site map examples and feedback

 To improve my sitemap I need to focus more on the graphic designers perspective as well as the coder e.g add more annotations about images ,videos, house styles and why these are needed.

LO4 : Site Structure Diagram/Site Map

What is a site map?
A site structure diagram is a diagram that shows how the audience gets around the page and how its operated by the 'end-user'

What type of media products would it be needed for?
Website, games, apps

The coder/programmer would be the person who would make the site map, the graphic
designer would also input information of the layout.





Navigation - How someone gets around the page
End-user - The audience

drawing question tips

`1.Banner 

2.Navigation Bar 

3. Carousel 

4.Button 

5. Thumbnails 

6. Footer 

• placed at the bottom of the page
• contains legal information, customer care & social media links*

*having social media links is very important as many major companies have a presence on social media and use it as another advertising tactic, we expect companies to have social media links and is another way for the consumers to get involved.

Drawing question examples 

With a visualisation diagram 

1. annotations, label features 
2. label how its beneficial for the audience and purpose 
3. design features e.g colours font.

LO4 Drawing questions

• CONTENT  [1]

Content is what it includes, does it look like the product and have you included key features.

• FITNESS OFR PURPOSE  [3]

Just like content, this one is about features of what have been drawn being relevant for the brief/scenario 

• USE OF ANNOTATIONS TO JUSTIFY YOUR ASNWER  [2]

Making detailed notes to explain;

a) house style
b) appeal to target audience
c) the brief
* don't have to create notes for storyboards

A visualisation diagram - a sketch that represents a layout of a product,
you would need to make a visualisation diagram for products such as; poster, website homepage, app homescreen, level for game.

Similarities between the two home screens are;

• logo - located at the top, colour scheme, represents the brand and title.

• graphics - represent different buttons e.g Instagram icons 

• interactive buttons/hyperlink - help navigate the app/page/website

• house style - font styles , colour schemes

• text

when adding annotations to the diagram you need to add connotations and why its going to appeal to the target audience.


WHEN CREATING AN APP VISUALISATION DIAGRAM 

• Draw the phone around the VD

LO4 Job roles

GAME (interactive product)

• programmer 
• graphic design 
• market researcher 

FILM/ TV ADVERT (video based product)

• actors/model   
• camera person
• editor 

MAGAZINE/ NEWSPAPER (print based products)

• journalist
• photographer         
• graphic designer

RADIO PROGRAMME (audio based product)

• presenter
• researcher
• technical engineer

many team roles are multifunctional, this being a positive aspect as its cost effective and cheaper e.g a graphic designer would create anything visual seen e.g layout, house style, photography.    

Key Job roles linked throughout products 

GRAPHIC DESIGNER  - responsible for the visuals /layout of the product

1. environment, levels and characters
2. logo
3. house style, font style
4. photography and graphics 

documents used would be ; 

visualisation diagrams, this would include annotations and denotations explaining the drawing, 

call sheets, used for photoshoots

CAMERA PERSON - film footage for a video product 

1. an understanding of cinematography e.g angles and shot types 
2. experience and skills in a range of camera equipment e.g DSLR, Lighting, Tripods, Lenses

Qualification wise

A level in photography/media, a degree in film production/ media production 

CODER/PROGRAMMER -

1. coding in multiple different languages e.g HTML or CSS 
2. different products e.g website, game,app

Qualification wise

A level in computer science and a degree in coding/IT

LO3 Research

What production stage does research take place?

• throughout

What are the two types of collective research 

• primary & secondary 

1. PRE-PRODUCTION

• Existing products 
• Target audience/demographic
• Find out the gap in the market 
• Competitors 
• Understanding the conventions of your product 
• audience research/prototype

PRIMARY RESEARCH 

Research your conduct yourself e.g questionnaire 

SECONDARY RESEARCH 

You are looking at existing research products e.g website 

• Primary Research 

AUDIENCE RESEARCH

- Research your target audience, e.g age, lifestyle and gender  

The purpose of this enables you to effectively target your audience, the more you know about your audience the better you can target them and this brings in a greater profit and revenue.

MARKET RESEARCH 

- Market research is about research into how and where to sell your product along with researching the competitors in the specific industry.

Questions that you might ask in these sessions would be 'how will my product fit?' and 'revenue for the market?' and 'my biggest competitors'

Companies that collect audience and market research are; BARB, PAMCO, RAJAR 

PRODUCTION RESEARCH 

- Asking members of the public about a product, this is done by collecting source material and establishing how viable the project is, this step is carried out in production phase.

SECONDARY RESEARCH

Secondary research could be internet research, these sources are secondary due to the research already being collected and combined.

In the exam you need to include the website applicable to the brief, you would want to use websites created by either national geographic or BBC as these would be seen as reliable sources.

Internet research can be advantageous to the production team as it can be quick and efficient to gather, this is due to the information is already gathered, its accessible anywhere at anytime.

Another advantage is that there are many websites to gather information from along with them all being in the same place.

You need to make sure that the information is true or valid this can be insured if the author is a professor or professional in that field. Make sure that the information is still relative to today.

You can compare information from websites very easily also.

Another secondary research that is frequently used is a journal, this means an account written by a person or organisation and is usually research based e.g facts and figures, an advantage of a journal is your using someone else data and documentation, the journals are accessible and are written by professors and professionals this meaning that the information is valid or correct.

A disadvantage of a journal would be it could be bias or from a certain viewpoint this being a problem for many secondary sources to combat this its ideal to compare between sources.

PRIMARY RESEARCH

Primary research means the research carried out where the team brings back new information collected conducted by the team.  Three examples of how this is done is audience research, market research and production research, three different types of primary research are questionnaires, surveys and focus groups.

A survey is a type of research with advantages of bringing strong research which has been collected and the research also normally is accompanied with facts about the person who filled it in e.g age/gender. 

However a survey is known for very simple answers and is normally just yes or no.

A questionnaire is advantageous as it creates a lot of information Fromm questionnaire and is known for having an answer box instead of yes or no like a survey, a disadvantage of this is that the data can be very time consuming to analyse.

Both of these methods would be given to the target audience and produce qualitative data from questionnaires and quantitative data from surveys, you can use the feedback to improve the products, a software useful for creating a survey/questionnaire is survey monkey which also analyses the data afterwards.

A focus group is very advantageous as it allows the target audience to give verbal and written feedback to the production team this being really valuable information. In assembling your focus group you need to make sure that the group is representative of your audience.

Usually filmed or audio recorded to save the exact information, some scenarios this could be used for could be design-work, videos.

An advantage of a focus group is that you will receive different opinions, ask probing questions and collection of qualitative data, use feedback to improve and better the product.

Some disadvantages of a focus group would be; how the session will be documented e.g video recording, it can be time consuming to arrange e.g planning a date that suits all participants, accessibility and ethical issues in the group e.g making sure theres wheelchair access, answers being bias due to people feeling bad with negative feedback or people agreeing with the majority and this causing invalid data, also alike a questionnaire the data is very time-consuming to analyse due to how much verbal information you can get.

An interview is very advantageous as it allows the target audience to give verbal and written feedback to the production team this being really valuable information. In assembling your focus group you need to make sure that the group is representative of your audience.

Usually filmed or audio recorded to save the exact information, some scenarios this could be used for could be design-work, videos.

An advantage of a focus group is that you will receive different opinions, ask probing questions and collection of qualitative data, use feedback to improve and better the product.

Some disadvantages of a focus group would be; how the session will be documented e.g video recording, it can be time consuming to arrange e.g planning a date that suits all participants, accessibility and ethical issues in the group e.g making sure theres wheelchair access, answers being bias due to people feeling bad with negative feedback or people agreeing with the majority and this causing invalid data, also alike a questionnaire the data is very time-consuming to analyse due to how much verbal information you can get.

An interview is similar to a focus group as you physically speaking to the target audience along with them both being pre-arranged and you've got to ask questions.

Some differences between an interview and a focus group is that an interview is 1-1, it can be a lot more formal.

Production Schedule Feedback

WAGOL 

MY ANSWER & FEEDBACK 

Lo3 Pre-production documents and forms

Once a production schedule is created the following needs to be created.

• Call Sheets
• Consent form
• Location release

The order you would create these documents in would be release and consent agreement, Location permission and then a call sheet.

 Release and consent agreement: A release and consent form is used for ensuring that anyone featuring in a product is aware of the distribution and gives consent to be shown in the product, this is a legal contract and the signature is a legal requirement.

Call Sheet: A call sheet is used to plan and organise a physical shoot this includes costumes, lighting and equipment needed, this is not a legal document however its used for pre-planning. Its ideally made in advance to the shoot and needs to be shown to cast and crew prior to the event.

Location Permission form: Similar to the release and consent from a location permission form is used to ensure that the location that is shown in a shoot has legally agreed to be shown in a distributed product because its a legal document the signature is also a legal requirement.

Consent Form 

• Three main sections of the consent form are the terms, the production teams name and date sent  and the signature of the recipient.
• The person signing the contrast would be the person who is being featured in the product 
• Potential legal and ethical issues faced without this form would be possible fines and even court cases opposing the production team along with the pulling of their product if distributed a common case is ht production being sued for defamation.

Location release Form 

• The similarities between this document and the consent form is that they're both legal and they're both seeking consent.
• The person who owns the land/building or is responsible for it would be the person signing the contract.

Call Sheet

• The type of productions that a call sheet is used for is photoshoots and filming sessions, however the document is usually used if there is more than 2 people in the production.
• A call sheet is used by the production team along with people starring in the product.
• It would be needed before production starts as it allows people to gather props, equipment needed and it allows everyone to understand what they need to do. 

EXAM Q1. Evaluate the potential effectiveness of a production schedule as a development tool for the app

By Mia Fidment 

The effectiveness of a production schedule is relatively high in most scenarios for example, The production schedule is visually effective this being a huge beneficial factor due to the team being able to understand it without having to read masses of writing, this allows the team to understand the production schedule quicker and it to be time efficient which is needed in this case due to the team only having to April so time is an issue.  

As well as the production schedule being effective it can also hinder the team for example, it doesn't include legal or ethical issues, so the team can miss out major details in their work for example forgetting to get copyrighted images this could potentially get the whole production shut down and even result in court cases, this extreme negative effect due to the production schedule. 

In developing the app, the production schedule would be useful as it factors in contingencies into the plan this meaning that the team can see alternative actions to take to suit the scenario if the original action is going as expected, this is a very effective quality of the production schedule due to the time efficiency. 

The production schedule could also be negatively impacting the team as it includes timeframes and milestones in the log however even though this is normally a positive aspect if these dates are not realistic this could majorly delay the release date losing all publicity of the app and disappoint fans waiting for the launch.  

Another great aspect of the production schedule is the fact that the whole team can understand and follow the same plan due to some of the member such as Ella being a newly hired member the simplicity of the chart will help her get a grasp of tasks , The rest of the team, Ian and josh can also see their required jobs written in chronological order and the fact that the whole team no matter what job you bring to the production can use and refer to this schedule means it’s very effective. 

Along with the production schedule however the team will also need to support this document with another document such as a visualisation diagram, in the production schedule it doesn't give a visual sense of the product and this can hinder the team if it can't be seen especially for media products. This document will be created by Ella due to her graphic skills and will be shown to the whole team so the visual idea of the project is clear throughout the team.

The plan could be quite ineffective however if the schedule was not shared round the team properly, if the team members didn’t see the plan its very useless, to combat this issue it would have to either uploaded onto a shared drive or physically placed in a visible location in the office. 

Overall, I think that the pre-production schedule is an effective schedule and its negative aspects can be easily overcome, I think the positives are more dominant and ensure success on the project if created properly.

Recap of production schedule

Production Schedule
Used to plan the tasks and actives for a product, if you create a production schedule from the beginning to end of the project its called a Gantt Chart.
The launch date means when the product is due.
This is normally a constraint due to the short time to create the product.

Recap 
Contains : milestones, contingencies, task names, dates, equipment list

• Its visually effective,
• Time milestones need to be realistic and adaptable 
• the whole team can use the plan 
• don't consider legal and ethical issues

 Gantt Chart advantages 

• Visual representation of when you need tasks done 
• Has clear time frames 

Gantt Chart Disadvantages 

• Doesn't have a lot of description of the actual jobs

The difference between a production schedule and a Gantt chart is that even though they are both project tools one is for the whole project from start to finish and a production schedule would be done a lot more frequently e.g every week.

And advantage of the production schedule would be its interim deadlines, this means it can be adapted and changed due to the circumstances.

A Gantt chart would be completed first and then followed by a production schedule.

Another advantage of a production schedule is that its a team plan and everyone can see what needs to be done and when for.

A disadvantage of a production schedule however would be that tasks are dependant on other tasks meaning that if one isn't done or not done well it can hinder later tasks.

Production schedule example

Mock Question 

Identify one type of project management tool that could be used to keep track of the project tasks and explain why it is suitable for this task.

A project management tool that would be efficient at keeping track of task would be a production schedule, this would be due to it being useable by the whole team involved and allow them to see which tasks will be completed and when. 

Its visual nature of the document means that the task is easy to read and simple to understand this making it a quick tool. 

Its suitable for the road safety brief as the release date is in 4 months time and this short amount of time needs to be planned to ensure the most efficient use to do this the production schedule would be best fitting, ad the schedule is updated weekly this allows room for adaptability and change dependant on the circumstances. 

Along with this document you should also accompany it with a Gantt chart which is similar to a production schedule however it shows tasks from the beginning of production to end this will allow the team to see the bigger picture of all tasks needed to be completed.