Course Overview: Video Production

L2 BTEC First Award in Digital Media Production (L;VPL)

Course Overview: Games Production

L2 BTEC First Award in Creative Digital Media Production (L;GPL)

 

Study Skills: Useful Terms

Study Skills: Skills Building

Study Skills: Understand Your Assessment

Study Skills: Managing Your Information

Study Skills: Resources and Research

Study Skills: Getting The Most From Your BTEC

Study Skills: About Your Course

Camera angles, shot types and the continuity system

Photoshop Evaluation

Before you begin this task you should have completed two Photoshop tasks; task 1 - action poster and task 2 - airbrushing. You also need to upload the JPEG files as separate posts under the induction label. This evaluation should be completed for homework if not completed in lesson and is due one week from today.

Blog post title:

• Photoshop Evaluation

Essential elements of post:

• Title and label
• full sentences demonstrating consideration of spelling, punctuation and grammar (that includes capital letters and capitalised 'I's. Always check your work thoroughly before publishing it
• print screens of your finished products and various tools and elements in Photoshop
• an honest reflection on how you are getting on - don't just write what you think I want to read

Evaluation Guidance

• Introduction
• what is Photoshop and why is it used in the creative media industry?
• what were the two tasks set?
• what do your finished products look like? (add images)
• Using Photoshop
• how well do you feel you were able to use Photoshop?
• what did you like most about using Photoshop?
• were you happy with your finished products?
• what were some of your favourite tools and processes in Photoshop? (add images / print screens of three)
• what did you find most difficult?
• Your learning and development
• what skills have you learnt through working with Photoshop? (think broadly)
• is there anything you would like more time on / more help with?
• in regards to interactive media devices and platforms, why do you think Photoshop is useful?

Guides for Using Adobe Photoshop CC

You can find the images on Moodle or in Student Shared on the S drive (in 'Computer').
Go to StudentShared>Media>Photoshop.

Breaking the Ice: Introductory Statements

Getting to know you

Throughout the course you will be working on individual assignments but that doesn't mean that you can't talk through work and ideas with your classmates, and we certainly don't want you to go through the year without getting to know one another. So, during induction we want you to get talking!

It is really important that you make contributions to class discussions and feel confident enough to answer questions, therefore, we want to do some confidence-building tasks during induction to help you with team work and peer and group discussions. You will also get the chance to complete some independent activities and to dabble with technology too.

To begin with, we are going to do some peer and group discussion. Firstly you will consider each of the statements below and form a personal opinion on each, then you will pair up and share your responses before joining another pair and having a discussion / debate. Aside from getting to know each other, the most important bit of this task is to be able to back up your response and argue 'why'.

1 = do not agree

10 = completely agree

1. I use media every day

2. Violent video games make people violent

3. The news in the UK is really honest and always tells the truth

4. I am influenced by the media

5. I spend too much time using media products

6. I have made or have helped to make a media product

7. I can spot fake news

8. Media (games and video production) is an easy subject to study

9. There are no career opportunities in the creative media industries

10. Advertising does not work on me.

Do violent games make people violent?