Curriculum:
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Component Three
Overview:
  • Students will complete Component Three.
  • Students will apply and develop your planning and production skills and techniques to create a media product in response to a client brief.
  • Students must read and interpret the client brief, understand the requirements of the product and complete pre-production, production and post-production review for the product.
  • Students will be given time to prepare assets for the final examination, which will ask them to finalise and create the end product.
Key Concepts:
  • Reading, understanding and interpreting a client brief
  • Interpreting the aim, purpose and requirement of the brief
  • Generating ideas in response to the brief
  • Planning sector-appropriate materials in response to the brief, including page layout and design, copywriting and graphics design
  • Manage the production process, including time management and copyright
  • Monitor and review outcomes of the production process, making refinements as you go
Key Vocabulary:
Client, brief, theme, response, target audience, aim, technical requirements, content, design, style, research, ideas, experimentation, pre-production, planning, codes and conventions, copyright, review, reflection, evaluation, distribution
Subject Overview:

Students in Year 11 have 3 Creative Media lessons each week.

In Year 11, students have 1 piece of homework set every week.

Assessments:

Component Three is assessed through an externally set and marked assignment encompassing both written and production skills.

Mock assignments are used throughout the year to assess progress and provide feedback.