notes for exam questions

1a. 

i. To what extent have digital technologies helped develop your research and planning skills during your Media 'A' Level?

 

digital technologies that have helped:

• Apple Mac
• Internet
• Still Camera

The internet is vital because it makes everthing we have done so much faster and easier. research was easy because when looking for similar projects to ours for inspiration we could find just what we want within minutes. for our music video we wanted to look at similar songs, using the internet this was easy and we have a wide variety of songs to choose from. when actually planning this we also needed the internet to find things such as location. for the location tho we also used the still camera because once we had found the spots we wanted we could take test shots to see how it would look and also refer back to them later.

without these things, everything would be a lot more difficult and complicated. If we didn't have these resources then without a doubt we would not have done as well as we have. For me personally i think i have benefited from digital technology because i find it easier to learn if i have a visual aid rather than just words on a page.

1b. 

ii. What decisions did you make during the creation of representation in your production work?

 

Gender representation for us was fairly simple and we went for the more conventional look. we realised our song was a love song and so the best thing to go with this is a love story. we didn't want to change the stereotypes or challenge them in any way because it might take too much away from the song and this could turn viewers away from our production.