The production element and presentation of research, planning and evaluation may be individual or group work (maximum group size is four). If you work in a group, the evidence for assessment may be presented collectively but I will still assess you on an individual basis for your contribution to aspects of the work, from planning, research and production to evaluation.

For this brief, you will need to produce:

 

• a media portfolio, comprising a main and ancillary texts;

• a presentation of your research, planning and evaluation in electronic format(s)

 

The portfolio will be produced through a combination of two or more of the following media:

 

• Video

• Print

• Web-based

• Audio

• Games software

As at A2 this unit it marked out of 100.

Planning and Research 20

Construction 60

Evaluation 20

 

Having produced this portfolio, you will not only be assessed on your creative skills, but also on your ability to theorise your work formally in an exam context (in unit G325 Critical Perspectives in Media, section A - Theoretical Evaluation of Production.) So the electronic evaluation and work-in-progress blogging will build up to a more traditional written outcome.

Here you have to answer two compulsory questions. The first requires you to describe and evaluate your skills development over the course of your production work, from Foundation Portfolio to advanced Portfolio. The second asks you to identify one production and evaluate it in relation to one theoretical concept.

 

1. A promotion package for the release of an album, to include a music promo video, together with two of the following three options:

 

• a website homepage for the band;

• a cover for its release as part of the digipak (CD/DVD package);

• a magazine advertisement for the digipak (CD/DVD package).

 

2. A promotion package for a new film, to include a trailer, together with two of the following three options:

 

• a website homepage for the film;

• a film magazine front cover, featuring the film;

• a poster for the film.