Fateh Khaled 8793

1. Audit of AS skills:
Research and
Planning
Fateh Khaled
A2 Media

2. Introduction
• Research and planning is essential when making any product, I
believe research and planning was one of the most significant
role in creating our media product, because without it our
final product would have not been as successful.
• We knew that the opening title sequence (OTS) had to be of
thriller genre, therefore excessive research was done into
what makes a successful opening title sequence.
• Throughout this PowerPoint, I will be explaining different
aspects of researching and planning and how effective each
aspect was.

3. Textual Analysis
• In order for me to produce a great final piece, I analysed three
individual opening title sequences all of which were thriller.
• Textually analysing the opening title sequences enabled me to
get a better understanding of representation, camera, sound,
editing and mise-en-scene; I knew exactly what types of props
were used (predominantly weapons in thrillers such as guns),
and what types of cuts were used (fast cuts when tense) but
also the use of hyperbolic non diegetic sounds (such as the
sound of explosions).

4. • I spoke about each aspect on soundcloud using my iPhone and
embedded it onto my blogger, the film I analysed here was
Jack Reacher.

5. Analysis of previous students’
OTS
• I also analysed previous students’ work to see how they
constructed their media product; I analysed what they done
well and what the lacked in.
• By doing this enabled me to make a checklist of what to do
and what not to do when constructing. For me, one of the
main successful aspect was to maintain continuity, in contrary
the most critiqued aspect was not to use an internal
microphone but an external microphone because the sound
was too distorted thus hard to hear.

6. • A closer look, an analysis of previous OTS’

7. Preliminary Task
• The preliminary task was a fun exercise that taught me a lot, I
edited the whole preliminary task and got familiar with the
software ‘Adobe Premiere Pro’ as I tend to use ‘Final Cut Pro’.
• The task itself was to have a character walk into a room,
engage in a short conversation, and leave the room.
• Editing the preliminary task as well as filming it made me
understand continuity editing more, for example filming in
multiple angles but when it comes to editing it seems like it
was shot all in one piece and in a continuous prose.
• We also used a video camcorder which I hadn’t used before
which made me explore some e of the features which I had
not yet experienced.

8. Screenshots
• Screenshots are provided here of the preliminary task, the full
video will be posted below this slide on blogger.

9. Pre Production
• My role in pre production (in terms of research and planning)
was to create the shot list and the risk assessment.
• Pre production is crucial when creating a media product
because without it your product can easily fall apart.
• Creating the shot list enabled myself and my group to know
what scenes to shoot step by step; therefore we know how we
were going to construct our product and picture it in our
heads without even filming it.
• The risk assessment was also important because I outlined any
hazardous risks that could be a potential danger to us as a
group on the filming day, by outlining the hazards enabled us
to be extra precautious on filming day.

10. Screenshots
• Pictured: Shot list and risk assessment.