MS2 Production - A Guide
AO3: Demonstrate the ability to plan and construct media products using appropriate technical and creative skills
The MS2 Production Piece...
• is chosen by YOU
• must develop from your pre-production piece (i.e. it must involve your storyboarded text)
• is designed to enable you to demonstrate the technical skills necessary for production
• i.e. it has to look professional, like a finished piece of media
• it should be aimed at the audience you identified in your pre-production research
• it must consist of at least two pages of original material
• you should create your own images rather than taking them off the internet
Some ideas:
• A poster campaign for your film
• An advertising campaign for your TV show or film (cinema release or on DVD) e.g. in magazines, billboards, magazine ‘drop out’ leaflets etc.
• A front cover and feature for a film magazine featuring your film/TV show (or a longer feature covering the two pages, without the front cover)
• As above, but for a specialist tie-in magazine for your film/TV show (e.g. you could create the front cover and contents page, or another feature)
• The DVD cover for your film, plus an advert for it
Ultimately, the decision is yours. You will, however, be expected to show mastery over your chosen form, so choose carefully!
• must develop from your pre-production piece (i.e. it must involve your storyboarded text)
• is designed to enable you to demonstrate the technical skills necessary for production
• i.e. it has to look professional, like a finished piece of media
• it should be aimed at the audience you identified in your pre-production research
• it must consist of at least two pages of original material
• you should create your own images rather than taking them off the internet
Some ideas:
• A poster campaign for your film
• An advertising campaign for your TV show or film (cinema release or on DVD) e.g. in magazines, billboards, magazine ‘drop out’ leaflets etc.
• A front cover and feature for a film magazine featuring your film/TV show (or a longer feature covering the two pages, without the front cover)
• As above, but for a specialist tie-in magazine for your film/TV show (e.g. you could create the front cover and contents page, or another feature)
• The DVD cover for your film, plus an advert for it
Ultimately, the decision is yours. You will, however, be expected to show mastery over your chosen form, so choose carefully!
Getting Started:
1. Decide what you want to do and write a clearly defined brief outlining your concept, as well as your target audience and purpose
2. Research your ideas. (Note: you do not have to re-research your audience and genre, but you do need to know about the correct conventions for the type of text you’ve chosen to create)
3. Create a visual mock-up of your ideas, with colours, fonts etc. noted
1. Decide what you want to do and write a clearly defined brief outlining your concept, as well as your target audience and purpose
2. Research your ideas. (Note: you do not have to re-research your audience and genre, but you do need to know about the correct conventions for the type of text you’ve chosen to create)
3. Create a visual mock-up of your ideas, with colours, fonts etc. noted
REMEMBER: Your piece must be ‘substantial’, i.e. more than one poster, leaflet or advert. Plan for at least two texts.
Important note!
Quality is of utmost importance for your production piece. It is supposed to be ready for ‘production’, i.e. like the real thing. We will be very picky about minor errors! Expect to be told to re-do things over and over until they are perfect.
Your production piece is worth twice as many marks as your pre-production, so make sure you pay attention to detail!
Make your production pieces at least twice as large as you would like them to be when you print then off, i.e. A3 at a minimum. Use the templates and symbols linked below to help you.
Your priority should be to take your own images and take them soon. You will find it hard to progress until you have them done. Each artefact should have a different image - you cannot re-use images across texts.
Quality is of utmost importance for your production piece. It is supposed to be ready for ‘production’, i.e. like the real thing. We will be very picky about minor errors! Expect to be told to re-do things over and over until they are perfect.
Your production piece is worth twice as many marks as your pre-production, so make sure you pay attention to detail!
Make your production pieces at least twice as large as you would like them to be when you print then off, i.e. A3 at a minimum. Use the templates and symbols linked below to help you.
Your priority should be to take your own images and take them soon. You will find it hard to progress until you have them done. Each artefact should have a different image - you cannot re-use images across texts.
Links and Resources
DVD Template (.psd file)
Links and resources
Online Photoshop tutorial
http://bestphotoshoptutorials.net/2009/07/06/design-an-horror-movie-dvd-cover-in-photoshop/
50 Great Photoshop Tutorials
Photoshop Essentials
Twelve Basic Tutorials
http://bestphotoshoptutorials.net/2009/07/06/design-an-horror-movie-dvd-cover-in-photoshop/
50 Great Photoshop Tutorials
Photoshop Essentials
Twelve Basic Tutorials
How to edit your DVD cover if you've made it too small!
Symbols to use for DVD covers
http://www.mr-dt.com/graphics/dvdcoversymbols.htm
Symbols to use for DVD covers
http://www.mr-dt.com/graphics/dvdcoversymbols.htm