OCR Nationals

Media

The OCR Level 3 Nationals in Media have been developed to recognise learners' skills, knowledge and understanding of the media sector.

The following summarises this enhanced provision:

• Revisions to units 2 and 3.
• New unit in web authoring and design.

These qualifications are designed to recognise candidates' skills, knowledge and understanding of the media sector. Suitable for post-16 candidates only, they will provide a high quality, industry-recognised qualification.

Developed in consultation with the sector, the qualification allows candidates to select from a range of optional units. Its flexibility also enables candidates to achieve individual units or a full qualification: Certificate, Diploma or Extended Diploma, according to their needs.

Progression to further qualifications, such as HNDs or degrees in media related subjects, is a likely route.

Alternatively, this qualification is designed to enable candidates to enter employment at a trainee level. However, employment in most media-related areas usually involves progression to specialist Level 4 qualifications.

Specification aims

These qualifications specifically aim to:

• Develop learner's knowledge and understanding of Media and the chosen specialist route if selected.
• Develop learner's ability to generate and apply their ideas, using the technology available to them as a tool to advance those creative ideas.
• Develop learner's skills, knowledge and understanding in contexts that are directly relevant to employment situations, thereby enhancing employability within design.
• Develop learner's ability to work autonomously and effectively in a Media context
• Enable learners to develop knowledge and understanding in specialist areas of Media, and demonstrate the skills needed to participate in the operation and development of real Media organisations.
• Encourage progression by assisting in the development of skills, knowledge and understanding which learners will need to access further or high education programmes or occupational training on a full-time or part-time basis.
• Encourage progression by assisting in the development of skills, knowledge and understanding which learners will need to enter employment, or enhance their current employment status.
• Promote interaction between employers, centres and learners by relating teaching and assessment to real organisations.

List of Unit Titles

Mandatory units

• Unit 1 Introduction to the media and textual analysis
• Unit 2 Media pre-production and planning
• Unit 3 Media production
• Unit 4 Marketing media and audience feedback

Optional units

Non-specialist units

• Unit 5 Ideas generation for media products
• Unit 6 Production management in media organisations
• Unit 7 Presentations and exhibitions
• Unit 8 Drawing and illustration for the media industry
• Unit 9 Interview and presentation techniques
• Unit 10 Career planning for the media industry
• Unit 11 Developing skills through work experience in the media industry

Writing and publishing specialist pathway

• Unit 12 Factual writing for print products
• Unit 13 Fictional writing for print products
• Unit 14 Publishing
• Unit 15 Photography and digital imaging
• Unit 16 Design and layout

TV and film specialist pathway

• Unit 17 Video production and editing
• Unit 18 Audio for the moving image
• Unit 19 UK film studies
• Unit 20 Television production
• Unit 21 Writing for the screen
• Unit 22 Film and television production and editing
• Unit 23 Cartooning and animation

Audio specialist pathway

• Unit 24 Music technology
• Unit 25 Music recording and production
• Unit 26 Talk radio production
• Unit 27 Music radio production
• Unit 28 Writing for the radio

Games design specialist pathway

• Unit 29 Design for games
• Unit 30 Art and animation for computer games
• Unit 31 Programming for computer games
• Unit 32 Computer games production
• Unit 33 Computer games technologies