At AS level, the author used Adobe Audition to create a 4 minute radio broadcast for their coursework, incorporating various audio elements. They examined existing radio broadcasts to follow conventions of the genre. At A2 level, the author's skills improved in using various software like Premiere, InDesign, and Photoshop to create videos and a regional magazine. They conducted more in-depth research such as detailed mood boards and focus groups to inform their work. Pre-production planning was also more extensive, including tests of design elements and photoshoot plans. Overall, the author's technical, research, and creative skills developed between AS and A2 level as they took on more advanced multimedia projects and

1. Technology How it helped us
At AS we usedAdobe Auditionto…
At A2 we used
Premiere/InDesign/Photoshop/Aud
itionin a differentway…
At ASLevel we usedAdobe Auditiontocreate a4 minute radio
broadcast forour coursework.We useditto put everything
togethersuchas our soundbed,interviews,vox pops,
recordingsandour jingle.We usedittoeditandcreate sound
for our radiosuch as the soundbedand ident.Thisreally
helpedusinfollowingthe codesandconventionsof aradio
broadcast.
We usedAdobe Premiere tocreate videosforcertainelements
of the evaluation,productionprocessandresearchand
planning.We usedPremiere Prointhe researchandplanning
processto puttogethera vlog.We also usedAdobe Premiere
Pro inthe evaluationprocessforone of the evaluation
questions.We alsousedInDesigntocreate ourregional
magazine whichwasreallyusefulinfollowingthe codesand
conventionsof magazines.Itallowedustocreate a magazine
layout,insertpicturesanduse coloursandfonts.
At AS we usedBlogger…
At A2 we usedWeebly/Bloggerina
differentway…
We usedGoogle Bloggertoputall of our courseworkon.This
helpedustokeepall of our blogpoststogetherandsee what
we had done,whatwe neededtodoand whatwe could
improve on.
We usedweeblyatA2level whichwasaloteasierto use then
google blogger.Itwaseasiertoinsertvideoswhichwaskey
part of the evaluationandresearchandplanningprocess.It
was alsoa loteasierto insertonline presentationsandimages
and therefore wasreallyhelpful.
At AS we usedYou Tube to…
At A2 we usedYou Tube in a
differentway…
We usedYouTube toconvertour videosthatwe createdon
Adobe PremiereProwhichwouldallow ustoplace iton our
blogand we alsouseditto convertour mainradio broadcast
to YouTube.
However,atA2 level due tousmaking a magazine we used
YouTube a lotlesshoweveritwasuseful forthe evaluation
stage and researchand planningstagestocreate vlogs.

2. At AS we usedAudio recording
equipmentto…
At A2 we usedAudiorecording
equipment/Filming
equipment/Photography
equipment/Website design
software ina differentway…
We used audio recordingequipment to recordour radiobroadcasts. We
useda mic to record our voices anda popshieldwhenrecordingour voices
to make sure it soundedsmooth. We also used Dictaphonesinthe process of
making vox pops for our radiointerviews. We alsouseda NikonCamera to
record ourselves for things like the evaluationprocessandthe pictures we
usedfor evidence.
At AS we usedOnline presentation
software to…
At A2 we usedOnline presentation
software ina differentway…
I usedonline presentationmostlyformyevaluationquestions,
usingprogrammessuchas Emaze,Powtoon,Slideshare and
Prezi.
We alsousedOnline presentationsoftware suchasEmaze,
Powtoon,Slideshare andPrezi inthe evaluationstagesof the
A2 Coursework.
Creativity How it helped us
At AS we were creative comingup
with ideasby…
At A2 we were more creative
coming up with ideasby…
We were creative comingupwithideasbymakingspider
diagramson bigpiecesof paperto come up withideas.
At A2 we were more creative comingupwithideasbycreating
detailedmoodboardsandalsomakingvlogs.
At AS we were creative choosing
locations (vox
pops/interview/outside broadcast)
by…..
At A2 we were more creative
choosinglocations by…
For our radiobroadcast we wentintotownandaskedpeople
whattheythoughtof a tv programme andmade theminto vox
pops.
At AS we copiedconventionsof the We lookedatexistingradiobroadcaststhatwere local suchas

3. genre for example...
At A2 we were more creative with
the conventionsforexample..
Lincs FM, Compass,andthenbiggerradiostationssuchas
Radio1.
At AS we usedbasic editing
techniquessuchas...
At A2 we were more creative with
our editingfor example…
We usedPremiere Protocutdownbitsof videothatwe didn’t
wantand to editmusicsuch as soundbedsandidentsintoour
radiobroadcasts as well asourown voice recordings.
For our magazine we useddifferenteditingtechniquesto
follow real mediaconventionsof magazines,we editedthe
layoutdesign,picturesandtext.
Researchand Planning How it helped us
At AS we usedquestionnaires/focus
groups to…
At A2 we improvedour use of
questionnaires/focusgroupsby…
At ASwe useda questionnaire onwholistenedtoradioand
we alsousedtallycharts and bar graphsand thisreallyhelped
us to targetour specificaudience.
At A2 we improvedouruse of questionnaires/focusgroupsby
actuallybringingagroup togetherandshowingthemourwork
and askingthemquestionsandthiswasreallyhelpfulasthey
toldus how we couldimprove andwhatwe did well which
helpedustorelate more to our targetaudience.
At AS we examinedreal existing
newsbulletinssuch as / inorder
to…
At A2 we improvedour research /
analysis ofreal texts by…
At AS we examined real existingnews bulletins fromdifferent
newspapers and this helped us with news values and gave us advice
on what stories to includeas our radio was a local radio and italso
gave us adviceon what order to put our stories into depending on
different factors such as topic/shock factor etc.We also looked at
different radio broadcasts and their news bulletins to followthe
codes and conventions of these news bulletins.
At A2 we improvedourresearchandanalysisskillsbydoing
more in depthresearchsuchas creatinga verydetailedmood
board to outline ideasforourmagazine whichwe didn’tdofor
AS.We alsocreatedvlogsof our ideasandanalysedreal media
productssuch as existingregional magazines.We also
conductedfocusgroups of what magazinesourtarget
audiencesreadandthishelpeduswiththe ideasandcreation

4. of ourmagazine.
At AS we usedpre-production
planningfor…
At A2 we improvedour use of pre-
production planningby…
At ASwe usedpre-productionplanningtoplanourradio
broadcast.We conductedscriptsandanalysedreal radio
broadcasts.We alsodida preliminarytaskradiobroadcastto
helpusunderstandthe codesandconventionsandgive usa
practice of usingequipmentbefore the mainproductiontask.
At A2 we plannedourmagazine ina numberof differentways.
For example,we testedfontsandcoloursforourmagazine to
see whatwe likedbest.We alsodida ‘contact proof and a
contact proof analysis’whichconsistedof choosingthe
photographswe wantedtouse for ourmagazine.We alsodid
a photoshootplanwhichdescribedwhere we wouldtake our
photosand whatshotswe wouldtake etc.
At AS we completeda prelimtasks
to...
At A2 we improvedthe way we
usedthe prelimtask by…
At AS we completeda preliminaryradio broadcast consisting of 1 minute
which included aninterview of a music band and a presenter asking them
questions. We didthislike it wasa real radiobroadcast andtherefore we
included all the conventions of radio suchas anident, sound bed, jingle,
presenter, and changingour voices to suit the genre of the radiobroadcast.
Post production How it helped us
At AS we usedAdobe Auditionto...
At A2 we improvedour editingskills
on Adobe
Premiere/InDesign/Photoshop/Aud
itionby…
At ASwe usedadobe auditiontocreate our radiobroadcast
whichwasuseful asit allowedustoeditourradio broadcast,
for example we couldplayaroundwiththe sound levels,and
add indifferentelementssuchassoundbed,ident,andjingle.
At A2 level myskillsdevelopedasIlearnthow to usInDesign
for the firsttime whichIusedto create my regional magazine.
Thishelpedme todevelopmyeditingskillsintermsof using
the paragraph tool and place tool.
At AS we usedthe basic text creator
tool on Premiere to…

5. At A2 we improvedour use text
by…
At AS we knew thisabout Adobe
software…
At A2 we improvedour
understandingof Adobe software
by…
At AS we got feedbackafter the
production by…
At A2 we improvedpost production
feedbackby…
Real Media Conventions How it helped us
At AS we usedthe genre and the
conventionsof genre to…
At A2 we developedour
understandingof genre and use of
genre conventionsby…
At ASwe usedgenre and the conventionsof genre tocreate
our radionewsbulletinbroadcast.The genre of ourradio news
bulletinbroadcastwasaserioustone due tothe topics that we
used.
At AS we our mise-en-scene
consistedof …
At A2 we improvedour
understandingof mise-en-scene
by…
At AS we our camerawork At ASour camera workconsistedof takingpicturesof ourwork

6. consistedof …
At A2 we improvedour
understandingof camerawork by…
to evidence itaswe didn’treallyuse cameraworkforthe radio
newsbroadcast.We also useda NikonCameratomake video
vlogsaboutour radionewsbulletinbroadcast.
At A2 my camerawork skillsdevelopedasIstartedto use more
equipmentandtake highqualityshots.AtA2we useda Nikon
camera to take photographsforour workwhichwe conducted
as a properphotoshoot.We usedequipmentsuchasa tripod
whichwe didn’treallyuse atASLevel.
At AS we got used editingand
sound to replicate the genre by…
At A2 we improvedour genre focus
usingediting,sound by…