iMedia R081 Pre Production Skills
LO3: Producing Pre Production documents
LO3: Producing Pre Production documents
| Keyword | Definition |
|---|---|
| annotation | Written descriptions that explain design decisions |
| Audience | The group of people that will use or view a pre-production document |
| Client | The person or company who has asked for the media product to be made |
| content | The images, text and other items you'd expect to see in a media product |
| layout | How the content is arranged on screen / paper |
| Mind map | A diagram showing a central idea connected to primary nodes which are then structured into sub nodes |
| mood board | A combination of images, colours, text |
| Purpose | What the pre-production document will be used for |
| relevence | How suitable the content and design ideas of a pre production document are for the theme |
| storyboard | A sequence of diagrams showing each scene of an animation or video |
| structure | How content is linked together in a mind map |
| visualisation diagram | An annotated sketch showing a design idea |
| Keyword | Definition |
|---|---|
| audience | The people who will use the script (e.g. actors or comic designers) |
| camera angle | High or low position of a camera |
| camera movement | Crab, zoom, pan, tilt, tracking |
| characters | Who's speaking or moving |
| dialogue | What a character says |
| emotion | How a character should speak (e.g. angrily, sadly, lovingly) |
| exterior | When a scene takes place outside |
| interior | When a scene takes place inside |
| intonation | How a character should speak (e.g. as a question, uncertainly, confidently) |
| location | Where the action takes place |
| purpose | What the script is trying to achieve (e.g. educate, entertain, inform, advertise, promote) |
| script | Written document that contains dialogue, stage directions, location, set and characters |
| set | Props that are needed |
| shot type | Where the camera is in relation to what it's filming (e.g. extreme long shot, long shot, medium shot, close up, extreme close up) |
| sounds | Music or noises that are essential to the scene |
| stage directions | Instructions to the actors that describe movement or posture |
| suitability | Whether the script is appropriate for the target audience and purpose |
| volume | How loud or quiet the character should speak |
| Keyword | Definition |
|---|---|
| bitmap | An image made up of individual pixels |
| colour palette | The number of colours used in the image |
| compression | Technique used to reduce the file size of an image |
| DPI | A measure of quality calculated by the number of dots or pixels in a line that's 1 inch long. |
| file format | The type of file that has been saved |
| file size | The number of bytes used to store the image. |
| GIF | File format that uses lossy compression to reduce file size. Great for logos or cartoons with a limited number of colours but not suitable for photos. Supports animation and transparency. |
| height | The number of pixels in each column up/down an image |
| JPG | File format that uses lossy compression to reduce file size. Great for photos or use on the internet but doesn't support transparency and reduces the number of colours and detail available. |
| limitations | Weaknesses of a particular file format |
| File format that combines images and text in a way that can be easily distributed without needing particular fonts or software to be installed. | |
| PNG | File format that uses lossless compression or no compression for high quality images. Large file size but supports full or partial transparency. Suitable for diagrams or logos but not ideal for photos due to large file size. |
| PSD | File format used by Photoshop that stores layers and effects separately so images can be easily edited providing that you have Photoshop installed. Very large file size. |
| still image | A picture rather than a video or animation |
| transparency | Whether or not parts of an image can be completely or partially see through |
| vector | An image made up of shapes, colours and patterns |
| width | The number of pixels in each row across an image |
| Keyword | Definition |
|---|---|
| audio | A sound recording |
| bit depth | The number of bits used to store one sample |
| bit rate | The number of bits needed to store one second of audio recording |
| channels | The number of different speakers that the sound is designed to be played through |
| lossless compression | Technique used to reduce the file size of a sound recording without reducing audio quality |
| lossy compression | Technique used to reduce the file size of a sound recording that reduces audio quality |
| mono | An audio recording with only one channel |
| mp3 | Compressed (lossy) audio file format that reduces sound quality in order to reduce file size. Suitable for distribution online |
| sample rate | The number of times that the volume of sound is recorded every second |
| stereo | An audio recording with two channels (usually left and right) |
| wav | Uncompressed audio file format suitable for high quality recordings but large file means it's not ideal for distribution online |
| Keyword | Definition |
|---|---|
| animation | A moving picture made up of individual frames (e.g. stop motion or keyframe) |
| aspect ratio | The width divided by the height, used to show the shape of the screen a video should be played on (e.g. 4:3 or 16:9 widescreen) |
| avi | A video file format that is usually uncompressed with a very large file size, suitable for editing but not online distribution |
| bit rate | The number of bits needed to store on second of a video recording |
| compression | Technique used to reduce the file size of a video recording. Can be lossy (reduces quality) or lossless (doesn't reduce quality) |
| file size | The number of bytes used to store the video |
| frame rate | The number of images shown each second |
| height | The number of pixels down each column of a video |
| limitations | Weaknesses of a particular file format |
| mp4 | A video file format that uses lossy compression to reduce file size by reducing the picture and sound quality |
| swf | An animation file format that stores sounds, images and videos which is optimised for online distribution but doesn't work well on mobile devices |
| video | A moving picture made up of individual photos or images shown in quick succession |
| width | The number of pixels across each row of a video |
| Keyword | Definition |
|---|---|
| file extension | The letters that go after a full stop at the end of a file name which indicates the file type and which program the file should open with (e.g. JPG) |
| file name | What you save a file as (e.g. Final video) |
| folder | A storage location where you can organise your files |
| naming convention | Set of rules to follow when choosing the file name to save a media product |
| organisation requirement | Rules you have to follow to meet the needs of a company (e.g. supported file formats or maximum file size) |
| version control | Allows lost work to be recovered or changes to be undone in a media product |