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Technical Terms Flashcards

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What is Pre-Production?

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Work carried out before production of media product begins.
Example: Planning and designing of an idea.

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What is a Pre-Production Document?

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Document to plan for production of a media project. Gives creator vision of final product.

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What does Purpose mean?

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Reason why something is created or carried out.

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What does Feature mean?

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An element/aspect/part of something.

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What is a Moodboard?

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Used to collect samples, materials and relevant content to see what is needed.
Examples: Images, text, colours.

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What does Tactile mean?

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Process of creating something physically.

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What does Digital mean?

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Process of creating something on a computer.

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What is a Spider Diagram?

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Outlines ideas and shows links between different aspects and thoughts of a project.

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What is a Branch?

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Feature of a Mindmap; connects ideas together

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What is a Node?

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An idea of spider diagram that is often referred to as the parent idea.

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What is a Sub-Node?

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Feature of a Mindmap; connects to node.

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What is the Main Theme/Idea?

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Feature of a Mindmap; main purpose of it.

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What is a Visualisation Diagram?

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Shows layout of something something in visual manner. Shows how a finished item might look.

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What is a Annotation?

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A detail reason for decisions made or further explain ideas/concepts.

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What is a Storyboard?

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Provides visual representation of how a media project will look along a timeline, illustrating a sequence of movements.

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What is a Scene?

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Feature of both storyboards and scripts. Details where scene is to be filmed/set.

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What is a Location?

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Feature of both storyboards and scripts. Details where scene is to be filmed/set.

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What is a Camera Angle?

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Feature of both storyboards and scripts. Refers to position of camera when shot is taken.

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What is a Low Angle?

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Type of camera angle. Camera looks upwards making subject seem big and powerful.

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What is a High Angle?

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Type of camera angle. Camera looks downwards making subject seem small and weak.

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What is a Medium Close Up?

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Type of camera angle. Camera focuses on one single character.

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What is a Close Up?

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Type of camera angle. Camera focuses on face of one single character.

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What is a Extreme Close Up?

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Type of camera angle. Camera focuses on one single feature of one single character.

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What is a Wide Angle?

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Type of camera angle. Camera shows the whole character with some surroundings.

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What is a Extreme Wide Angle?

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Type of camera angle. Camera takes large amount of area into shot.

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What is a Two Shot?

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Type of camera angle. Camera focuses on two characters at once, and both are in shot.

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What is a Over the Shoulder?

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Type of camera angle. Camera points over another characters shoulder.

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What is a Wide Shot?

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Type of camera angle. Camera shows the character with their surroundings.

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What is a Camera Movement?

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Feature of storyboards. Refers to the way the camera moves when a shot is taken.

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What is a Tilt?

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Type of camera movement. Camera leans up or down. however staying in same position.

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What is a Pan?

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Type of camera movement. Camera swivels left or right, however staying in same position.

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What is a Dolly?

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Type of camera movement. Camera sits on a track and steadily moves along track.

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What is a Zoom?

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Type of camera movement. Camera magnifies something, focusing on one aspect of the shot. Size of aspect increases.

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What is a Scene Number?

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Feature of storyboard. Details the order in which scenes flow.

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What is Lighting?

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Feature of both scripts and storyboard. Refers to the style of lighting in a scene.

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What is Sound?

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Feature of both scripts and storyboard. Refers to any sound in a scene.

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What is a Scene Description?

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Feature of script. Sets scene, providing a short description on what audience should see and/or feel.

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What is a Scene Direction?

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Feature of a script. Tells actor how to move, look or behave.

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What is Dialogue?

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Feature of script. Tells the actors what to say.

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What is a Client Brief?

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Project provided by client that contains all information and requirements from the client.

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What is a Client Requirement?

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Provides the developer with clear statement of what needs to be produced, what should be achieved, and any constraints.

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What is a Target Audience?

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Intended final viewers or consumers or a product or service being created.

43
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What does Research mean?

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Process of investigating into something to establish facts and reach conclusions.

44
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What does Primary Research mean?

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Type of research. Process of gathering information first-hand from a reliable source.

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What does Secondary Research mean?

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Type of research. Process of gathering information second-hand where someone else has collected the data.

46
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What is a Interview?

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Type of primary research. One on one discussion where a variety of questions can be asked, and participant can expand on answer.

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What is a Focus Group?

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Type of primary research. Like an interview but with a group of people.

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What is a Questionnaire?

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Type of primary research. Questions sent out to many participants , often multiple choice.

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What is a Work Plan?

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Outlines all activities that must take place, scheduling them and allocating timings/deadlines for each.

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What is a Textual Work Plan?

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All activities and timeframes are listed in written form.

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What is a Graphical Work Plan?

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Duration of tasks and activities in blocks. Often referred to as a GANTT chart.

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What does Task mean?

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Feature of a work plan. Overall jobs that need to be completed.

53
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What does Activities mean?

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Feature of a work plan. Smaller jobs that build towards completion of a task.

54
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What is a Timescale?

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Feature of a work plan. Shows how long we have to complete task.

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What is a Workflow?

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Feature of a work plan. Shows how one task flows onto the next.

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What is a Contingency?

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Feature of a work plan. Shows as a hashed box on a GANTT chart.

57
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What is a Production Schedule?

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Details plan for completing one activity.

58
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What does Hardware mean?

A

Physical parts that make up a computer.

59
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What does Software mean?

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Applications that the computer runs.

60
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What is the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974?

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Legislation that sets out the procedures to prevent accidents or injury in a workplace or public environment.

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What is a Risk Assessment?

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Document completed to identify, assess, and control hazards in a workplace.

62
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What is Site Recce?

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Pre-production visit to a location to check for suitability. Used to identify any issues.

63
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What is Legislation?

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Refers to law passed by parliament.

64
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What is the Data Protection Act 2018?

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Legislation that controls how your personal information is used by organisations, businesses, or the government.

65
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What is the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988?

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Legislation that gives creators of digital media right to control how their work is used and distributed.

66
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What does Trademark mean?

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Recognisable sign, design or expressions which identifies products or services of a particular source from those others.

67
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What is Intellectual Property?

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Refers to “creations of the mind”. This means they are not tangible but still protected under copy right.

68
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What does Royalty Free mean?

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It can be used to download without the need of paying any costs.

69
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What is Fair Use?

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Allows the limited use of copyrighted material without permission from the owner.

70
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What does File Format mean?

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Structure of a file that tells a program ho to display its content.

71
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Give some examples of a Image File Format.

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  1. JPEG
  2. PNG
  3. GIF
  4. PDF
  5. TIF
72
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Give some examples of a Audio File Format.

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  1. MP3
  2. AIFF
  3. WAV
73
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Give some examples of a Video File Format.

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  1. MPG
  2. MOV
  3. MP4
74
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What does Naming Conventions mean?

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How file should be named when being stored.

75
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What is Version Control?

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Process of saving different versions or drafts or a file, rather than simply saving over the same file.

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