Digital media
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Why this why now
This unit develops pupils' understanding of pre-production skills used in digital media industries. They will learn the importance of understanding the client's requirements, planning, developing timeframes and deadlines, and the techniques involved in these processes. They will then learn a number of the different software tools to fulfil basic client briefs. Pupils will apply this knowledge and develop their own digital media creation from a set of provided briefs. They will then assess each other's projects in terms of their effectiveness at meeting the aims of the brief.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Pupils recognise the various forms that digital media can take
- Pupils can evaluate the impact technology has on the lives of people
- Pupils recognise how to stay safe online
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Why this why now
This unit develops pupils' understanding of pre-production skills used in digital media industries. They will learn the importance of understanding the client's requirements, planning, developing timeframes and deadlines, and the techniques involved in these processes. They will then learn a number of the different software tools to fulfil basic client briefs. Pupils will apply this knowledge and develop their own digital media creation from a set of provided briefs. They will then assess each other's projects in terms of their effectiveness at meeting the aims of the brief.
Prior knowledge requirements
- Pupils recognise the various forms that digital media can take
- Pupils can evaluate the impact technology has on the lives of people
- Pupils recognise how to stay safe online
Digital media
In this unit pupils will develop pre-production skills used in digital media. They will learn the importance of understanding client requirements, planning, developing timeframes and the steps involved in these processes. They will be exposed to a variety of software tools and learn how to use them.
8 lessons in unit
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