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G325 1a Post Production
- 1. Post Production What skillsdid you develop at the stage of post production? LO: To analyse and reflect on our methods in a particular skill area.
- 2. What do wemean by “post production skills” It can include the development of: •Your ability to use editing software •Your eye for ‘montage’ – how shots cut together to create a narrative •Your organisation of clips after digitising •Your use of special effects, grading and colour adjustments •Your use of image manipulation in the print products. LO: To analyse and reflect on our methods in a particular skill area.
- 3. • Production atAS consisted of filming the prelims and title sequence / taking photos for the school and music mag and writing an article. • Post Production at AS consisted of editing the timelines and putting all the text and graphics and sound together in iMovie. LO: To analyse and reflect on our methods in a particular skill area. What are the differences between production and post-production (AS)?
- 4. First task • Youhave 5 minutes to note down everything you did for your main product at AS at the stage of post-production. • This must be detailed in terms of tools used, the software pros /cons, your strengths /weaknesses. LO: To analyse and reflect on our methods in a particular skill area.
- 5. • Production atA2 consisted of filming the music video. It also consisted of things like taking photos, designing your posters and the digi-pak. • Post Production at A2 consisted of editing the footage and audio in iMovie/Sony Vegas/Final Cut. It also included manipulating the photographs and putting all the text and graphics together on Photoshop. LO: To analyse and reflect on our methods in a particular skill area. What are the differences between production and post-production (A2)?
- 6. Second task • Youhave 5 minutes to note down everything you did for your main product at A2 at the stage of post-production. • This must be detailed in terms of tools used, the software pros /cons, your strengths /weaknesses. LO: To analyse and reflect on our methods in a particular skill area.
- 7. • You alsohave to remember that you produced and post produced work for your both your evaluations. • The main difference between AS and A2 for some isn’t obvious – video to video. • But you must be able to evaluate these skills and think about everything that you have learned for your entire four pieces of coursework. • ”A process needed for problem solving…not just a special gift enjoyed by a few but a common ability enjoyed by most people.” (Jones 1993) Evaluations?? LO: To analyse and reflect on our methods in a particular skill area.
- 8. • Editing softwarein general. • Use of Photoshop at A2. • Further advanced use of software at A2 to construct your evaluation. • Try to evaluate how you have become more technically competent in terms of your use of digital technology to present work creatively at the stage of post-production. LO: To analyse and reflect on our methods in a particular skill area. You have 5 minutes to detail the progression specifically from:
- 9. • MEDIA LANGUAGE •REPRESENTATION • AUDIENCES • INSTITUTIONS So if you were to state that you used an iMovie clean transition you need to explain why you did this in terms of communication/meaning/mode of address for the audience. LO: To analyse and reflect on our methods in a particular skill area. All of your work should make reference to your knowledge of the KEY MEDIA CONCEPTS.
- 10. E.g. “At thestage of post-production, despite there being more advanced transitions effects available in the video effects bin on iMovie, we used simple clean transitions where no effects were used. I used simple transitions when matching the beat to the action on screen, that would amplify a lyric in the narrative for the audience. I found the most effective amplification was when a close up was used of X singing a specific lyric, e.g. ? The close up connotes that X is important, giving more information about X, enhancing the representation of X. It is also convention of the music video to highlight the lead singer, (Sven E Carlson) .” LO: To analyse and reflect on our methods in a particular skill area.
- 11. Group task • Getin your original AS working groups; rewatch the AS production and then one students’ A2 work. • You then have 10 minutes to link 6 post production choices in either production to one or more of the key media concepts. • Discuss how this demonstrates progress in this area. LO: To analyse and reflect on our methods in a particular skill area.
- 12. “A media productis primarily created a the stage of editing”. In your own experience detail how far the meaning of your product was constructed at the stage of post production. “Creativity is something that is inherent and cannot be learned”. In your experience detail how the post production of your media products developed your creative skills. “Consumers are now media producers”. In your experience detail how far the post production of your work was enabled by the digital technology available to you. Choice of 3 questions...notice they start with a statement as below for you to ultimately answer as part of your response.