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Year 12 AS Media Blogs 2014-2015

Below are the links to our current Year 12 Blogs. They have made a great start to the course. Having completed their induction they are now moving on to deepening their understanding of Media Theory.

Ruvimbo Mbirimi

Alistair Neil






James Wilkes

An introduction to camera shots ended with the filming of this short piece. Well done for meeting the deadline and beating the Year 13's!


The Dreaded Laura


Marking Criteria!!

No good making great work and not knowing how it is being marked the following can be found in the OCR specification for our course and has already been emailed to you. Please print off a hard copy and keep it n your folder for reference! 

Print magazine Research and Planning!

Level 1                                                                                          0–7 marks
• Planning and research evidence will be incomplete;
• There is minimal research into similar products and a potential target audience;
• There is minimal organisation of actors, locations, costumes or props;
• There is minimal work on shotlists, layouts, drafting, scripting or storyboarding;
• There is minimal care in the presentation of the research and planning;
• Time management may be very poor.

Level 2                                                                                          8–11 marks
• Planning and research evidence may be partially incomplete;
• There is basic research into similar products and a potential target audience;
• There is basic organisation of actors, locations, costumes or props;
• There is basic work on shotlists, layouts, drafting, scripting or storyboarding;
• There is a basic level of care in the presentation of the research and planning;
• Time management may not be good.

Level 3                                                                                    12–15 marks
• Planning and research evidence will be complete;
• There is proficient research into similar products and a potential target audience;
• There is proficient organisation of actors, locations, costumes or props;
• There is proficient work on shotlists, layouts, drafting, scripting or storyboarding;
• There is a good level of care in the presentation of the research and planning;
• Time management is good.

Level 4                                                                                       16–20 marks
• Planning and research evidence will be complete and detailed;
• There is excellent research into similar products and a potential target audience;
• There is excellent organisation of actors, locations, costumes or props;
• There is excellent work on shotlists, layouts, drafting, scripting or storyboarding;
• There is an excellent level of care in the presentation of the research and planning;
• Time management is excellent.
  
Print Magazine Construction!

Level 1                                                                                           0–23 marks
The work for the main task is possibly incomplete. There is minimal evidence in the work of the creative use of any relevant technical skills such as:
• Producing material appropriate for the target audience and task;
• showing understanding of conventions of layout and page design;
• showing awareness of the need for variety in fonts and text size;
• accurately using language and register;
• using ICT appropriately for the task set;
• appropriately integrating illustration and text;
• shooting a variety of material appropriate to the task set;
• manipulating photographs as appropriate to the context for presentation, including cropping and
    resizing.


Level 2                                                                                               24–35 marks
There is evidence of a basic level of ability in the creative use of some of the following technical skills:
• Producing material appropriate for the target audience and task;
• showing understanding of conventions of layout and page design;
• showing awareness of the need for variety in fonts and text size;
• accurately using language and register;
• using ICT appropriately for the task set;
• appropriately integrating illustration and text;
• shooting a variety of material appropriate to the task set;
• manipulating photographs as appropriate to the context for presentation, including cropping and
  resizing.


Level 3                                                                                                   36–47 marks
There is evidence of proficiency in the creative use of many of the following technical skills:
• Producing material appropriate for the target audience and task;
• showing understanding of conventions of layout and page design;
• showing awareness of the need for variety in fonts and text size;
• accurately using language and register;
• using ICT appropriately for the task set;
• appropriately integrating illustration and text;
• shooting a variety of material appropriate to the task set;
• manipulating photographs as appropriate to the context for presentation, including cropping and
   resizing.

Level 4                                                                                                       48–60 marks
There is evidence of excellence in the creative use of most of the following technical skills:
• Producing material appropriate for the target audience and task;
• showing understanding of conventions of layout and page design;
• showing awareness of the need for variety in fonts and text size;
• accurately using language and register;
• using ICT appropriately for the task set;
• appropriately integrating illustration and text;
• shooting a variety of material appropriate to the task set;
• manipulating photographs as appropriate to the context for presentation, including cropping and
   resizing.

Print Magazine Evaluation!
Candidates will evaluate their work digitally. The questions that must be addressed in the evaluation are:

• In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of        real media products?
• How does your media product represent particular social groups?
• What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
• Who would be the audience for your media product?
• How did you attract/address your audience?
• What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
• Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression    from it to the full product?


Level 1                                                                                                                   0–7 marks
Minimal skill in the use of digital technology or ICT in the evaluation.
• Minimal understanding of issues around audience, institution, technology, representation, forms and
   conventions in relation to production.
• Minimal ability to refer to the choices made and outcomes.
• Minimal understanding of their development from preliminary to full task.
• Minimal ability to communicate.


Level 2                                                                                                                    8–11 marks
• Basic skill in the use of digital technology or ICT in the evaluation.
• Basic understanding of issues around audience, institution, technology, representation, forms and
    conventions in relation to production.
• Basic ability to refer to the choices made and outcomes.
• Basic understanding of their development from preliminary to full task.
• Basic ability to communicate.


Level 3                                                                                                                    12–15 marks
• Proficient skill in the use of digital technology or ICT in the evaluation.
• Proficient understanding of issues around audience, institution, technology, representation, forms
     and conventions in relation to production.
• Proficient ability to refer to the choices made and outcomes.
• Proficient understanding of their development from preliminary to full task.
• Proficient ability to communicate.


Level 4                                                                                                                     16–20 marks
• Excellent skill in the use of appropriate digital technology or ICT in the evaluation.
• Excellent understanding of issues around audience, institution, technology, representation, forms
    and conventions in relation to production.
• Excellent ability to refer to the choices made and outcomes.
• Excellent understanding of their development from preliminary to full task.
• Excellent ability to communicate.

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