UAL Extended Diploma in Creative Media Creative Writing Check List. Below is just a guide – some weeks may overlap and or compliment. We may also touch on other relevant and important crafting tools that you must also notes and record.

Blog Post Contents/Evidence Unit/Criteria Tag

Criteria met?

Completed

Date: 19 – 9- 16Blog title: Week 1 Skills – Why I Write. Course Writing skills e.g.: Word Choice, Sentence structure (syntax), Characterisation, Setting, PlotPoint of View, Voice and tense, Style, Beginnings and endings, Line and stanza divisions, Rhythm and rhyme, Descriptive Writing: Imagery, metaphor and figurative languageGrammatical devicesShowing and not Telling. Awareness of audience and market. Interviewing techniques,Research

A minimum of 300 words exploring some of the theory and/or related texts with regards to writing skills and techniques deployed in the areas of your choice over the week. In this blog post you must demonstrate/summarise how you have responded to the chosen texts and clips and reflect upon the process and development of your work. Writers should demonstrate a critical awareness of personal writing, process and reflections on relationships between ideas, aims, development and technique. Summarise the key theory and/or skills you have learned and practiced for the week and how you have done so. This blog post should contain:

A description of the skills being learned and used. Show an example of these being used professionally Demonstrate you own example of how you used the skills Evaluate your use of the skill with reference to the professional example.

List your bibliography sources (books, journals and other media and multimedia sources. SEE Reading Resources on Media Blog pages plus Reading in LRC)

Unit 1: SkillsUnit 1 1.1Unit 1 1.2Unit 1 2.2 Unit 2: ResearchUnit 2 1.1 Unit 2 2.1 Unit 2 3.1 Unit 2 3.2Unit 3: Professional PracticeUnit 3 1.1Unit 3 3.1Unit 4: Context & Evaluate Unit 4 1.1Unit 4 2.2

Week 1 Specific skills:1. Characterisation.2. Descriptive writing.3. Interviewing/

effective questioning. 4. Research.

Demonstrate and explore an understanding of why and how others write/make/create. Any other skill you have explored this week.

Write an article/poem/audio or visual representation of why you write/make/create and/or an example that highlights other skills you have gleaned.

Why is character important and how does it affect the style of writing? Where do ideas come from and what techniques can we use to investigate them further

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UAL Extended Diploma in Creative Media Creative Writing Check List. Below is just a guide – some weeks may overlap and or compliment. We may also touch on other relevant and important crafting tools that you must also notes and record.

Blog Post Contents/Evidence Unit/Criteria Tag

Criteria met?

Completed

Week 2 Date: 26 – 9 - 16Blog title: Week 2 Skills – What does a Journalist do? Course Writing skills e.g.: Word Choice, Sentence structure (syntax), Characterisation, Setting, PlotPoint of View, Voice and tense, Style, Beginnings and endings, Line and stanza divisions, Rhythm and rhyme, Descriptive Writing: Imagery, metaphor and figurative languageGrammatical devicesShowing and not Telling. Awareness of audience and market. Interviewing techniques,Research

A minimum of 300 words exploring some of the theory and/or related texts with regards to writing skills and techniques deployed in the areas of your choice over the week. In this blog post you must demonstrate/summarise how you have responded to the chosen texts and clips and reflect upon the process and development of your work. Writers should demonstrate a critical awareness of personal writing, process and reflections on relationships between ideas, aims, development and technique. Summarise the key theory and/or skills you have learned and practiced for the week and how you have done so. This blog post should contain:

A description of the skills being learned and used. Show an example of these being used professionally Demonstrate you own example of how you used the skills Evaluate your use of the skill with reference to the professional example.

List your bibliography sources (books, journals and other media and multimedia sources. SEE Reading Resources on Media Blog pages plus Reading in LRC)

Unit 1: SkillsUnit 1 1.1Unit 1 1.2Unit 1 2.2 Unit 2: ResearchUnit 2 2.1 Unit 2 3.1 Unit 3: Professional PracticeUnit 3 2.1Unit 3 2.2Unit 3 3.1Unit 4: Context & Evaluate Unit 4 2.1Unit 4 2.2

Week 2 Skills – What does a Journalist do?

1. Top 25 words, 2. word choice,3. Passive/active, 4. use of information 5. Inverted Pyramid

Referencing three different sources, you must describe a news story relevant to the past seven days. There are no limitations on what the topic of the news story may be about, but it must have occurred within the seven days prior to the blog post being written, and must include the following:An outline of the story, detailing three most important facts of the story, and why these are important.A brief summary of how different news outlets are reporting the story – are there any noticeable biases or different facts being focused on?Your own suggestion for how you would report this story: Who would you interview? What facts would

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you prioritise? Who does the story matter to most?Blog Post + URL Contents/Evidence Unit/Criteria

TagCriteria

met?Completed

Week 3 – 3 10 16Blog title: Week 3 Skills – Copywriting. Course Writing skills e.g.: Word Choice, Sentence structure (syntax), Characterisation, Setting, PlotPoint of View, Voice and tense, Style, Beginnings and endings, Line and stanza divisions, Rhythm and rhyme, Descriptive Writing: Imagery, metaphor and figurative languageGrammatical devicesShowing and not Telling. Awareness of audience and market. Interviewing techniques,Research

A minimum of 300 words exploring some of the theory and/or related texts with regards to writing skills and techniques deployed in the areas of your choice over the week. In this blog post you must demonstrate/summarise how you have responded to the chosen texts and clips and reflect upon the process and development of your work. Writers should demonstrate a critical awareness of personal writing, process and reflections on relationships between ideas, aims, development and technique. Summarise the key theory and/or skills you have learned and practiced for the week and how you have done so. This blog post should contain:

A description of the skills being learned and used. Show an example of these being used professionally Demonstrate you own example of how you used the skills Evaluate your use of the skill with reference to the professional example.

List your bibliography sources (books, journals and other media and multimedia sources. SEE Reading Resources on Media Blog pages plus Reading in LRC)

Unit 1: SkillsUnit 1 1.1Unit 1 1.2Unit 1 2.2 Unit 2: ResearchUnit 2 3.1 Unit 2 3.2Unit 3: Professional PracticeUnit 3 2.1Unit 3 2.2Unit 3 3.1Unit 4: Context & Evaluate Unit 4 1.1Unit 4 1.2Unit 4 1.3

Week 3 – Copywriting1. Word Choice and

syntax. (word economy)

2. Tone, style and voice3. Effective Questions4. Attention grabbing

headlines

What makes a good website?Redesign an existing website that you feel fails to meet professional standards set out in sessionDesign your own web page based on interests/passion, research and experiences/shared knowledge of effective and well-regarded sites.Demonstrate how words compliment/add-to the visual medium. Critically compare design and research. Compare apply and evaluate design and research

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Blog Post + URL Contents/Evidence Unit/Criteria Tag

Criteria met?

Completed

Week 4 – 10-10-16Blog title: Week 4 Skills – Character, Setting & Plot. Course Writing skills e.g.: Word Choice, Sentence structure (syntax), Characterisation, Setting, PlotPoint of View, Voice and tense, Style, Beginnings and endings, Line and stanza divisions, Rhythm and rhyme, Descriptive Writing: Imagery, metaphor and figurative languageGrammatical devicesShowing and not Telling. Awareness of audience and market. Interviewing techniques,Research

A minimum of 300 words exploring some of the theory and/or related texts with regards to writing skills and techniques deployed in the areas of your choice over the week. In this blog post you must demonstrate/summarise how you have responded to the chosen texts and clips and reflect upon the process and development of your work. Writers should demonstrate a critical awareness of personal writing, process and reflections on relationships between ideas, aims, development and technique. Summarise the key theory and/or skills you have learned and practiced for the week and how you have done so. This blog post should contain:

A description of the skills being learned and used. Show an example of these being used professionally Demonstrate you own example of how you used the skills Evaluate your use of the skill with reference to the professional example.

List your bibliography sources (books, journals and other media and multimedia sources. SEE Reading Resources on Media Blog pages plus Reading in LRC)

Unit 1: SkillsUnit 1 1.1Unit 1 1.2Unit 1 2.2 Unit 2: ResearchUnit 2 2.1 Unit 2 3.1 Unit 3: Professional PracticeUnit 3 1.1Unit 3 3.1Unit 4: Context & Evaluate Unit 4 1.1Unit 4 1.2Unit 4 1.3

Week 4 – Story: Character, Plot and setting. What make a good character?How does this affect the style of writing and choice of narrative?

Explore Story telling ingredients and how a character’s need drives plot. Demonstrate and understanding of how to build a character and how this effects the style of writing. Write in any form exploring a character, setting and plot: short story, script for film or theatre or radio, beginning of novel, poem or journalistic (non-fiction) article.

Setting: how does the setting impact on character and narrative

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SUBMISSION OF WORK – FEEDBACK AND DISCUSSION OF WORK

Blog Post + URL Contents/Evidence Unit/Criteria Tag Criteria met? CompletedWeek 5: 17 – 10 - 16Blog title: Week 5 Skills – Themes and Genre. Course Writing skills e.g.: Word Choice, Sentence structure (syntax), Characterisation, Setting, PlotPoint of View, Voice and tense, Style, Beginnings and endings, Line and stanza divisions, Rhythm and rhyme, Descriptive Writing: Imagery, metaphor and figurative languageGrammatical devicesShowing and not Telling. Awareness of audience and market. Interviewing techniques,Research

A minimum of 300 words exploring some of the theory and/or related texts with regards to writing skills and techniques deployed in the areas of your choice over the week. In this blog post you must demonstrate/summarise how you have responded to the chosen texts and clips and reflect upon the process and development of your work. Writers should demonstrate a critical awareness of personal writing, process and reflections on relationships between ideas, aims, development and technique. Summarise the key theory and/or skills you have learned and practiced for the week and how you have done so. This blog post should contain:

A description of the skills being learned and used. Show an example of these being used professionally Demonstrate you own example of how you used the skills Evaluate your use of the skill with reference to the professional example.

List your bibliography sources (books, journals and other media and multimedia sources. SEE Reading Resources on Media Blog pages plus Reading in LRC)

Unit 1: SkillsUnit 1 1.1Unit 1 1.2Unit 1 2.2 Unit 2: ResearchUnit 2 1.1 Unit 2 2.1 Unit 2 3.1 Unit 2 3.2Unit 3: Professional PracticeUnit 3 1.1Unit 3 3.1Unit 4: Context & Evaluate Unit 4 1.1Unit 4 2.1Unit 4 2.2

Week 5: Themes and Genre conventions. Tone & style of genreChoosing the best form to explore your theme and narrative.

Explore a theme and develop an idea for story in any form: journalism, fiction, poem or script. How do you choose the best form for your narrative and theme? How does word choice and syntax affect your writing?Explore the theme of fear and analyse how existing writersLook At Crime in three different texts

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Blog Post + URL Contents/Evidence Unit/Criteria Tag Criteria met? CompletedWeek 6: 31 – 10 - 16Blog title: Week 5 Skills Crafting. Course Writing Skills.Course Writing skills e.g.: Word Choice, Sentence structure (syntax), Characterisation, Setting, PlotPoint of View, Voice and tense, Style, Beginnings and endings, Line and stanza divisions, Rhythm and rhyme, Descriptive Writing: Imagery, metaphor and figurative languageGrammatical devicesShowing and not Telling. Awareness of audience and market. Interviewing techniques,Research

A minimum of 300 words exploring some of the theory and/or related texts with regards to writing skills and techniques deployed in the areas of your choice over the week. In this blog post you must demonstrate/summarise how you have responded to the chosen texts and clips and reflect upon the process and development of your work. Writers should demonstrate a critical awareness of personal writing, process and reflections on relationships between ideas, aims, development and technique. Summarise the key theory and/or skills you have learned and practiced for the week and how you have done so. This blog post should contain:

A description of the skills being learned and used. Show an example of these being used professionally Demonstrate you own example of how you used the skills Evaluate your use of the skill with reference to the professional example.

List your bibliography sources (books, journals and other media and multimedia sources. SEE Reading Resources on Media Blog pages plus Reading in LRC)

Unit 1: SkillsUnit 1 1.1Unit 1 1.2Unit 1 2.2 Unit 2: ResearchUnit 2 1.1 Unit 2 2.1 Unit 2 3.1 Unit 2 3.2Unit 3: Professional PracticeUnit 3 1.1Unit 3 3.1Unit 4: Context & Evaluate Unit 4 1.1Unit 4 1.2Unit 4 1.3

Week 6 – crafting: show and don’t tell, word choice and syntax. Metaphor. Extended MetaphorSpecificity (listen to me Word) - Six Word Memoir Explicit and implicit meanings

Evidence and demonstrate a number of crafting tools/skills learnt through a series of written exercises and comment on how your work has developed using these crafting skills. Explore, explain and demonstrate the show and don’t tell rule. You are invited to reflect on and edit previous work taking into account the core skills for this session.

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& connotations To explore how a writer chooses words to effect the readerTo explore how a writer arranges a sentences to affect the reader.To illustrate how words and syntax help put pictures in the reader’s head: tone, voice, character, setting.To discuss the crafting of current work in progress.

Blog Post + URL Contents/Evidence Unit/Criteria Tag Criteria met? CompletedWeek 7 – 7-11-16Blog title: Week 7 Skills –. Poetic Devices and InspirationCourse Writing skills e.g.: Word Choice, Sentence structure (syntax), Characterisation, Setting, Plot, Point of View, Voice and tense, Style, Beginnings and endings, Line and stanza divisions, Rhythm and rhyme, Descriptive Writing: Imagery, metaphor and figurative language, Grammatical devices, Showing and not Telling. Awareness of audience and market. Interviewing techniques,Research.

A minimum of 300 words exploring some of the theory and/or related texts with regards to writing skills and techniques deployed in the areas of your choice over the week. In this blog post you must demonstrate/summarise how you have responded to the chosen texts and clips and reflect upon the process and development of your work. Writers should demonstrate a critical awareness of personal writing, process and reflections on relationships between ideas, aims, development and technique. Summarise the key theory and/or skills you have learned and practiced for the week and how you have done so. This blog post should contain:

A description of the skills being learned and used. Show an example of these being used professionally Demonstrate you own example of how you used the skills Evaluate your use of the skill with reference to the professional example.

List your bibliography sources (books, journals and other media and multimedia sources. SEE Reading Resources on Media Blog pages plus Reading in LRC)

Unit 1: SkillsUnit 1 1.1Unit 1 1.2Unit 1 2.2 Unit 2: ResearchUnit 2 1.1 Unit 2 2.1 Unit 2 3.1 Unit 2 3.2Unit 3: Professional PracticeUnit 3 1.1Unit 3 3.1Unit 4: Context & Evaluate Unit 4 1.1Unit 4 2.1Unit 4 2.2

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Week 7 – POETRYVoice and tense, Style, Word choice an syntaxLine and stanza divisions, Rhythm and rhyme, Descriptive Writing: Imagery, metaphor and figurative language.

Demonstrate an understanding of poetic language and structure. Critique a number of sources discuss how performance/interactive and multi-media platforms affect the spoken word poetry. How did you use poetic devices such as imagery and metaphor (figurative language)?What other techniques have you used: alliteration, rhyme and metre, structure use of punctuation (or not) and visual impact of structure. You have been given an industry commission to write a poem or short ice of prose for PorchlightBlackout poetry

Date: 14-11-16Blog title: Week 8 Skills –. ReviewsPoetic Devices and where inspiration comes from. Course Writing skills e.g.: Word Choice, Sentence structure (syntax), Characterisation, Setting, PlotPoint of View, Voice and tense, Style, Beginnings and endings, Line and stanza divisions, Rhythm and rhyme, Descriptive Writing: Imagery, metaphor and figurative languageGrammatical devicesShowing and not Telling. Awareness of audience and market. Interviewing techniques,

A minimum of 300 words exploring some of the theory and/or related texts with regards to writing skills and techniques deployed in the areas of your choice over the week. In this blog post you must demonstrate/summarise how you have responded to the chosen texts and clips and reflect upon the process and development of your work. Writers should demonstrate a critical awareness of personal writing, process and reflections on relationships between ideas, aims, development and technique. Summarise the key theory and/or skills you have learned and practiced for the week and how you have done so. This blog post should contain:

A description of the skills being learned and used. Show an example of these being used professionally Demonstrate you own example of how you used the skills Evaluate your use of the skill with reference to the professional example.

List your bibliography sources (books, journals and other media and multimedia sources. SEE Reading Resources on Media Blog pages plus Reading in LRC)

Unit 1: SkillsUnit 1 1.1Unit 1 1.2Unit 1 2.2 Unit 2: ResearchUnit 2 2.1 Unit 2 3.1 Unit 3: Professional PracticeUnit 3 1.1Unit 3 3.1Unit 4: Context & Evaluate Unit 4 1.1Unit 4 2.1Unit 4 2.2

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ResearchWeek 8 – Writing Reviews

Awareness of audience and market

To write a review of two different mediums/forms from: For films, books, TV, theatre, art exhibitions, concert, music events, recorded music, restaurants… Look at a range of other reviews and make a note of the language used. How are they presented? Are there any significant and distinctive characteristics within each of the reviews? Who are they aimed at? Look at a series of pictures on the screen and give explicit and implicit meanings to them? What can we see and what are the connotations of the pictures?

Week 9 – 21 – 11 -16Blog title: Week 9 Skills. Course Writing skills e.g.: Word Choice, Sentence structure (syntax), Characterisation, Setting, PlotPoint of View, Voice and tense, Style, Beginnings and endings, Line and stanza divisions, Rhythm and rhyme, Descriptive Writing: Imagery, metaphor and figurative languageGrammatical devicesShowing and not Telling. Awareness of audience and market. Interviewing techniques,Research

A minimum of 300 words exploring some of the theory and/or related texts with regards to writing skills and techniques deployed in the areas of your choice over the week. In this blog post you must demonstrate/summarise how you have responded to A minimum of 300 words exploring some of the theory and/or related texts with regards to writing skills and techniques deployed in the areas of your choice over the week. In this blog post you must demonstrate/summarise how you have responded to the chosen texts and clips and reflect upon the process and development of your work. Writers should demonstrate a critical awareness of personal writing, process and reflections on relationships between ideas, aims, development and technique. Summarise the key theory and/or skills you have learned and practiced for the week and how you have done so. This blog post should contain:

A description of the skills being learned and used. Show an example of these being used professionally Demonstrate you own example of how you used the skills Evaluate your use of the skill with reference to the professional example.

List your bibliography sources (books, journals and other media and multimedia sources. SEE Reading Resources on Media Blog pages plus Reading in LRC)

Unit 1: SkillsUnit 1 2.2 Unit 2: ResearchUnit 2 1.1 Unit 2 2.1 Unit 2 3.1 Unit 2 3.2Unit 3: Professional PracticeUnit 3 1.1Unit 3 3.1Unit 4: Context & Evaluate Unit 4 1.1Unit 4 1.2Unit 4 1.3

Week – 9 UNIT 1 portfolio

Including a practitioner report and analysis of industry examples and the skills used to fulfill aims ideas and the development of work. Then reflect on the process: strength

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Evaluating the journey and weaknesses

Week 10: 28 – 11 -16Blog title: Week 10 Skills – Course Writing skills e.g.: Word Choice, Sentence structure (syntax), Characterisation, Setting, PlotPoint of View, Voice and tense, Style, Beginnings and endings, Line and stanza divisions, Rhythm and rhyme, Descriptive Writing: Imagery, metaphor and figurative languageGrammatical devicesShowing and not Telling. Awareness of audience and market. Interviewing techniques,Research

A minimum of 300 words exploring some of the theory and/or related texts with regards to writing skills and techniques deployed in the areas of your choice over the week. In this blog post you must demonstrate/summarise how you have responded to the chosen texts and clips and reflect upon the process and development of your work. Writers should demonstrate a critical awareness of personal writing, process and reflections on relationships between ideas, aims, development and technique. Summarise the key theory and/or skills you have learned and practiced for the week and how you have done so. This blog post should contain:

A description of the skills being learned and used. Show an example of these being used professionally Demonstrate you own example of how you used the skills Evaluate your use of the skill with reference to the professional example.

List your bibliography sources (books, journals and other media and multimedia sources. SEE Reading Resources on Media Blog pages plus Reading in LRC)

Unit 1: SkillsUnit 1 2.2 Unit 2: ResearchUnit 2 1.1 Unit 2 2.1 Unit 2 3.1 Unit 2 3.2Unit 3: Professional PracticeUnit 3 1.1Unit 3 3.1Unit 4: Context & Evaluate Unit 4 1.1Unit 4 1.2Unit 4 1.3

Week 10: Unit 1 portfolio Checklist for unit 1 criteria

05/12/16: Week 11 – DEADLINE for Project 1.

A minimum of 300 words exploring some of the theory and/or related texts with regards to writing skills and techniques deployed in the areas of your choice over the

Unit 1: SkillsUnit 1 2.2

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UAL Extended Diploma in Creative Media Creative Writing Check List. Below is just a guide – some weeks may overlap and or compliment. We may also touch on other relevant and important crafting tools that you must also notes and record.

Course Writing skills e.g.: Word Choice, Sentence structure (syntax), Characterisation, Setting, PlotPoint of View, Voice and tense, Style, Beginnings and endings, Line and stanza divisions, Rhythm and rhyme, Descriptive Writing: Imagery, metaphor and figurative languageGrammatical devicesShowing and not Telling. Awareness of audience and market. Interviewing techniques,Research

week. In this blog post you must demonstrate/summarise how you have responded to the chosen texts and clips and reflect upon the process and development of your work. Writers should demonstrate a critical awareness of personal writing, process and reflections on relationships between ideas, aims, development and technique. Summarise the key theory and/or skills you have learned and practiced for the week and how you have done so. This blog post should contain:

A description of the skills being learned and used. Show an example of these being used professionally Demonstrate you own example of how you used the skills Evaluate your use of the skill with reference to the professional example.

List your bibliography sources (books, journals and other media and multimedia sources. SEE Reading Resources on Media Blog pages plus Reading in LRC)

Unit 2: ResearchUnit 2 1.1 Unit 2 2.1 Unit 2 3.1 Unit 2 3.2Unit 3: Professional PracticeUnit 3 1.1Unit 3 2.1Unit 3 2.2Unit 3 3.1Unit 3 3.2Unit 4: Context & Evaluate Unit 4 1.1Unit 4 1.2Unit 4 1.3Unit 4 2.1Unit 4 2.2Skills Portfolio Submission

12/12/16: Week 12 – Skills Portfolio: Final Submission and presentation

This week you will be submitting your finished Writing Skills Portfolio. This will include:

- Part 1- 3 x 350-word Creative Writing Piece - 200-word Commentary on your aims, process and critical reflections,

development and techniques- Weekly Summary Directory 1-11- Weekly writing tasks demonstrating skills 1-11

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UAL Extended Diploma in Creative Media Creative Writing Check List. Below is just a guide – some weeks may overlap and or compliment. We may also touch on other relevant and important crafting tools that you must also notes and record.

Unit 1: Introduction to media processes and technical skillsLevel: 3Credit value: 12Unit Aim: To provide the student with an introductionto a range of processes and skills used in creativemedia production and technology and to the particularcharacteristics and methods of communication withinthe media sector.

Assessment CriteriaThe student can:1.1 Apply understanding of a range of processes to support media activities.1.2 Apply media processes and skills safely and appropriately.2.2 Critically compare a range of communication methods used to convey meaning in creativemedia production.

Learning OutcomesThe student will:1. Understand processes and technical skills used in creative media production.2. Understand the characteristics and methods of communication within a media context.

Unit 2: Introduction to design and research skills in creative media productionLevel: 3

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Unit Aim: To provide the student with an introduction to a range of design and research activities and related skills appropriate to the support of creative media production. The unit will also develop an understanding of the vital role that design and research play in informingand developing ideas.Assessment CriteriaThe candidate can:1.1 Critically compare a range of research tools, methods and skills.2.1 Critically compare a range of primary and secondaryresearch sources.3.1 Apply design and research tools, methods and skills to record and interpret information and develop ideas for creative production.3.2 Evaluate the effectivenessof design and researchtools methods and skillsto develop ideas forcreative production.

Learning OutcomesThe candidate will:1. Understand design and research tools, methods and skills used in creative media production.2. Understand primary and secondary research sources. 3. Be able to use design and research tools, methods and skills to inform ideas for creative media production.

Unit 3: Introduction to professional practice in creative media production

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Level: 3Unit Aim: To provide the student with an introduction to the diversity of roles, responsibilities, employment and progression opportunities available within the sector. It will introduce the student to professional working practices and give an understanding of the skills needed for a career in creative media technology and production.Learning OutcomesThe candidate will:1. Understand progression opportunities within the creative media sector.2. Understand the skills needed to pursue a career in the creative media sector.3. Be able to carry out roles and responsibilities consistent with professional practice.

Assessment CriteriaThe candidate can:1.1 Locate, access and use information to support own development.2.1 Critically evaluate a range of working practices and methods.2.2 Apply knowledge of working practices to support own development.3.1 Organise self and work to meet deadlines and targets.3.2 Demonstrate consideration and professionalism in working with others.

Unit 4: Critical and contextual awareness in creative media productionLevel: 3Unit Aim: To provide the student with an introduction to historical and contemporary contexts and perspectives influencing the development of ideas and technology within creative media production. Assessment CriteriaThe student can:1.1 Compare a range of critical perspectives that influence the analysis of creative media production activities.1.2 Apply knowledge of critical perspectives to the analysis of a range of creative media production activities.1.3 Apply knowledge and understanding of critical perspectives to support own practice.2.1 Critically compare a range of contexts within which creative media technology and production are situated.2.2 Apply an understanding of a range of contextual parameters to support own creative development.Learning Outcomes

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The student will:1. Understand critical perspectives that influence the analysis of creative media production activities.2. Understand the contexts within which creative media technology and production are positioned.

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