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LO1 - Understand the factors that need to be considered during the planning of a media product.

 Media Sector                                                Company                                Product/brand

Film                                                          20th Century Fox                           Ice Age
Television and radio                                        BBC                                     Doctor Who
Video games                                                Nintendo                                  Mario Kart
Print and publishing                                    News Corp                               The Times
Web and online technologies                      Facebook Inc.                           Instagram
Music                                                       Colombia Records                     Harry Styles



Key Terms

Production - How a product is created from the pre-production to post-production.
Specialist providers - Media companies which produce and distribute products in a certain area of media.

3 stages of production

Pre-production - The planning and drafting process of a product such as storyboarding and scriptwriting.
Production - The actual making of the media product such as filming and recording sound.
Post-production - Any ways in which the media product is edited for example special effects and CGI.
Distribution + Consumption - getting the product out to an audience for purchase.
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