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 "Describe how your skills in post-production informed your own creative media practice. Refer to a range of examples in your answer to show how these skills developed over time."

My skills in post production informed me in my own creative media practice. This includes the range of skills I developed staring in the AS year through to A2. Starting in AS I was asked to created a music magazine front cover a contents page and a double page spread and then in A2 I was asked to make a film promotional package including the trailer.

The most important step in post-production for both AS and A2 is the creating and editing and I feel my skills have developed greatly over the past two years.

In AS I wanted to create a magazine that looked as professional as possible and had all the conventions of a magazine. In order to do this I had to research standing magazines, from NME to Billboard I saw how different genres of music are shown and promoted to attract the attention of the target audience through the text and photography. When creating and my magazine I had to make sure my genre was outstanding and clear. I used softwares such as Photoshop and InDesign to enable my magazine could be created to the best ability.

In A2 I already had a lot of my skills from AS to help me create the magazine and poster side of the project but when I had to make my trailer I had to develop a whole new set of skills in FinalCutExpress. I looked at trailers such as ‘The Woman In Black’ and ‘Orphan’ to see how scenes flow seamlessly, and the suspense is built to allow the audience to understand the narrative I also saw and intertitles ect. are a big part of what makes the trailer look professional.