Topic A- Sectors and Products of the Media industry

• Sectors of the Media Industry

  • Traditional Media
  • New Media
• What are the four media sectors called in the Traditional media industry

  • Film
  • Television
  • Print Publishing
  • Radio
• What are the four media sectors called in the New media industry

  • Computer games
  • Internet
  • Interactive media
  • Digital Publishing
• Meaning of CGI

  Computer generated imagery
• Meaning of SFX and VFX

  SFX- Special Effects

  VFX- Visual effects
• what does it mean for a video to be in 4K or 8K

  Very high resolution video formats
• Three stages of film production

  • Pre production
  • Production
  • Post production
• What is CGI

  CGI is a specific technology of computer graphics for creating and improving images
• Difference between VFX and SFX

  • VFX are created by computers eg. Green screens being used so that background can be digitally added
  • SFX happen in the real world eg. stunts
• TV providers

  • Netflix
  • Amazon Prime
  • ITV
  • Apple TV
• Radio broadcasting is moving to

  • DAB- Digital Audio Broadcasting
• Examples of Print Publishing

  Newspapers

  Magazines

  Posters

  Leaflets
• Genres of Computer games

  • FPS- First person shooter
  • RPG- Role player games
  • Racing
  • Quiz
  • Action/Adventure
• Examples of Interactive Media

  • Websites
  • Apps
  • Information kiosks
  • Quizzes
• Content found on the Internet

  • Websites
  • Social Networks
  • Streaming services
  • Communication apps
• Examples of Digital publishing sector

  E-books

  Digital graphics

  Computer games

  Blogs

  Animations
• Media Products

  • Video
  • Audio
  • Music
  • Animation
  • Special effects (SFX and VFX)
  • Digital imaging and graphics
  • Social media platforms
  • Digital games
  • Comic and graphic novels
  • Websites
  • Multimedia
  • eBooks
  • AR/VR
• Types of Animations

  • Hand drawn animations
  • Computer generated animations
  • Stop motion animations
• AR- Augmented Reality

  VR- Virtual Reality
• eBook- Electronic Book

  • A book publication available in electronic form. Uses special display that uses e-ink
• Difference between AR and VR

  • AR makes use of real world footage and digitally created graphics eg Snapchat
  • VR is completely computer generated