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Creating Media Productions

Production in audio-visual, print and online form

  • 3 things to know
  • AS Unit 2 and A2 Unit 4

Overview

Match on action, ambient sound used for in an edit and bleed in page layout.

What you need to know

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Key term

What changes for a producer moving from print work to audio-visual work?

Key term

Why is continuity a problem in audio-visual production but not in print?

Key term

What is the 180-degree rule, and why does a producer keep to it?

Questions from this subtopic

Each one with the model answer underneath.

  1. 1

    What changes for a producer moving from print work to audio-visual work?

    Model answer

    Print communicates through a fixed page whose pace the reader controls, while audio-visual work unfolds in time and controls the order and pace of what the audience sees.

  2. 2

    Why is continuity a problem in audio-visual production but not in print?

    Model answer

    Shots recorded separately have to join together as one continuous action, so costume, props, light and screen direction must match between takes.

  3. 3

    What is the 180-degree rule, and why does a producer keep to it?

    Model answer

    The camera stays on one side of an imaginary line drawn through the action, which keeps characters facing consistently and stops the audience becoming disoriented.

  4. 4

    Define match on action.

    Model answer

    Match on action cuts between two shots during a movement so that the movement appears to continue without a break.

  5. 5

    Why is location sound often the hardest part of an audio-visual production?

    Model answer

    Wind, traffic and room echo are recorded along with the dialogue and cannot be removed afterwards, so the sound has to be controlled at the time.

  6. 6

    What is ambient sound used for in an edit?

    Model answer

    A continuous background recording covers the joins between shots so that the soundtrack does not jump at every cut.

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