Btec Media questionaire

• What is the title of the BTEC qualification you are studying?

BTEC Creative Media Production

• How long will it take you to complete this qualification?

 It will take me One Year to complete the first section of the BTEC creative media production as I will be going uni next year so I will not be finishing the course.

• How many units will you study in total?

I will only be studying Four Units

• How many of them are mandatory and what does mandatory mean?

Mandatory means compulsory and there's only two mandatory

(http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/mandatory)

• What are the titles of the mandatory units and when (in the year) will you study them?

The titles of the mandatory units are:

Unit 1 Pre-Production Techniques for the Creative Media Industries.

Unit 2: Communication Skills for Creative Media production

I will be studying them this year: year 12

• What are the main topics of each mandatory unit? (use the specs to research this)

Unit 1: Pre-production includes quite a lot of researching and planning, during the topics we will get a better understanding of awareness that any media production operates. We will also learn how to indentify the requirments of a media production. Also we will be able to prepare pre-production documentation for any media production that requires it.

Unit 2: Collecting information/resources from written sources. Creating a report in a media production context 

Unit 3: We will get the understanding of the nature and purpose of researching in the different types creative media industries. We will also be able to use a wide range of reseach methods and techniques and we will also be able to present the results of the research that we find.

• How many optional units will you have to study and what does optional mean?

I will only be studying 2 optional units (unit 23 and 29), optional units means where we can choose which unit we will be focusing on.

(http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/optional)

• What are the titles of the optional units you will study and when (in the year) will you study them?

The title for the first optional unit is: Unit 23 Multi-Camera Techniques. The second optional unit is: Unit 29 Music Video Production. I will be studying unit 29 from the Autumn term to the spring term and I will be studying unit 23 from the end of the spring term to the summer term.

• What are the main topics of each optional unit? (use the specs to research this)

Unit 29: Music video production- We will grasp an understanding of purposes of music videos. Understand the techniques and styles of music videos, we will be able to plan a music video production for a music track that we choose and we will also be able to work to fully complete the music video that we have created.

 

 

Unit 23: Multi-camera techniques-  Getting an understanding of the programme's formats that use multi-media camera production. We will be able to plan a multi-camera production and we will also be able to perform an operational role in a multi-camera production.
 

• What media production skills will you be developing on this course?

The main skill is that I will be getting from the course is: communication skills, researching skills and using a wide variety of methods, ICT skills including using different programs, practical skills also using different techniques, presentation skills and using loads of formats and also organisational skills. All of these are very important especially when moving on to careers.

• What transferable personal skills will you be developing on this course?

I will be developing a variety of the skills that I have now which are: being very creative and imaginative, being independent, listening, ICT skills, research skills and also communication skills.

• Give two questions that you would like to know more about in terms of CMP, BTEC, your course or anything else related to the subject.

I would like to know about if taking the 2year course for 1 year is possible/achievable because I am considering it at the moment but it could change.

My Media Summer

I used quite a lot of Media this summer mainly to do with my college work, but my main two were:
Writing a blog on a website called 'VintageChild' for my art course that I was studying before July. Basically I had to write up a blog about vintage clothing of my choice and what I did was choosing vintage accessories from the site and comparing it to modern accessories that we wear  with our outfits but mainly focusing on what celebrities use to match their clothing. I had to make sure it was detailed enough so that it was interesting for my audience and I had to include images so then my audience can understand what I was explaining.

Also I had to create some short movie clips (SWF) through using adobe flash and adobe media encounter. I did this by collecting images/words from magazines, newspapers and websites, then sorting the collection out in media/film player and once I had sorted that out i was able to put it into the adobe media encounter, test it out in adobe flash and then my movie was created which then meant I was able to put it into the website that I am currently creating for my ICT course that will be launched in a few weeks just for practise and will also include blogs on the sites progress.

Apart from that I was mainly just watching and studying films (old and new) and learning about the acting skills that most actors and actresses use/perform when on set, the reason I was doing this was because I want to go into the career of acting (stage and film) so me watching and studying films is very beneficial for me as it can help me build my skills.