The Production Portfolio offers candidates the opportunity to demonstrate their skills in research, planning, production and evaluation and their understanding of the following media key concepts:
• audience
• institutions
• media language
• genre.
Briefs are offered in the following media areas:
• print
• video
• audio
• website
• cross media.
The purpose of this unit is to assess:
• candidates’ skills of research, planning and presentation and planning through the construction of their own practical production (AO3)
• candidates' ability to construct and evaluate their own products using creative and technical skills (AO4).
This is a controlled assessment unit, internally assessed and externally moderated. Candidates can either work individually or as part of a group (maximum size five) to produce a major practical production in response to briefs set by OCR. They must also produce individual evidence of research and planning and an individual evaluation of their finished work. Centres must choose from twelve set briefs that will be available for at least two years. The twelve set briefs in this unit must be
followed as set out in the specification
Evidence of research, planning and each candidate’s contribution to the production must be presented in an individual Production Log (see below).
The following set briefs are offered:
An extract from a new television programme, in any genre or mix of genres chosen by the centre, such as a sitcom, a crime drama or a new children’s television programme, together with a storyboard. The sequence may include titles. Maximum length: three minutes.
• All material must be original, produced by the candidate(s), with the exception of music or audio effects.
• If candidates are working as a group, each group member is expected to take on a specific role such as director, camera operator or editor
The Production Portfolio
The Production Portfolio will consist of the following:
• the Production Log
• the Production itself
• the Evaluation
• the Appendix – to include a range of additional material appropriate to the product, such as: first drafts of storyboards and scripts, rejected photographs and graphics, and mock-ups of magazines, advertisements and websites.
The Production Log
The production log will provide important evidence to the teacher and moderator of the individual candidate’s role and personal contribution to the production. It must be completed individually and is expected to include the following:
• evidence of research
• evidence of planning, such as outlines, still test shots, sketches and storyboards
• key dates, decisions and deadlines
• a record of the individual candidate’s exact contributions to the production, such as: camerawork, photography, interviews, copywriting, design audience research, redrafting or editing.
Evaluation
The individual evaluation is to be produced by the candidates under supervised conditions.The presentation of the evaluation may take the form of any one, or combination, of the following:
• a written commentary
• a slide presentation (PowerPoint, Keynote, Impress)
• a podcast – video and/or audio
• a DVD with extras.
Those candidates offering a written commentary should aim to write between 500–800 words. A slide presentation (which centres may wish to video), should include 10–15 slides. A podcast/DVD with extras should be about 3–5 minutes in length. Further guidance on this can be found in the Teacher’s Handbook.
Acceptable formats for production texts and evaluations Video work should be in DVD format and playable on standard domestic DVD players for moderation
purposes. Audio work must be in CD format. Print work should be presented in sizes no larger than A3. Web pages should be copied as files to disc for the moderator, with the home/index page clearly indicated. Links must be tested and operate. All CDs and DVDs must be checked before despatch to ensure that the files are accessible. Evaluations may be presented in either written or electronic format. Any work submitted in electronic format should be exported to the universal PDF format before being sent to a moderator (posters, magazines, write ups, slide presentations) to ensure that moderators can access the work.
Where candidates produce disc-based artefacts as part of a group production, only one disc needs to be sent to the moderator. Centres are reminded that it must be clearly indicated – both on the cover and on a menu within the disc itself – which candidates have contributed to the production.
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 material may be retained by OCR for INSET and archive purposes.
Samples of complete production portfolios, including planning and research material, will be requested by moderators, so it is important that this evidence is available separately for all candidates.
• audience
• institutions
• media language
• genre.
Briefs are offered in the following media areas:
• video
• audio
• website
• cross media.
The purpose of this unit is to assess:
• candidates’ skills of research, planning and presentation and planning through the construction of their own practical production (AO3)
• candidates' ability to construct and evaluate their own products using creative and technical skills (AO4).
This is a controlled assessment unit, internally assessed and externally moderated. Candidates can either work individually or as part of a group (maximum size five) to produce a major practical production in response to briefs set by OCR. They must also produce individual evidence of research and planning and an individual evaluation of their finished work. Centres must choose from twelve set briefs that will be available for at least two years. The twelve set briefs in this unit must be
followed as set out in the specification
Evidence of research, planning and each candidate’s contribution to the production must be presented in an individual Production Log (see below).
The following set briefs are offered:
An extract from a new television programme, in any genre or mix of genres chosen by the centre, such as a sitcom, a crime drama or a new children’s television programme, together with a storyboard. The sequence may include titles. Maximum length: three minutes.
• All material must be original, produced by the candidate(s), with the exception of music or audio effects.
• If candidates are working as a group, each group member is expected to take on a specific role such as director, camera operator or editor
The Production Portfolio
The Production Portfolio will consist of the following:
• the Production Log
• the Production itself
• the Evaluation
• the Appendix – to include a range of additional material appropriate to the product, such as: first drafts of storyboards and scripts, rejected photographs and graphics, and mock-ups of magazines, advertisements and websites.
The Production Log
The production log will provide important evidence to the teacher and moderator of the individual candidate’s role and personal contribution to the production. It must be completed individually and is expected to include the following:
• evidence of research
• evidence of planning, such as outlines, still test shots, sketches and storyboards
• key dates, decisions and deadlines
• a record of the individual candidate’s exact contributions to the production, such as: camerawork, photography, interviews, copywriting, design audience research, redrafting or editing.
Evaluation
The individual evaluation is to be produced by the candidates under supervised conditions.The presentation of the evaluation may take the form of any one, or combination, of the following:
• a written commentary
• a slide presentation (PowerPoint, Keynote, Impress)
• a podcast – video and/or audio
• a DVD with extras.
Those candidates offering a written commentary should aim to write between 500–800 words. A slide presentation (which centres may wish to video), should include 10–15 slides. A podcast/DVD with extras should be about 3–5 minutes in length. Further guidance on this can be found in the Teacher’s Handbook.
Acceptable formats for production texts and evaluations Video work should be in DVD format and playable on standard domestic DVD players for moderation
purposes. Audio work must be in CD format. Print work should be presented in sizes no larger than A3. Web pages should be copied as files to disc for the moderator, with the home/index page clearly indicated. Links must be tested and operate. All CDs and DVDs must be checked before despatch to ensure that the files are accessible. Evaluations may be presented in either written or electronic format. Any work submitted in electronic format should be exported to the universal PDF format before being sent to a moderator (posters, magazines, write ups, slide presentations) to ensure that moderators can access the work.
Where candidates produce disc-based artefacts as part of a group production, only one disc needs to be sent to the moderator. Centres are reminded that it must be clearly indicated – both on the cover and on a menu within the disc itself – which candidates have contributed to the production.
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 material may be retained by OCR for INSET and archive purposes.
Samples of complete production portfolios, including planning and research material, will be requested by moderators, so it is important that this evidence is available separately for all candidates.