

·      Talk about planning activities that could be done for a product

·      Create brief examples of documents: site maps, storyboards, mind maps, visualisation diagrams etc. (bear in mind the limitations of being in an exam!) ANNOTATIONS ARE YOUR FRIEND!

·      Evaluate a fictional production document using the three point structure (this may be done without seeing the example!)