Resources for OCR Nationals Media Studies on MediaEdu

This page should provide you with an index to the information we have on MediaEdu which relates directly to OCR Nationals Media Studies Level 2.

OCR Nationals Level 2 on MediaEdu

OCR Nationals Level 2 Overview

OCR Nationals Bridging Activity for Level 2.ppt

OCR Nationals Induction Level 2

OCR Nationals Level 2 Induction Work

OCR Nationals Level 2 Unit 1

OCR Nationals Level 2 Unit 2

OCR...

Resources for OCR Nationals Media Studies on MediaEdu

This page should provide you with an index to the information we have on MediaEdu which relates directly to OCR Nationals Media Studies Level 3.

OCR Nationals Level 3 on MediaEdu

OCR Nationals Level 3 Overview

OCR Nationals Bridging Activity for Level 3.ppt

OCR Nationals Induction Level 3

OCR Nationals Level 3 Unit 1

OCR Nationals Level 3 Unit 2

OCR Nationals Level 3 Unit 3

OCR...

Magazine + Action Film Analysis.ppt

Additional Resources

OCR Nationals Level 3 Overview

First News | News Analysis + Production Skills.ppt

Additional Resources

OCR Nationals Level 2 Overview

Level 3 National Certificate / Diploma in Media

Writing for the Screen

The Brief | Concept

You are aspiring new script writers and are being set various tasks by the film and TV industry to see if you will be hired to help write the scripts for both fictional and factual products.
The work you do will involve investigating the market for television and film scripts for actors, presenters as well as looking at how to set out scripts for a...

The Brief

You have just finished your media degree and are now excited to get a job and join the world of work. You will need to research one sector of your choice within the media industry in detail from the following sectors: Print/TV/Radio/Film/New Media or the Games industry.

You will then need to apply for a fun and challenging job within that industry by creating a professional presentation and portfolio. You will deliver this...

Teaching Ideas for Design and Layout in Graphic Products

This is based on the students designing graphic products for the music industry (e.g. a solo artist or group); the focus should be a simulation and become client based so make your brief suggest that the students work for a design production company who have been asked to create new flyers (front and back), CD covers (front, back and inserts inside the CD itself) and posters for this new...

MediaEdu provides access to the following resources:

A Level Media Studies

• Schemes of work for AS and A2
• Topic Information
• Interactive Quizzes
• Image Gallery

Nationals

• Schemes of work + Supporting resources

GCSE Media Studies

• Schemes of work for GCSE
• Mock Exams
• Topic Information
• Interactive Quizzes
• Image Gallery

Key Concepts & Skills

• Skills Tutorials
• Production Zone
• Key Concept Guides
• Media Language Glossary

Other Resources

• YouTube...

OCR Nationals Level 3

Overview for Induction Work

Students who are studying this course may well have studied this at GCSE and enjoyed it and that is why they have chosen to do it at this level.

However, there will also be some students who are interested in the practical nature of the course and may be completely unfamiliar with the Key Concepts having never studied GCSE Media or Film Studies.

Therefore, the induction work will be a way to...

OCR Nationals Level 2

Overview for Induction Work

Students who are studying this course may not be familiar with any Media Studies Key Concepts so this may well be their first introduction to the subject.

Therefore, the students will need to have some basic introductory work to make them aware of what the course will cover. Other students may have taken GCSE Media Studies but not achieved a high grade but still enjoyed the subject to want to...

Research and Analysis

Research the following organisations and write a sentence explaining what types of media products they produce and what other media links they have:

• Emap
• Radio 1
• News International
• Guardian Media Group
• AOL Time Warner
• Associated Newspapers Ltd

Who is Rupert Murdoch? Do a character profile of him and find a suitable image of him to annotate with all your findings.

Find two print based advertisements from a magazine (...

Level 3 National Certificate / Diploma in Media

Television Production

The Brief | Concept

You work for a small UK Television Production company and are being set various tasks by TV industry to see if you will be hired to help plan a new television programme.
The work you do will involve investigating the changing television industry in the UK. You will need to explain the popularity of different genres of television programmes in the UK...

Equipment Booking Form Proforma.doc

Minutes Proforma.doc

OCR Level 2 Induction Work.doc

OCR Level 2 Unit 1 Introduction.doc

OCR Level 3 Front Cover.doc

OCR Level 3 Induction Work.doc

OCR Level 3 Unit 1 Brief.doc

OCR Level 3 Unit 1 Front Cover.doc

OCR Level 3 Unit 4 Brief.doc

OCR Level 3 Unit 12 Brief.doc

OCR Level 3 Unit 21 Brief.doc

OCR Nationals Introduction.doc

Production Schedule Proforma.doc

Risk Assessment Matrix.doc

Risk...

UK Film Studies

Teaching ideas for Unit 20 – UK Film Studies

For this unit it is recommended that you watch at least one contemporary British film in class and one other and tell the students to continue watching others outside of school. Try to vary the genres of the two films watched in class as this will help them to focus on later assignment tasks.

For instance, you could show a selection of extracts, or whole films depending on time,...

Agenda Proforma

OCR Nationals Agenda Proforma.doc

Minutes Proforma

OCR Nationals Production Meeting Minutes Template.doc

Proposal Form

OCR Nationals Proposal Form For Unit 2 For Radio Advert.doc

OCR Nationals Proposal Form For Unit 2.doc

Equipment Booking Form Proforma

OCR Nationals Equipment Booking Form Proforma.doc

Production Schedule Proforma

OCR Nationals Production Schedule Proforma.doc

Risk Assessment Matrix

OCR Nationals Risk...

Factual Writing for Print Products

Level 3 National Diploma in Media

The Brief

For this unit you work for a commissioning editor who will require you to prepare a portfolio of evidence including a leading hard news story (200-300 words); a feature article of no more than 800-1000 words and two other items of your own choice such as: adverts, reviews of products (not films or music), fillers, text of a toddler’s non-fiction book or even a...

Level 3 National Certificate / Diploma in Media

Marketing Media and Audience Feedback

The Brief | Concept

The new unisex magazine (produced in Unit 3) now needs to be professionally marketed; you are working for a marketing company who has been hired by the magazine owners to further promote and sell the new magazine to the target audience of 14 - 18 year olds.

You will need to think about marketing activities used by the media and other...

Pre-production and Planning

Level 3 National Certificate / Diploma in Media

The Brief | Concept

For this unit you are part of a multi-skilled team that plans to make a music related magazine for young adults aged 18 years and upwards. You will also need to advertise this magazine on radio, the internet and on TV - learning audio, visual and audio-visual skills.

It will need to be heavy on visuals, glossy, and a midway price so that it is...

Pre-production and Planning

Level 3 National Certificate / Diploma in Media

The Brief | Concept

For this unit you are part of a multi-skilled team that plans to make a unisex magazine for teenagers aged 14 years and upwards. You will also need to advertise this magazine on radio, the internet and on TV learning audio, visual and audio-visual skills.

It will need to be heavy on visuals, glossy, and a midway price so that it is affordable by the...

An Introduction to Media and Textual Analysis

Teaching ideas for Unit 1

Introduction to Media and Textual Analysis

Associated Resources

OCR Nationals Downloads
Checklist for Unit 1 Level 3.doc

The Brief

For this unit you are a freelance journalist researching articles on popular media products. You are going to investigate an action film genre “The Italian Job” (two versions of the film - 1969 and 2003) and one lifestyle magazine,...

Certificate (Single Award) and Diploma (Double Award)

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Research and Analysis

Find two print based advertisements from a magazine like Heat or FHM and do a deconstruction (a breakdown) of key ideas.

Make sure that you hand the adverts in with the work that you produce here. Use the following to help you in your analysis:

Portrayal of people in the advertisement

• How old are they?
• What gender are they?
• What...

An Overview

This course is 100% vocationally orientated and requires portfolio evidence with no exams to sit what so ever. This is the case for both Level 2 and for Level 3.

OCR requires students to imagine they are in role for the tasks they create and that they should learn about real life working industries and practices in the world of media.

Students will need to be set realistic deadlines in order to complete the necessary units for...

An Overview

Level 2 Award (06537) and Level 2 Certificate (06536)

This course is 100% vocational and requires portfolio evidence with no exams to sit what so ever which is very appealing to students at this level.

Students should be warned, therefore, that being a vocational subject requires a lot of time, dedication and hard work as without the portfolio of evidence there will be nothing to be marked at the end of the course so students...

Teaching ideas for Unit 9

Exploring Photography and Digital Imaging

AO1

Develop basic specific skills to use in text/visual based and audio/audio visual products

Students should take 12 different photographs for THREE different purposes. I would focus on things the students would find the easiest: 1) To provide a portrait (they can each get each other to take photos of themselves and pretend they are the latest music artist from the “...

Level 2 OCR Nationals – Certificate (or Award depending on units taken)

Teacher’s ideas for Unit 3 – Introduction to Media Production

This is based on the production being a new newspaper for 11-16 year olds and follows on from Unit 2. They should work from a brief that has the teacher as the client commissioning a new newspaper for this age group that should be topical, interesting and not too miserable or depressing – a more upbeat...

Teaching ideas for Unit 2

Pre-production and Planning

Some ideas for teaching of this unit based on pre-production being a new local newspaper for 11-16 year olds

AO1

Develop basic specific skills to use in text/visual based and audio/audio visual products

Two text visual skills – using Word write a 150 word leader for a newspaper story on a local story for a local paper that would appeal to a target audience of 11-16 (teacher and students...

Teaching ideas for Unit 1

Introduction to Media and Textual Analysis

The Brief

For this unit you will be exploring one text/visual based product and one audio/audio visual product. You will look at newspapers (print based) and films (audio visual). You will be in role as freelance journalists who will need to do research and investigations into two different products.

Deadline:

What the specification says:

You will need to analyse two...

Based on Heat magazine (print/factual) and Coronation Street (audio-visual; fiction); these ideas will hopefully help the students to create visually appealing end results. I have yet to find a way of making these two products work as one PowerPoint for AO1 so I usually opt to do it separately as two different methods of presentation as they are very different products. These are merely my suggestions that have been used and have produced some...

Name: ___________________________

Level 3 National Certificate/ Diploma in Media

The Brief

For this unit you are a freelance journalist researching articles on popular media products. You are going to investigate an action film genre “The Italian Job” (two versions of the film - 1969 and 2003) and one lifestyle magazine, “Heat”.  You will either produce a feature article including text and images or you will give a visual presentation...

MediaEdu provides access to the following resources:

A Level Media Studies

• Schemes of work for AS and A2
• Topic Information
• Interactive Quizzes
• Image Gallery

Nationals

• Schemes of work + Supporting resources

GCSE Media Studies

• Schemes of work for GCSE
• Mock Exams
• Topic Information
• Interactive Quizzes
• Image Gallery

Key Concepts & Skills

• Skills Tutorials
• Production Zone
• Key Concept Guides
• Media Language...