Verbal Asessment

With reference to examples explain the differences between a contractual brief and a competition brief. A contractual brief is outlined in an employment contract, for exampe, written work for a publication. A competition brief is where a client will send out the brie to many people, then when the client recieves them all back he will pick the best one to use.

With reference to a current brief, give an explanation of your roll in a group project you have been working on. What are your duties? What professional qualities do you need to fulfil the brief?
The brief I recieved for my Factual Programming unit had us create a nine minute documentary. The duties I carried out within the group involved researching into other documentaries, crew and material list, creating story borads, the documentary outline and directing it. Our documentary was based on sleep deprivation, this meant I needed to research into effects and outcomes of sleep deprivation. We gathered specialist advice on what dangers could occur and her opinion on the topic.

With reference to a specific example, explain your interaction with the client and what changes, or further understanding occurred.
For our documentary brief, there had to negotiations with the client with the deadline submission date. This was due to technical problems. By regualar contact with the client I was able to understand the brief in more depth and produce something for neccessary that was required.


With reference specific examples, explain what new skills you developed during the undertaking of a brief.
I was able to interrpret briefs in more depth and recognise what was rquired just by what type of brief I was given. My understanding of specific requirements has improved, aswel as working with other parties. I learnt how to comprimise and come up with ideas in a more efficiant way.

With reference to an example, explain the opportunities and constraints you encountered with a brief and how you responded to them.
The constraints for the documentary brief that I found was the hardest was editing the documentary to the right time specifications. With so much footage it was hard but a good learning curve on what clips of footage to keep. Overall, I believe it was successful during the final production and presentation. There were only a few things that could have been made better.