Year 13 Media Studies Exam - Question 1a: Post Production

If the question you are given in the exam is focussed on the area of POST PRODUCTION, you need to be able to give a full and detailed answer in the time allowed (30 minutes).   In order to do this you must have carried out the necessary preparation and practice activities.

What is Post-production?

This area of focus gives you a wide choice of examples to base your work on.  This includes the following:

Editing - choice of takes to use.

Sound design (diegetic and non-diegetic) - choice of music.

Adding digital effects - brightness/contrast, colouring, VFX

Editing to the beat.

Green screen and chroma keying.

ADR (Additional Dialogue Recording).

Removing sound.

Titles/credits.

Essential Preparation

1.  Select 3 examples of post-production activities you carried out whilst making your AS production.
2.  Select 3 examples of post-production activities you carried out whilst making your A2 production.
3.  Make sure that you remember all examples well and are able to write about them in detail.  Think about and make notes on WHAT you did, HOW you did it, WHY you did it and WHETHER it helped you create a more effective production.
4.  Think about and take notes on how your CREATIVITY developed in this area in reference to these examples.  Remember - every decision you made was a creative one - the whole process was a creative one.  Everything you did was creative to some degree - the question is, how effective was it?

Sample Exam Question

How has your creativity developed through your use of research and planning activities in the completion of your coursework productions?