AS MEST2 - Terms 2 and 3
A Suggested Scheme of Work
This scheme of work is not in any way prescriptive, it is simply offered as a possible way in. It should be adapted and moulded to fit particular teachers, students and resources.
TERM 2: Jan- Mar (Approx 12 weeks)
MEST 2 Creating Media Briefs for 2009
AQA Instructions say that each Brief has three separate tasks, each requiring students to work in the three different media platforms – Broadcasting, Print and eMedia.
Students must select one brief, and then produce the material indicated for two of the tasks.
AQA Information reminds students that the Production Process comprises the following:
- Research
- Pre-production
- Production
- Evaluation
Students will be judged on their ability to:
- use good English
- organise information clearly
- use specialist vocabulary where appropriate.
BRIEF ONE
An independent British Film and Television production company, Prime Times Productions, has produced a feature film with a budget of £5 million pounds, partly supplied by lottery funding.
Prime Times has aspirations for its film to appeal to more than the mainstream 16-25 youth market and the distributors are looking to release the film in about twenty cinemas around the UK in the hope that it will ‘build’.
Prime Times is also working on a new TV drama series aimed at youth...
