Questions - Research and Planning.

Detail how your understanding of the importance of good research and planning skills developed throughout the pre-production of your AS and A2 coursework?

Research and planning in my AS coursework was very important as I needed to get these skills to get through and complete my coursework.

Keeping track of research and planning is very important as you will be less likely to forget or miss something important. Also making sure you have the time for research and planning is important as well as making enough time for everything again means you'll have less chance of forgetting to do something. i could have done better with this in my AS coursework.

I also didn't think of the fact I would be using new software/hardware such as Apple macs, Photoshop, iMovie etc. So I wasted a lot of time learning how to use these, as I didn't include it in my research and planning meaning it set me back a lot when it came to make my magazine. So in A2 I will take this into consideration and leave enough time for things like this.

How did your knowledge of digital technology aid your research and planning skills throughout the pre-production of your AS and A2 coursework?

My knowledge of digital technology was very helpful for my research and planning.

Using digital technology such as e-mail was an easy way to contact my teachers about my coursework and deadlines or any questions I had. Also my mobile phone was another way of conducting the people who I used in my magazine, both of these ways were useful as it made planning easier.

Another was the internet which helped a lot for my pre-production. As making my blog was a helpful way to keep track and check all my work and help plan and keep organised as I could check that I had done all the work that had to be done.