Certificate in Digital Applications – Level 02
Creative Multimedia – DA202
Assignment
Checklist
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CLIENT PROPOSAL – prepared by the “In the News” production company
 ‘In the News’ is an opportunity to get involved in the world of media and
television. ‘In the News’ experts preview news broadcasts created by young
people and arrange for the best to be shown on community television
channels.
 You must produce a news broadcast for the ‘In the News’ experts to preview.
This will be a multimedia broadcast that features a headline story about youth
achievement.
 You will choose the target audience and a title for your broadcast. Within this
broadcast there needs to be a range of media content to make it look and feel
more professional . You will be required to produce a videoed weather forecast
that will be shown during the news broadcast.
 A range of youth achievements in the area will need to be highlighted, these
could include community support, sport, local educational achievements or
anything that requires merit.
Assignment
Checklist
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Broadcast Overview:
Your news broadcast must:
 be between 3 and 4 minutes long and include:
◦ opening and closing sequences
◦ a welcome video clip
◦ a headline story
◦ a continuity sequence
◦ a weather forecast
 play from beginning to end.
 You must also produce a preview version that allows experts to
navigate to components of the broadcast.
Assignment
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LO3: Be able to prepare a Welcome and Headline Video Clip
You need to complete the following tasks in order to effectively create a working
proposal for your client.
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To achieve a pass grade:
Candidates will produce a basic Welcome Clip and
headline story that includes video with sound and
features a presenter talking to camera.
To achieve a merit grade:
Candidates will produce a good Welcome Clip that
includes video with sound and headline story and
features a presenter talking to camera with a set
background.
To achieve a distinction grade:
Candidates will produce a basic Welcome Clip that
includes video with sound and headline story and
features a presenter talking to camera with a set
background in keeping with the theme.
How the news leads
from the titles into the
stories.
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Welcome note (P)
Background (P)
Titles (P)
Logo (P)
Suitable scene set
(M)
Animated titles (M)
Appropriate theme
set (D)
Music
accompaniment (D)
Suitable logo
included (D)
Assignment
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LO3: Be able to prepare a Welcome and Headline Video Clip
‘In the News’ looking to preview portfolios of production evidence to decide which proposal
to work with.
‘In the News’ would like you to create a video introduction and
headline sequence that includes a presenter and introduces several
stories for the local news including a headline story on an achievement
by one young person, such as a sporting triumph, a role in a theatrical
production, or a contribution to the local community.
1 Task 1 (P/M/D) – Source and store a range of images for the
Headline and additional story features.
These images should include four pictures or more that are stories
that will not be included in the main video but on the screen during
the presenters introduction. There should also be at least three still
images sourced and stored for the main news article.
Consideration of all the elements sources should be put into your
source table from LO1. Consideration of copyright should also be
given.
• Consider of
images and
appropriateness
• Sourced and
stored from
legitimate
locations.
• Images related to
local news.
• Quality of stored
images (M/D)
• Consideration of
file size and image
proportions (M/D)
Assignment
LO3
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LO3: Be able to prepare a Welcome and Headline Video Clip
‘In the News’ looking to preview portfolios of production evidence to decide which proposal
to work with.
‘In the News’ would like you to create a video introduction
sequence that includes a presenter and introduces several
stories for the local news including a headline story on an
achievement by one young person, such as a sporting triumph,
a role in a theatrical production, or a contribution to the local
community.
2 Task 2 (P) – Produce a written script for the Welcome Video
and Headline and agree this with your Test Buddy.
This script needs to introduce several news items of local
interest and your main headline. There will be two voices,
the news reader for the welcome section and a separate
voice over for the headline section.
Altogether this sequence should be between 2 minutes and
3.30.
• Consider the length of
the two sequences.
• There should not be
talking all the way
through.
• Consider the different
tones of voices used
for the presenter and
the voice over.
• Consider the start gap
and finish gap in the
voices.
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LO3: Be able to prepare a Welcome and Headline Video Clip
‘In the News’ looking to preview portfolios of production evidence to decide which proposal
to work with.
Task 3 (P, M, D)
You will now need to produce a storyboard for the headline article. The
headline article will need to contain original video clips and still images with
a separate voiceover. The still images will need to be timed on the screen.
The storyboard should be used as an aid to making the video sequence and
should allow you to see how the headline story should begin and end. Use
the storyboards attached here (P) and here (M/D). Agree this with your test
buddy and take notes on what has been discussed.
Create and annotate a storyboard for the Headline sequence for your
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Project showing how you would like the sequence to work.
Merit
Create and annotate a small and large storyboard for the Headline
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sequence for your Project showing how you would like the sequence to
work including timings and movements.
Distinction
Create and annotate a small and large storyboard for the Headline
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sequence for your Project showing how you would like the sequence to
work including transitions and sounds.
Guide for production
(P)
Breakdown of
proposed stages (P)
Indication of images
to be used (P)
Realistic animation
paths (M/D)
Timings and
Movements (M/D)
Transitions and
sounds used (D)
In keeping with the
theme (D)
Assignment
LO3
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LO3: Be able to prepare a Welcome and Headline Video Clip
‘In the News’ looking to preview portfolios of production evidence to decide which proposal
to work with.
‘In the News’ would like you to create a video introduction sequence
that includes a presenter and introduces several stories for the local
news including a headline story on an achievement by one young
person, such as a sporting triumph, a role in a theatrical production, or
a contribution to the local community.
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Consider how a
news programme
leads into the
stories.
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Consider how to
make your presenter
be set on a stage.
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Consider the range
of local news storied
to include.
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Where the final logo
will appear on your
sequence.
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Quality and integrity
of sequence (M/D)
4 Task 4 (P/M/D) - Create an introduction video with sound that
presents the headline items to a target audience.
This introduction video needs to be well designed, include the
company logo and should lead with a few stories including with the
main Headline item of news. This could be done with a green screen
with a background video or edited into a sequence. The student will
need to select a presenter for their project.
Merit and Distinction grades are judged on the quality of the
finished video sequences.
Assignment
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LO3: Be able to prepare a Welcome and Headline Video Clip
‘In the News’ looking to preview portfolios of production evidence to decide which proposal
to work with.
‘In the News’ would like you to create a headline sequence of a
headline story on an achievement by one young person, such as a
sporting triumph, a role in a theatrical production, or a contribution
to the local community. Several video sequences must be included
on this headline story to go with the images selected earlier.
5 Task 5 (P/M/D) – Source and store a range of video clips for the
Headline story.
These video clips should include 2 videos or more to be
incorporated into the headline video sequence. These will be
broken up by the images form the earlier task and should be
original video footage and stored in the same folder as the
collected images.
Consideration of all the elements sources should be put into
your source table from LO1.
• Consider of video
appropriateness
• Sourced from
original footage.
• Images related to
local news.
• Quality of stored
videos (M/D)
• Consideration of
file size and video
proportions (M/D)
Assignment
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LO3: Be able to prepare a Welcome and Headline Video Clip
‘In the News’ looking to preview portfolios of production evidence to decide which proposal
to work with.
Task 6 (P, M, D)
It is time to start making the Welcome and Headline sequence of your “In
the News” story feature. The Welcome Sequence should not be more than
30 seconds in length. The Headline sequence should not be less than 2
minutes and should be in keeping with your storyboard from the previous
tasks and with the theme set in your Purpose and Audience from LO1. Use
whatever package available on your network to produce this, for instance
Movie Maker, Movie Maker X5 or other. The final version needs to have
Video Clips, Images, Voice Over and Sound for the grade.
Create a moving video or animation title sequence for “In the News” that
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includes Titles, Motion, Text and Music
Merit
6 Create a moving video or animation title sequence for “In the News” in
keeping with your theme that includes Titles, Motion, Text and Music.
Distinction
Create a moving video or animation title sequence that appeals to your
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target audience for “In the News” that includes Titles, Motion, Text and
Music.
Titles and logo
Animated on the
screen
Music that is timed
Uses titles effectively
(M/D)
Theme based (M/D)
Interesting and
animated (D)
Appeal to the Target
Audience (D)
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LO3: Be able to prepare a Welcome and Headline Video Clip
‘In the News’ looking to preview portfolios of production evidence to decide which proposal
to work with.
Task 7 (P, M, D)
Exporting the completed sequence into a format for later use is essential.
You will need two versions, one that you can work on again in case you need
to change it and one that will need to go on to the final version of your
portfolio work. Acceptable portfolio file formats include .wmv, .avi, .mp4,
.mpeg, .mpg, H.264, .swf, and .flv. Each of these has different characteristics.
To reduce down potential longer term problems you should save the file in
the best format with the best quality, .avi but if this is restricted, save it in
one of the other formats listed.
Evidence exporting of your Welcome and Headline Sequence in an
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appropriate file format.
Merit
Evidence exporting of your Welcome and Headline sequences in an
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appropriate file format and Explain why you chose that file format in
terms of size and quality.
Distinction
Evidence exporting of your Welcome and Headline in an appropriate file
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format and Explain why you chose that file format including resolution,
format and compatibility.
File Format
File dimensions
Exporting as a video
Quality in terms of file
format (M/D)
Size, reducing down
for loading times and
(M/D)
Resolution in DPI (D)
Compatibility with
other programs D)
Assignment
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Activities
LO3: Be able to prepare a Welcome Video Clip
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2(P)
3(P/M/D)
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5(P/M/D)
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7(P/M/D)
Source and store a range of images for the Headline and additional story
features.
Produce a written script for the Welcome Video and Headline and agree this
with your Test Buddy.
Create and annotate a storyboard for the Headline sequence for your Project
showing how you would like the sequence to work.
timings and movements
Storyboard (P)
Transitions and sounds (D)
(M)
Create an introduction video with sound that presents the headline items to a
target audience.
Source and store a range of video clips for the Headline story.
Videos are of a selected
Videos are of a proportional
2 Videos
quality (M)
size (D)
Create a moving video or animation title sequence for “In the News” that
includes Titles, Motion, Text and Music
includes Titles, Motion, Uses titles effectively Appeal to the Target Audience
Text and Music (p)
(M/D)
(D)
Evidence exporting of your Welcome and Headline Sequence in an appropriate
file format.
Explain size and quality Explain resolution, format and
Annotate (P)
(M)
compatibility (D)
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