Year 9
Component 1 A
Investigate media products: You will start by exploring a range of different types of media products and how they engage their audience. You will look specifically at audio moving image, publishing and interactive products.
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Explore how media products are created to provide meaning and engage audiences: You will select media products from the different sectors and explore how genre, narrative and representation are combined to engage their audience. You will develop your understanding of how media products are created to appeal to their audiences through analysis, discussion and notetaking.
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Develop media production skills and techniques: You will develop a range of practical skills and techniques in media production processes by reworking media products from one, or all of the three sectors.
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Component 2 B
Apply media production skills and techniques: You will apply relevant media production skills and techniques through the following media practices: pre-production, production and post-production when reworking extracts of an existing product such as a movie trailer, magazine colver or a platform game.
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Review own progress and development of skills and practices: You will reflect on and evaluate your strengths and areas for improvement.
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Component 3 -EXAM
Component 3 is an externally set task by the exam board completed under exam conditions. It will be completed in 9 hours in total, spread out over a number of days. It includes the following assessment objectives:
-AO1 Understand how to develop ideas in response to a brief
-AO2 Develop planning materials in response to a brief
-AO3 Apply media production skills and techniques to the creation of a media product
-AO4 Create and refine a media product to meet the requirements of a brief