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1. Terms Q1

2. Primary research
Primary research is research carried out that
provides the person with information that they
are able to display to others or use themselves.

3. Secondary research
This Is research that is collected from other
sources to be used for their own

4. Qualitative research
• This type of research is designed to find out a
target audience listing specific question.

5. Quantitative research
• This is research based on numbers and exact
figures from answers.

6. Why it is important?
• It is very important to carry out research
before creating a media product because it
allows you to find information on similar ideas
that have done well in order to strengthen
your product. It also gives a good indication
on a plan that can save time when making the
product.

7. Research carried out As and A2
• A2 research into the thriller genre
• Characters that are seen within that genre
• Audience feedback
• Conventions
• Legal guidelines
• Settings
• Locations
• Camera techniques
• Opening sequences

8. A2
• Research into the dramatic genre
• Audience feedback
• Conventions
• Locations
• Legal guidelines
• Theorists
• Camera techniques

9. What forms where most useful
research?
• The form that was most useful within research
was similar texts as this gave a good example
of what information and characters the
audience respond to best in a production
chosen.

10. Ways digital media
• Digital media could have been used more for
carrying out research for media products
throughout the production by making sure
that I use more applications similar to
PowerPoint in order to be able to make things
stand out more.

11. Term creative
• The term creative means when the use of
imagination is used to come up with either a
new idea of a product or build on something
that has already been created.

12. AS and A2 portfolio productions are
creative?
• As I believe hasn’t been as creative as my A2
as my overall idea on my As production
consisted of a cliché idea that Is seen In the
majority of the chosen genre productions.
• My A2 however I believe is creative as the idea
of supernatural in a dramatic trailer isnt
usually seen so builds the idea of something
different making it creative.