Skill Targets and Ways to Achieve These

Digital Technology

Skill Target: My target will be to learn how to adjust the focus on the SLR cameras to good effect.

The way in which I will be able to achieve this is by experiencing how the cameras can be used first hand. I will attempt adjusting the focus with several objects. Also asking friends who do photography will help me to get the best results that I can. When taking photos for a horror poster there are certain conventions that need to be met. Dark lighting for example is one of them, and possibly to include props such as blood and weapons to make it scary.

Creativity

Skill Target: As last year I worked with a partner and also asked our actors their opinion on my ideas, I will try to develop my own ideas, without relying on opinion of others.

A way of achieving this target is by producing as many ideas as I can and trying to develop them thoroughly, similarly to how i will practise by producing several covers. Even though I will try to develop my own ideas I may ask for feedback on what I have produced.

Research and Planning

Skill Target: In my previous media products I have not done as much research and planning to help me with my research into my audience. I did do a brief audience profile but this time my target is to do more research in depth and to speak to my target audience and find out what they would like to see.

A way I will do this is by going to speak to my audience personally and find out what they would like to see in my media product. This way I will be able to find out things such as their desired linguistic features.

Post Production

Skill Target: Practise using the Photoshop software so that I am able to use it to the best of my ability.

The way in which I will achieve this target is by producing all of the same details which go on a DVD cover. This could include the certificate rating.

Using Conventions from Real Media Texts

Skill Target: Make sure that my media product contains real life media conventions, however possibly challenge them.

I will do this by researching Dvd covers that have already been produced to decide whether mine would manage in the industry.