Unit 2 - Pre-production and planning

What is project management?  Managing your project into sections to achieve the objectives set out to complete your end project Planning requires a outline of the tasks, deadlines and milestones that will be required to manage the project efficiently. A project timeline schedule would need to be created for the creation of the media product to include 1. tasks that need to be done 2. deadlines for each task 3. milestones within the tasks and the overall project Project management tools: Gantt Chart- uses horizontal bars to illustrate project completion dates, progress, milestones and dependencies. Production Schedule - Excel To do lists Workflow tool: split by team member to see who is doing what

The type of market research that could be used is a survey, this is a good type of market research because it is easy to create and complete, as well as it is easy to transfer the data gathered into a graph or table.   Also surveys can be answered online or offline, and as this would be for kids it would be easier to have the survey online as the kids probably aren't mature enough to answer the questions in full detail face to face, so as kids are familiar with the latest technology they know how the internet works and they can access the survey easily and answer the questions with greater detail without any pressure to get more reliable answers.

Profile of audience for Gordon Ramsay Website Sex: Male or Female Age: Adults 30+          Students 17+ Ethnicity: Men or Women in ABC1 category who are lawyers, accountants or businessmen/women etc. who are high class and want to go out for a nice, expensive dinner with their partner. Students in E category in university or finished university looking for jobs e.g. chef, waiter etc. Income: Adults in the ABC1 category would have a High Income Students would have a lower income Buying habits: Adults in the ABC1 category will spend their money to treat themselves on a regular occasion. Avatar profile for the typical person to visit the Gordon Ramsay website. A businessman who is high class and earns a high income, enjoys playing golf and tennis on a regular occasion and enjoys spending his money.

Target Audience Definition- A specific group of people within a market who are interested in/need a particular product, service or media form. This group has been segmented using demography. Demographic: Age Gender Ethnicity Class- higher, middle , lower Race Creating a media product that is made intentionally to appeal to a specific audience/market NRS Social grade: Psychographics: To target what their audiences would typically go for. Geo-demographics geography + demographics where you live? spending power? jobs available? Quantitative audience research: Quantitative research is when companies gather lots of information from lots of people, this could be by email, face to face etc. This is in place to find out how to make the product appeal to their target audience. Quantitative date is more numerical, graphs+charts Qualitative data is more wordy and more in depth Socio-Economic Status: To predict behaviour based on how much someone earns, where ...

1- Identify two costs that you may need to consider when developing a new phone app and explain how these costs impact on the project. (6) One cost to consider is the wages for the staff working on the app, these costs could be at an hourly, daily or monthly rate and then would come to an overall cost. These costs could impact the project as it could affect the total budget they have to spend on the app. Another cost to consider would be the resources available for the staff to use, these resources would be computers to design/create the app, whiteboards to come up with ideas etc. If the staff have good up to date resources available to them, they'll be  able to create a better app. 2- Identify one act of legislation that is applicable to the creation of a new national newspaper and explain what impact it has. (3) The Copyright Act 1988 is applicable as they have to make sure they don't copy the design of other newspapers or the content, if another newspaper thinks they...

Formal Brief:  Written document Technical and specific language focused/ in depth Majority of briefs are in this style I nformal Brief: Can be as straight forward as a chat over a drink Non/limited documentation supporting No direct contractual agreement No specific requirements outlined initially These tend to be undertaken and then fleshed out at a later date Contractual Brief (formal): Tasks are accepted under legal obligation (signed document) The client's desires and deadlines outlines must be met Both the client and the media producer must abide by the brief Why do you think these briefs are beneficial/popular, amongst media producers? Signature: legal signature, contractually obliged, deadlines must be met Sue- For failure to meet deadline Negotiated Brief (Formal): Both the client and the media producer make decisions Through negotiations the brief may be altered What discussions might producers like to have with a client? ...

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The Hobbit Legal and Ethical Issues: The rights of the Shire between Lord of the rings and The hobbit lead to the discussion of law fundamentals over a contract, and because the Shire is meant to evoke, its new contract is likely to be similar. Customers of the Hobbit were questioning the difference between the book and film about Bilbo’s offer to give terms, or whether it was a counter offer. For the film there was many contract counter offers due to disagreements based on legal issues on engagement and agreement. Greed played a key factor due to having characters in Lord of the rings and The hobbit driving the narrative forward made the characters moral choices bogged down due to their actions. Tolkien criticized those that made a judgment on Bilbo’s (humble, selfless character) The film was seen by some people for the ethical treatment of animals as an u nexpected cruelty once it was discovered that as many as 27 animals died because they were housed on a t...

Block Buster Films Blockbuster films is a sight for investors to look for a film to invest to. They can do this by signing up to the website and then look through the films to see which one they are interested in and would possibly give back a big return. They encourage investors to look into their website as the first page on their websites quote " We have a number of films that are due to be released that you can still get involved in which are offering attractive returns" We are UK film We are UK film is a website that allows filmmakers to explore the multiples sources of funding across the UK. The website is very beneficial to upcoming/aspiring filmmaker looking for an investment in there film, the website shows who the funding companies are, where they are based, who they are looking to invest in and also gives a link to there website if they want to find out more. The website is also beneficial for investors, this is because the website also includes details abou...

1.) What is the purpose of the music video?-The Purpose of the music video is to promote the Chevy Sonic to a different kind of audience. 2.) Who is it sponsored by?- The video is sponsored by Chevrolet 3.) Why did OK GO agree to this? What is their view on the music videos?- OK GO agreed to this as it promoted their song, also it is different and quirky. Also OK GO are known for creating wacky videos so they created this video to please there virtual audience 4.) Which companies have sponsored OK GO's work so far- Companies which have sponsored OK GO videos before are Samsung, Land rover and State Farm Insurance 5.) How much sponsorship did they receive from the company- They received $500.000 to $1.000.000 6.) What did the sponsorship buy?- The sponsorship payed for a couple of Sonics, The modifications and driver/singer and also the canyon ranch. Pay the MIT professor, stunt school, engineer and all the location crew. 7.) Where was the filming location and how many separate loc...

Common Classification issues of GoT- Has very strong language, sexual references/activity, graphic violence The Red Wedding Rated 15 for strong bloody violence- limited wound detail which didn't make it an 18 and also a lack of dwelling on pain/inflicting Mountain and the Viper "most violent scene" 18 rated for strong grey images Battle of the snows Rated 18- Includes War violence-stabbings, bodily organs, missing organs inside What age certificate were the episodes given? GoT episodes were 15 rating however, 13 episodes were rated 18 How did BBFC come to that agreement? Some episodes were rated 18 due to further detail of stabbings or bodily organs etc. Most episodes were rated 15 due to limited detail on stabbings or violence.