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Unit 2 Last Advice

FINAL EXAM ADVICE

Content Planning Documents Part 1

There are a lot of different types of production form, so here's a useful link to see some for video production: https://www.videomaker.com/video-production-forms-download *cough* Just waiting for the other bits... *cough*

Unit 2: Get your Gameface on

Unit 1: Possible Case Study - Get Out

Y12 Cambridge Technical – Unit 1 Case Study https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5052448/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm Link to critic reviews: http://www.metacritic.com/movie/get-out https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/get_out Blumhouse Productions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blumhouse_Productions who are an INDEPENDENT film and TV company who sell their product to the big studios. At the moment, Universal Studios have a 10 year first look deal with Blumhouse, meaning they get the first chance to buy and distribute their product. This allows them a certain amount of creative flexibility and enables them to take risks and try new things. This has paid off for them in films like Paranormal Activity and Insidious which were low budget and high box office return. They also helped to revitalise the genre, which you could say is linked to them operating as an independent. They also work with new talent regularly. They are a genre based production compan...

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 (a...