Media
Curriculum Intent
We offer Media qualifications to enable students to gain skills that will enable study at FE for some, whilst promoting life skills for all to take beyond the classroom. Students consider their own experiences and how they engage with the media industry and the role that it plays in everyday lives. The practical elements of the subject are designed to enable students to demonstrate their theoretical knowledge in a creative way.
OCR GCSE Media Studies begins by introducing students to the first two elements of the theoretical framework: Media Language and Media Representations. This allows students to consider a range of media forms and products whilst engaging with the core knowledge of the course which they will later be required to apply to the close study of media products.
The Cambridge National qualification in Creative iMedia equips students with the wide range of knowledge and skills needed to work in the creative digital media sector. They start at pre-production and develop their skills through practical assignments as they create final multimedia products
The department offers a range of qualifications in Computing, ICT and Media. The options meet the choices and future studies for individual students at Heathlands and some students this year are studying for two qualifications at GCSE.
Media
- OCR Cambridge National Level 1/Level 2 in iMedia (Level 2 is one of the 5 GCSEs required for FE).
- Trinity Creative Arts Award: Level 1, 2 or 3. (The Level 3 award has 16 points on the UCAS tariff.)
OCR Cambridge National Level 1/Level 2 Certificate in iMedia
Course Description:
Cambridge Nationals are vocationally related qualifications that take an engaging, practical and inspiring approach to learning and assessment. They’re industry relevant, geared to key sector requirements and very popular with schools and colleges because they suit such a broad range of learning styles and abilities. At Level 2 they are equivalent to one GCSE and count as one of the five GCSEs usually needed for 6th Form.
The first component, Pre-production skills, examines the planning and reviewing of media product with consideration of the audience and purpose of the product. The remaining components focus on the student designing, creating and evaluating their own media products through a variety of media representations.
For the Level1/Level 2 qualification students study 2 mandatory units and 2 optional units. The options taken can vary from year to year.
Each unit is worth 25% of the whole qualification.
Course Programme
Mandatory
R081: Pre-production skills
Written paper
OCR set and marked
1 hour 15 mins-60 marks (60 UMS)
Learners answer all questions
R082: Creating digital graphics
Centre assessed tasks
OCR moderated
Approx 10 hours- 60 marks (60 UMS)
Optional
R083: Creating 2D and 3D digital characters
Centre assessed task
OCR moderated
Approx 10 hours -60 marks (60 UMS)
R084: Storytelling with a comic strip
Centre assessed tasks
OCR moderated
Approx 10 hours -60 marks (60 UMS)
R085: Creating a multipage website
Centre assessed tasks
OCR moderated
Approx 10 hours – 60 marks (60 UMS)
R086: Creating a digital animation
Centre assessed tasks
OCR moderated
Approx 10 hours 60 marks (60 UMS)
Optional cont.
RO87. Creating interactive multimedia products
Centre assessed tasks
OCR moderated
Approx 10 hours 60 marks (60 UMS)
R088: Creating a digital sound sequence
Centre assessed tasks
OCR moderated
Approx 10 hours-60 marks (60 UMS)
R089: Creating a digital video sequence
Centre assessed tasks
OCR moderated
Approx 10 hours-60 mmarks (60 UMS)
R090: Digital photography
Centre assessed tasks
OCR moderated
Approx 10 hours -60 marks (60 UMS)
R091: Designing a game concept
Centre assessed tasks
OCR moderated
Approx 10 hours – 60 marks (60 UMS)
R092: Developing digital games
Centre assessed tasks
OCR moderated
Approx 10 hours – 60 marks (60 UMS)
The first unit is an external examination paper and the remaining units are assessed internally and then moderated by OCR before marks are awarded.