Level 1 Vocational Studies Assignment Brief

Aims and Rationale of the course

The Course has been designed to give learners an opportunity to gain a basic understanding of how to plan and produce multimedia products. On completing the course you will be given a level one qualification.

The aims of the Level One Vocational Studies Course is to develop student’s interest in the production and manufacture of multimedia products and to develop their technical media skills. This is done through:-

Investigation video production formats including: trailers and advertisements.

Introduction to a range of theories within video production: these include theories of genre and narrative, etc.

The introduction and development of skills in pre and post

production such as: writing treatments, writing scripts, storyboarding sequences, completing location surveys, compiling research that will inform your final production.

Building skills in the use of hardware including: digital video cameras, microphones, tripods, and still cameras

How the Level One Vocational Studies is assessed

The programmes of study are taught through two assignments that are assessed on specific units attached to them (two) which the assignments have been designed to meet. Each unit has several learning outcomes that must be met to complete and gain a grade for each unit (pass). Failure to gain a grade in at least one unit will result in the failure of the level one qualification. At the beginning of each of the assignments,

students will receive an Assignment Brief, which will detail that tasks involved what to do to meet the assessment criteria and strict deadline dates.

Units and Modules

The Level One Vocational Studies Course is taught through two assignments. These two assignments have a vocational context, where you will learn technical media skills. Each of these assignments outlines: the individual task that is set; how the task meets the marking criteria what is needed to be done in order to reach a pass grade.

Each unit is split into several (Learning Outcomes). When a project is marked each of these Learning Outcomes receives an individual grade depending on the evidence which addresses this. The overall grade for any unit will be a Pass. Some units may be revisited more than once to guarantee achieving the Pass grade.

Here is a list of the projects that contribute towards each level of the qualification.

Qualification: Level One Vocational Studies Course

Unit Name of Unit

6 Developing Video Products

7 Developing Multimedia Products

6 : Developing Multimedia ProductsIndividually and in groups you are to plan and produce a multimedia product, in this case a zombie and western film

trailer. This will involve the planning and use of technical software and visual materials to produce your multimedia video project.

Individually you will also create a pre production folder containing all paperwork for the production of your film trailer 7: Developing Video ProductsIndividually and in groups you are to plan and produce a Video product in this case a zombie film trailer and a western film trailer. This will involve the planning and use of technical software and visual materials to produce your video product.

Individually you will also create a pre production folder containing all paperwork for the production of your film trailer

Lesson TimesThis course is taught through three hours a week of in class tuition and supervised production over the course of one year.

Staff Teaching on the Course

Those teaching on the course are:

Ian Burnett – Teacher of BTEC National in Media (Year 1 & Year 2)

Materials and Resources The college will provide all of the hardware (cameras etc) and software (computer programs) along with the Assignment Briefs and other learning materials. Students will be expected to attend college with a pen and paper at the minimum. The acquisition of a pen drive or portable hard-drive would be a benefit but certainly not a requirement of the course. These are available for competitive prices at the college library.

IT facilities/software used

The majority of the course is taught in two fully equipped computer suites as well as some time being spent in traditional class rooms. The computer suites are equipped with computer software that will be used on the course: Sony Vegas 10 – ‘Platinum Edition’ (digital editing package); Microsoft Word; Microsoft Excel; Microsoft PowerPoint; Microsoft Publisher; Stop Motion Pro and Adobe Photoshop CS4. There is a range of software that is also available within college: digital video cameras, digital stills cameras, tripods, boom microphones, steady cams camera tracking and headphones.

These items can be rented out from the IT Help Desk in College once students have their college Media Loan Card (see above).

Study Support

Whatever course you’ve chosen, and whatever level you’re studying at, there is a good chance that at some point during your time at college there will be something you need a little help with, and our drop in and one-to-one study support sessions are available for exactly this reason. Sessions can be short or long term depending on your needs and study support tutors are available to help with virtually any course as well as providing support for those with more specific needs such as dyslexia, time management or organisation difficulties. For more information please call either Jill Naylor or Lesley Hodgson on01482 711688 or visit us in A103 in the Study Centre. We will be happy to help!

Punctuality

Students will be expected to arrive promptly and on time throughout the year. Arriving at the beginning of the lesson during the group production stage will help the class teacher to speak to the whole class before specific groups will be

continuing with work. Failure to attend may result in missing vital information necessary to the completion of the current project. Student with continued poor punctuality may be placed on a NTI (Notice to Improve), and monitored further. As the class will be in groups it is essential that college is informed if there is to be an absence from the lesson, which will enable the group to make other arrangements for the completion of work.

Assessment/Target setting

Students will be closely monitored by the teachers throughout the production of the assignments.

There is an interim assessment (sometimes 2 interim reports in the case longer projects) this is in place to make sure that students are making the progress expected throughout their assignments in terms of the completion of task and their quality. Students will receive a grade after each of the assignment set.

If you have any concerns regarding the above please email or speak to:

Ian Burnett ib@wilberforce.ac.uk