What skills, production techniques, practices and knowledge were used in the production of the chosen product? (Identify skills, production techniques, practices and knowledge, critically analyse and compare with similar products). What technologies have been used for the production and distribution and how they influenced the product? Define the audience (audience profiling: socio-economic status, psychographics, geodemographic, age, gender, sexual orientation, regional identity, and what sort of category they fit into mainstream, alternative or niche) and how it influences the product design and production?
To address LO 3 - Be able to communicate ideas and arguments in a variety of forms. Students will have to provide evidence of recording, using research and presenting information (planning research, note taking, analysing information qualitative/quantitative). The student will use written, oral, visual, audio and graphic forms to present their ideas and arguments. To address LO 3. 1 - Apply academic conventions in the production and presentation of ideas. Students will have to produce research report which will follow academic conventions in the production and presentation of ideas. Clearly explain question, content and topic, use of spider diagrams and mind-mapping, use of content, paragraphs, outlines and lists, list of sources, use of subject-specific vocabulary, use of critical instead of descriptive writing, written presentation (punctuation, spelling, abbreviations, footnotes and endnotes).
To address LO 3. 2 - Effectively communicate ideas in appropriate formats. When producing research findings they will have to be communicated in appropriate academic formats, for example, presenting and analysing data using tables, charts, graphs, other visual representations of data, appendices, and references. Description of method used to gather information. What are the gaps in the knowledge about the researched subject? What findings which influence students’ ideas for FMP?