Episode 03: Representations in production

Knowledge and Skills

Key Knowledge

• the characteristics of specific media audiences and how productions can be designed and produced to engage these audiences
• stages in the media production process including pre-production, production and post-production
• media pre-production, production and post-production techniques to represent ideas and achieve particular effects
• media codes and conventions used to construct meaning in media products
• media technologies used to produce representations in a range of media forms
• the characteristics of a range of media representations in media forms
• media production language appropriate to the design, production and evaluation of media representations in a range of media forms.

Key Skills

• describe the characteristics of specific media audiences and explain how productions can be designed and produced to engage audiences
• use media pre-production, production and post-production techniques and processes
• research and apply media design and production techniques to represent ideas and achieve particular effects
• apply media codes and conventions to construct meaning in media products
• operate media technologies to produce representations in a range of media forms
• evaluate the characteristics of a range of media representations in media forms
• use media language appropriate to the design, production and evaluation of media representations in a range of media forms.

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