Revolution Media
BTEC Tech Award in CREATIVE MEDIA PRODUCTION Level 1/Level 2
The qualification is graded over seven grades from Level 1 Pass to Level 2 Distinction*. Learners must achieve all components at Level 1 Pass or above in order to be awarded a qualification.
1. Exploring Media Products
Assessed Internally
30% of award
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Internal assessment is through assignments that are subject to external standards verification.
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For setting assignments, we provide authorised assignment briefs and guidance in each component.
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This means that you can choose to study products that suit your students.
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A final summative assessment for each component will be completed.
Learning aims
A Investigate media products
B Explore how media products are created to provide meaning and engage audiences.
Looking at a range of past and present media products, learners will examine how media products engage audiences for a given purpose.
Learners will develop their understanding of the relationship between media products, their audiences and purposes through analysis, discussion, note taking and lectures.
Products:
audio/moving image products, e.g. TV programmes, films, music videos, animations, TV and radio advertisements, radio broadcasts, podcasts o publishing products, e.g. newspapers, magazines, comics, brochures, advertisements o interactive media products, e.g. websites, mobile apps, e-magazines, mobile games, video games, online games, advertisements
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Evidence
Learners will provide a portfolio of evidence of their analysis of media products and experimentation with production techniques, which should include:
• teacher observations
• recordings or photographs of workshops
• a report, a blog or a PowerPoint presentation (including speaker notes).
2. Developing Digital Media Production Skills
Assessed Internally
30% of award
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Internal assessment is through assignments that are subject to external standards verification.
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For setting assignments, we provide authorised assignment briefs and guidance in each component.
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This means that you can choose to study products that suit your students.
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A final summative assessment for each component will be completed.
Learning aims
A Develop media production skills and techniques
B Apply media production skills and techniques
C Review own progress and development of skills and practices
Practical skills and techniques
Participate in workshops and classes to develop media production skills and techniques appropriate to all of the following media sectors: audio/moving image, publishing and interactive media.
Apply relevant media production skills and techniques through the following media practices: pre-production, production and post-production when reworking extracts of an existing media product/s such as a movie trailer, a magazine cover or a platform game.
Track their progress during this component, reflecting on their development of skills and techniques in workshops through to the application of pre-production, production and post-production processes and practices. Learners will use a skills audit to highlight strengths and areas for improvement, which should be used to set future targets.
Evidence
• a record of workshop/class
• evidence of skills and techniques, for example annotated screenshots, narrated screen recordings, annotated drafts/prototypes
• the outcomes of practical work
a log of practical skills developed, including annotated or narrated practical work
• a skills audit to detail strengths and future improvements
3. Create a Media Product in Response to a Brief
Assessed Externally
40% of award
• Task set and marked by Pearson completed under supervised conditions.
• The set task will be completed in 9 hours of supervised sessions in a period timetabled by Pearson.
• 60 marks.
Learning Aims
AO1 Understand how to develop ideas in response to a brief
AO2 Develop planning materials in response to a brief
AO3 Apply media production skills and techniques to the creation of a media product
AO4 Create and refine a media product to meet the requirements of a brief
Evidence
Submit their ideas, pre-production planning and final media product in a portfolio of evidence.
The assessment availability is May/June only. First assessment is May 2019. Sample assessment materials will be available to help centres prepare learners for assessment.