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WHAT DO WE OFFER?
• Cambridge Nationals (OCR)
• Level 2 – same as GCSE – but vocational
equivalent
• Equivalent to 1 GCSE
• Length – 2 years
• Single option – 2 lessons p/w
WHAT IS CREATIVE IMEDIA?
• Creative iMedia is a new course
that we have started teaching
for the first time this year
• It focusses on the creative use of
ICT to produce media products
such as websites, graphics,
interactive displays, apps,
movies etc.
• Creative iMedia is an option
that is open to everyone – if
you don’t choose to it, you will
not do ICT after year 8
Digital Media is a key part of many areas of our everyday
lives and vital to the UK economy. Production of digital
media products is a requirement of almost every business
so there is huge demand for a skilled and digitally literate
workforce.
This qualification will help students develop specific and
transferable skills such as research, planning, and review,
working with others and communicating creative concepts.
The qualification’s hands-on approach has strong relevance
to the way
young people use the technology required in
creative media.
COURSE HIGHLIGHTS
• 75% coursework and 25% exam
• Practical and hands-on creative ICT
• Looks at both theory and modern application of ICT
and media as well as transferable skills that are
useful across most subjects including:
• research, planning and review
• working with others
• communicating creative concepts effectively
WHO IS IT FOR?
• Suitable mostly for 9-4 (A*-C) grade students
• Suitable for any students who want a flavour of ICT and
a more practical qualification who enjoy creative
aspects
• Designed so that it can be started from where ICT
lessons left off in year 8
• Not designed for students who are just interested in
using social networking and mobile phones – content
goes much deeper and wider than this!
• Good literacy skills are very useful
TOPICS / UNITS OF WORK
• Unit R081: Pre-Production Skills
• Unit R082: Creating Digital Graphics
• Unit R089: Creating a Digital Video
Sequence
• Unit R091: Designing a Game Concept
UNIT R081: PRE-PRODUCTION SKILLS
• Written test paper, REVISION REQUIRED! Set and
marked by exam board
• 60 marks
• 1 hour 15 minutes
• Contains a scenario on which all questions are
based
• Consists of two sections, comprising short
answer and extended response questions
UNIT R082: CREATING DIGITAL GRAPHICS
• Coursework based assessment (set & marked
internally)
• 4 tasks
• Task 1: Purpose and properties of digital graphics
• Task 2: Plan the creation of a digital graphic
• Task 3: Create a digital graphic
• Task 4: Review a digital graphic
UNIT R089: CREATING A DIGITAL VIDEO SEQUENCE
• Coursework based assessment (set & marked
internally)
• 4 tasks
• Task 1: Uses and properties of digital video
• Task 2: Plan a digital video sequence
• Task 3: Create a digital video sequence
• Task 4: Review a digital video sequence
UNIT R091: DESIGNING A GAME CONCEPT
• Coursework based assessment (set & marked
internally)
• 4 tasks
• Task 1: Understand digital game types and
platforms
• Task 2: Plan a digital game concept
• Task 3: Design a digital game proposal
• Task 4: Review a digital game proposal
TYPES OF WORK
• Most work produced through assessments and
electronic evidence
• Assessments, support material & marks all
available on Moodle
• Deadlines throughout the year for each piece of
work
WHY SHOULD YOU TAKE IMEDIA
Huge demand
for a skilled
and digitally
literate
workforce
A key part
of many
areas of our
everyday
lives
Vital to the UK
economy that
the workforce is
equipped with
creative people
Digital media
products used
in almost
every
business
CAREERS (AVERAGE SALARIES)
WEB DESIGNER
£23,000 -
£49,000
ANIMATOR
£24,000 -
£47,000
GRAPHIC
DESIGNER
£22,000 - £41,000
FILM EDITOR
£24,000 -
£36,000
GAMES DESIGNER
£27,000 -
£52,000
DIGITAL ARTIST
£24,000 -
£37,000
3D ARTIST
£25,000 -
£41,000
APP DEVELOPER
£30,000 -
£47,000
PHOTOGRAPHER
£24,000 -
£40,000
TEACHER
£28,000 -
£41,000+
SOUND ARTIST
£24,000 -
£35,000
SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER
£25,000 -
£38,000