Level 3 Extended Diploma in Creative Media Production

This project will allow you to generate evidence towards the following unit:7- Understanding the creative media sector8 – Understanding the television and film industries

Assignment Number DB8

ISSUE DATE: DEADLINE DATE:

Scenario

Introduction to the unit and unit assessment.

The media industries are expanding on a national and global level. Recruitment to the sector has accelerated offering new professional opportunities. There are more people working in the media today than in any other employment sector. Developments over the last two decades have also taken place across the sector in response to technological changes, with a notable impact on media production, distribution and patterns of employment. Other wider developments include deregulation and the debate over the status and funding of public service broadcasting. The ongoing developments in digital media technology are creating a highly mixed and competitive environment. All these developments will affect those seeking employment in the media sector.

For assessment of this unit Learners you have been commissioned to produce an

information guide to employment in the creative media sector in booklet form.

The booklet will contain:

employment opportunities and job roles in the media sector

TASKS1

Task description Assessment Outcome Number and Description

Employment Opportunities and Job Roles in the Media SectorWorking individually:Create a blog that shows your understanding of employment opportunities and job roles in creative media sectors including film and television

The blog must have posts covering the following Job roles with examples:

creative, technical, editorial, marketing, managerial, administrative, legal, financial

You must then research 3 job roles that you have an interest in and cover the following areas;

Professional development: education and training, eg full-time, part-time, Level 2, Level 3, graduate; work experience; continuing professional development; sources of information, eg Sector Skills Councils, trade unions, careers services; record of employment history and skills, eg curriculum vitae (CV), references, portfolio, showreel, CD, personal website; career development, eg training on the job, continuing professional development, self-training; functional skills (ICT, Mathematics, English)

Professional behaviour: reliability; attendance and punctuality; commitment; efficiency; self-presentation; communication skills; contribution to team projects; time management; personal responsibility

Working patterns: shift work; fixed term; office hours; freelance; irregular patterns; hourly rates; piece work

7.4 Know about employment opportunities and job roles in the media sector

8.2 Know about job roles in the television and film industries

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Programme:

BTEC Extended Diploma in

Creative Media Production

Year: 2010-2011

Unit No. and Assignment

title

7- Understanding the creative media sector8 – Understanding the television and film industries

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Grading Criteria:1st

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SubP7.4: learners will carry out basic research into the range of employment opportunities and job roles.

P8.2 describe the characteristics, duties and responsibilities of management, creative and technical job roles in the television and film industries with some appropriate use of subject terminology

M7.4explain employment opportunities and job roles in the media sector with reference to detailed illustrative examples

M8.2 explain the characteristics, duties and responsibilities of management, creative and technical job roles in the television and film industries with reference to detailedillustrative examples and with generally correct use of subject terminology

D7.4 comprehensively explain employment opportunities and job roles in the media sector with reference to elucidated examples

D8.2 comprehensively explain the characteristics, duties and responsibilities of management, creative and technical job roles in thetelevision and film industries showing how they relate to each other, with reference to elucidated examples and consistently using subject terminology correctly

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Assignment Grade Achieved:

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