Intro

Unit 14 – Producing a Print Based Media Product (10 Credits)

Brief:

Plan and Produce a FINAL Front Cover and DPS for your Music Magazine based on the pre-production work carried out for Unit 01 and 13.

How you are assessed:

Be able to produce preproduction materials for a planned original print media product.

P1 Learners produce preproduction materials for a planned original print media product

M1 The pre-production materials produced are fit for purpose and generally of a good technical standard

Pre-production material:

- Draft written content

- Draft layouts

- Mood boards

- Plan for images needed

- Select fonts/graphics/colours

- Production schedule – dates timings, activities, location, personnel, resources.

P2 Learners carry out at least one relevant recce and risk assessment for production stages, recording:

a) the outcome of recce(s)

b) any potential hazards/ risks

c) their solution for any identified hazard/risk in line with health and safety procedures

Be able to assess locations, risks, and legal/ ethical issues relevant to their print media product, finding solutions to any risks or issues identified.

Learners conduct recces of suitable indoor or outdoor locations for production work, for example: photo shoots, interviews, etc.

Take notes and pictures for the rest of the production team. Evidence could take the form of written notes, proforma, audio notes, photographs.

P3 Learners resolve identified legal or ethical issues for their planned print media product.

For example:

- Copyright, intellectual property rights, slander/libel, royalties, violence, offensive language/behaviour/material, public interest.

Be able to produce materials for use in an original print media product

P4 Learners produce competent materials to be used in their planned original print media product

M2 Production of material is proficient. The production techniques and/or processes are fit for purpose and used effectively to create meaning within the planned outcome

D1 Materials produced are generally of a high technical standard and quality. Conventions of the chosen genre are followed, within the intentions of the production. The production techniques and/or processes are used to good effect to enhance meaning, within the intentions of the production

Be able to edit materials to produce a final print media product

P5 Learners carry out postproduction processes to produce a competent final original print media product

M3 Editing of the print media product created is proficient and the application of postproduction additions is used effectively to create meaning within the planned outcome. The final original media product produced is generally of a good standard and quality

D2 Editing is generally of a high technical standard and quality. It will be generally skillful with the application of post-production additions being utilised to enhance meaning, within the intentions of the production. The final original print media product produced is generally of a high standard and quality