key words

Question 1

mindmap

Answer 1

used by production teams to help structure ideas and show links.

Question 2

mood board

Answer 2

used by designers to generate ideas for a creative media product based on similar products or themes.

Question 3

script

Answer 3

used to plan out the speech,story line and stage direction for a video, comic or game.

Question 4

storyboard

Answer 4

used by directors and producers to see what needs to be filmed or animated for each scene of animation or video.

Question 5

visualization diagram

Answer 5

used by designers to sketch and annotate ideas to see what a final product will look like.

Question 6

client

Answer 6

the person or company who has asked for a media product to be made.

Question 7

content

Answer 7

the images, text and other items you would expect too see in a media product.

Question 8

genre

Answer 8

the category of similar products that this media product falls into (horror/kids/comedy).

Question 9

project brief

Answer 9

description of the media product agreed with the client.

Question 10

purpose

Answer 10

what the final media product must achieve (e.g. education, inform, entertain, advertise, promote).

Question 11

requirements

Answer 11

the list of what the media product must be in order to be suitable for the target audience and purpose.

Question 12

style

Answer 12

the colors, fonts and layout of a media product.

Question 13

theme

Answer 13

the topic and style of content you would expect to see in a media product.

Question 14

end user

Answer 14

person who will use or view the final product.

Question 15

target audience

Answer 15

the group of people that will use or view a pre-production document or the final product.

Question 16

timescale

Answer 16

how long a production team has to create a product.

Question 17

digital

Answer 17

electronic (made or viewed on a computer)

Question 18

media product

Answer 18

a video, animation,comic, image, sound or game.

Question 19

primary source

Answer 19

finding out new information directly e.g. focus groups, survey, questionnaire or interview.

Question 20

research

Answer 20

finding out what the target audience want and how to make the media product suitable.

Question 21

secondary source

Answer 21

analyzing information from someone else’s research e.g. books, websites, magazines, reviews or similar products.

Question 22

location recces

Answer 22

visiting a location that will be used whilst a media product is made to check suitability and safety.

Question 23

risk assessment

Answer 23

documents created to identify what could go wrong and minimize hazards.

Question 24

safe working practices

Answer 24

how to stay safe whilst working on a production.

Question 25

certification

Answer 25

proof that a media product meets a set of technical standards e.g. HD, DVD, Dolby Sound.

Question 26

classification

Answer 26

proof that a media product is suitable for a particular age group.

Question 27

copyright

Answer 27

the right to be known as creator or owner of a digital product. prevents others from using it without your permission.

Question 28

creative commons

Answer 28

a copyright license which you're free to use assets but need to acknowledge the creator.

Question 29

data protection act (DPA)

Answer 29

legislation to say how all personal data collected must be accurate, stored securely, and not kept for longer than necessary.

Question 30

defamation act

Answer 30

legislation saying how a media product must not lie in a way that damages someone's reputation.

Question 31

intellectual property

Answer 31

patents, trademarks and copyrights.

Question 32

legislation

Answer 32

law/ set of laws.

Question 33

privacy

Answer 33

personal data must only be used, shared and stored for the reason that was stated which a user gave consent to.

Question 34

public domain

Answer 34

an asset that is available without any legislation or copyright.

Question 35

trademark

Answer 35

a logo. word or phrase that is associated to a company or product that can only be used with permission.

Question 36

activities

Answer 36

small steps that need to be done to complete each task.

Question 37

contingency time

Answer 37

time that is given to a future event or circumstance which is possible but cannot be predicted with certainty.

Question 38

milestone

Answer 38

a point in time where a significant amount of progress has been made to the media product.

Question 39

production schedule

Answer 39

overview that shows jobs needed to be done to design and produce a media product.

Question 40

resources

Answer 40

hardware and software needed to complete a job.

Question 41

tasks

Answer 41

main jobs required to create a media product.

Question 42

timescale

Answer 42

how long the production team have to create a media product.

Question 43

work flow

Answer 43

the order that tasks and activities needed to be completed in.

Question 44

work plan

Answer 44

guide to show what steps need to be taken to make a media product, what order to do them in and how long they will take to do.

Question 45

accessibility

Answer 45

if the target audience has any physical disabilities and how if effects their access to hardware and software.

Question 46

age

Answer 46

how old the target audience is and how that affects their interests, vocab and budgets.

Question 47

ethnicity

Answer 47

the religion, race and nationality of the target audience and how it affects their language and interests.

Question 48

gender

Answer 48

if the target audience is male or female or a mixture it will affect their likes and dislikes.

Question 49

income

Answer 49

amount of money the target audience gets and how it affects their priorities and interests.

Question 50

location

Answer 50

where the target audience lives and works and how that affects their language and interests.