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Pre-Production Documents Revision

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1. Name of document. 2. What kinds of media product it's useful for. 3. Its most important features. 4. Information from the brief that will affect how you will adapt the document to it. 5. Any requirements, links to other documents, limitations or further comments. Important note: Mr Higgs likes to breathe.

Evaluations

The best way to go about doing an evaluation is to look at: Justification of Content: Once a pre-production document has been produced, the content needs to be analysed and checked to ensure that it is adequate for the purpose it was designed for. Does the content meet the needs of the client? If it doesn't, then the production phase cannot start. The content can be reviewed in discussion with the client and target audience focus groups. Evaluation Suitability for Purpose: The pre-production documents are used to provide the various personnel involved in the project with the information that they will require to produce the project. It is with this purpose in mind that these documents need to be evaluated. Do they provide enough information for the members of the production team to produce the product in line with the proposal? The documents can be shown to the lead members of each team to check that they are clear about what is required during their phase of th...

Storyboards

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These are a vital part of the pre-production process and, when done correctly, can ensure that the vision you have planned is successfully created. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQsvhq28sOI Knight-Higgs Shoes Storyboard:

Site Structure Diagram/Sitemap

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During the production of an interactive media product the layout of how the screen and pages fit together needs to be designed. A structure of the hierarchy of how each of these relate to each other is set out in a diagram that looks like a tree root system, with the home screen/page being the trunk and all the other screens/pages coming off this. Knight-Higgs Shoes Site Structure Design:

Set Design

This is the creation of documents that set out how a scene for a TV or film location is set up. These can either be created in 2D so that the layout is seen, or 3D so that the view of the scene as it will be seen during can be understood. These are used to show the filming team how the scene looks so that the camera angles and movement can be planned. They also allow the production team to see what has to be built for the production.

Page Mock-Up

These are similar to flat plan and wireframes; however they contain more details such as the content and colour schemes included. They can be shown to clients and audiences to gain feedback before the final version is created. New software developments allow the creation of page mock-ups for interactive media products and websites that include interactive elements to be modelled. These mock-ups are now blending into prototypes in terms of their features.

Prototype

The prototype is an early model of a media product, especially important in the development of interactive products where the production of the final version will take time and resources. Creating a prototype allows testing of the early concept to be carried out to ensure that the final product will meet its needs. The prototype will not look like the final product, as the final aesthetics will not be included; however the core elements will be working and tested.