Understand requirements for a specific media production

What your report or audio visual presentation should contain:

Distinction

• To get a high grade you must:

• D1 comprehensively explain and present to a quality that reflects near-professional standards fully detailed requirements and sources of requirements for a specific media production

What do we mean by requirements and sources of requirements?

• What are requirements?• Requirements are what you need to produce a magazine i.e. personnel, equipment,

material, software etc.• What are sources of requirements?• Sources are where will you find your requirements i.e. where you would source

equipment or contributors to talk about sport, or where will you source models for your photo shoot

• Requirements and sources of requirements are often linked together i.e. to make any production you have to complete pre-production paperwork before you create a product and in this process you will identify both the requirements and how you will source these requirements. For instance, to book models you would have to use a production schedule to plan the shoot, get location consent forms (why?), use risk assessments (why?). You would also book equipment (why) and then you would use call sheet (why) based on your production schedule to book actors and equipment.

Overview of the report• Your report or audio visual presentation should explain the three stages of

production process • Pre-production paperwork: what they are (pass) and why they are

important to your production) i.e. what is the purpose of a risk assessment or production schedule use examples (merit +).

• Production process: what are the requirements needed for production and sources of requirements i.e. personnel, materials, contributors, locations, finance.

• Post-production process :what equipment or materials or talent do you need to edit your magazine?

• Sources: Where are you going to source this information from?• Always explain each requirement and why you are using these

requirements, link this back to industry or legal practices i.e. copyright, health and safety, PCC or ASA.

• Use the following slide headings to help you:

Personnel:

• Examples. What job roles do you need to complete your task, how will this help you to create your magazine? What are these jobs i.e. what does a sub editor do? What are the skills and experience you would need, how much would this cost?

• Sources: How and where will you source these from?

Materials:

• Examples e.g. original materials, archive and library materials, photo-library materials, sound library internet, graphics, interviews, costumes

• Size of paper• Pictures: copyright protected or original

material?• Ink cartridges

• Sources: where can you source these from?

Contributors:

• Who will you need to contribute and why? e.g. specialists, experts, talent or public

• Sources: where will you find these people are they available?

Facilities

• e.g. production equipment, post-production equipment

• Sources: where will you source these?

Locations

• Locations: identify where they are carry out recces; carry out risk assessments

Finance:

• Budget: what are the requirements, e.g. equipment, transport, talent, crew, materials, facility hire how are you going to source this and how much will it cost?

Codes of practice and regulation

• model releases, location permissions; legal requirements e.g copyright, health and safety act

• Insurance, e.g. public liability, • Regulatory bodies, Press Complaints

Commission (PCC), Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), National Union of Journalists (NUJ),

Contributors

facilities

finance

Personnel

materials

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