Production Tasks

The production tasks must enable candidates to demonstrate competent technical
skills.
It is essential they have access to appropriate technical equipment and that
they have been taught how to use it prior to undertaking their productions.

(a) Pre-production
Pre-production tasks must be undertaken individually but may be set on a
whole class basis. Pre-production work will focus on the research and
planning skills needed to create media productions.

Pre-productions may, for example, involve research into comparable products, key aspects of the
appropriate industry relevant to the pre-production as well as research into
the target audience.

(b) Production
The production must develop out of the pre-production planning.
Audio-visual productions can be produced individually or by a group
(maximum of four). For group tasks the candidates will need to select one of
their pre-productions to develop into a production.

There must be appropriate opportunities for a significant and definable contribution to be made by each
candidate. Audio-visual productions should be up to 3 minutes in length,
depending on the nature of the production and the number of candidates.

Interactive media (other than audio-visual productions) and print-based
productions must be produced individually and must contain at least two
pages of original material.
The majority of the images within the production should be originated by the candidate.

(c) Report
The pre-production and production must be accompanied by a report of 1200
– 1600 words. This report must be completed individually and will include:
a discussion of the most significant research findings which informed the
pre-production
a brief justification of the target audience for the production
an evaluation of the production which highlights its strengths and
weaknesses through, for example, a comparison with existing media
products.
The report may be submitted in one of the following formats:

• an illustrated report
• an essay
• a suitably edited blog.

Assessment:
This unit will be internally assessed and externally moderated, assessing A02, A03
and A04, with the following mark allocations:

• Pre-production (20)
• Production (40)
• Report of 1200-1600 words (40)

Each of the three pieces of work will be assessed separately and then combined to
achieve a total mark.