399. Requirements for the evaluation of coursework: production diary
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A Level Media Studies:
The presentation of the research, planning and evaluation may take the form of any one, or combination of two or more, of the following:
a presentation using slideshow software such as Powerpoint;
a blog or website;
a podcast;
In the evaluation the following questions must be answered:
a DVD with ‘extras’.
media products?
In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real
How does your media product represent particular social groups?
What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
Who would be the audience for your media product?
How did you attract/address your audience?
What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
it to the full product?
Ideas for the format for the presentation of the evaluation can be found in the Guidance Notes.
The production element and presentation of research and planning may be individual or group
work (maximum group size is four candidates). Where candidates have worked in a group, the
evidence for assessment may be presented collectively but centres will still assess candidates on
an individual basis for their contribution to aspects of the work, from planning, research and
production to evaluation.
G321 is marked and internally standardised by the centre and marks are submitted to OCR by a
specified date, a sample is then selected for external moderation. The unit is marked out of a total
of 100 marks: 20 marks for the presentation of the planning and research; 60 marks for the
construction; 20 marks for the evaluation.
Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from
moderation purposes. Audio work must be in CD format. No print item should be larger than A3
size.
Web pages must be accessible on line to the moderator for the duration of the moderation period.
The moderator must receive notification of the URL when the work is sent. The relevant site pages
should also be copied as files using the save page function on a web browser and burnt to CD for
the moderator. All CDs and DVDs must be checked before despatch to ensure that the files are
accessible. No hard copy printouts of online materials will be accepted. Research and Planning
may be presented in electronic format, but can take the form of a folder or scrapbook at AS Level
only.
indicated – both on the cover and on a menu within the disc itself – which candidates have
contributed to the exercise.
Each item in each candidate’s submission must be clearly labelled with the details of the
candidate’s name and number and those of the centre.
Candidates should make their own copies of products, especially if they are required by the
candidate for portfolios for further/higher education entry, as some materials may be retained by
OCR for INSET and archive purposes.
All coursework must be carefully packaged to withstand carriage from the centre to the moderator
and back.
so it is important that this evidence is available for all candidates.
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397. G322 – Section A – exam preparation – from the spec
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Section A: Textual Analysis and Representation
Candidates should be prepared to analyse and discuss the following: technical aspects of the
language and conventions of the moving image medium, in relation to the unseen moving image
extract, as appropriate to the genre and extract specified, in order to discuss the sequence’s
representation of individuals, groups, events or places:
Camera Shots, Angle, Movement and Composition
• Shots: establishing shot, master shot, close-up, mid-shot, long shot, wide shot, two-shot, aerial
shot, point of view shot, over the shoulder shot, and variations of these.
• Angle: high angle, low angle, canted angle.
• Movement: pan, tilt, track, dolly, crane, steadicam, hand-held, zoom, reverse zoom.
• Composition: framing, rule of thirds, depth of field – deep and shallow focus, focus pulls.
Includes transition of image and sound – continuity and non-continuity systems.
• Cutting: shot/reverse shot, eyeline match, graphic match, action match, jump cut, crosscutting,
parallel editing, cutaway; insert.
• Other transitions, dissolve, fade-in, fade-out, wipe, superimposition, long take, short take, slow
motion, ellipsis and expansion of time, post-production, visual effects.
• Diegetic and non-diegetic sound; synchronous/asynchronous sound; sound effects; sound
motif, sound bridge, dialogue, voiceover, mode of address/direct address, sound mixing, sound
perspective.
• Soundtrack: score, incidental music, themes and stings, ambient sound.
• Production design: location, studio, set design, costume and make-up, properties.
• Lighting; colour design.
It is acknowledged that not every one of the above technical areas will feature in equal measure in
any given extract. Therefore examiners are instructed to bear this in mind when marking the
candidates’ answers and will not expect each aspect will be covered in the same degree of detail,
but as appropriate to the extract provided and to the discussion of representation.
elements create specific representations of individuals, groups, events or places and help to
articulate specific messages and values that have social significance. Particular areas of
representation that may be chosen are:
• Gender
• Age
• Ethnicity
• Sexuality
• Class and status
• Physical ability/disability
• Regional identity
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