DB8 Assignment Brief
- 1. 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 sector 8 – 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 1
- 2. TASKS Task description Assessment Outcome Number and Description Employment Opportunities and Job Roles in the 7.4 Know about Media Sector employment opportunities Working individually: and job roles in the media Create a blog that shows your understanding of sector employment opportunities and job roles in creative media sectors including film and 8.2 Know about job roles television in the television and film industries 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, continuingprofessional 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 2
- 3. BTEC Extended Programme: Diploma in Creative Year: 2010-2011 Media Production 7- Understanding the creative media Unit No. and sector 8 – Understanding Learner Assignment the television and Name: title film industries 1st 2nd Grading Criteria: Sub Sub P7.4: 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 detailed illustrative examples and with generally correct use of subject terminology D7.4 comprehensively explain employment opportunities and job roles in the mediasector with reference to elucidated examples D8.2 comprehensively explain the characteristics, duties and responsibilities ofmanagement, creative and technical job roles in the television and film industries showing how they relate toeach other, with referenceto elucidated examples andconsistently using 3
- 4. subjectterminology correctly Assessor Feedback: 1 2 3 4 Action Plan For Improvement: 1 2 3 4 Assessor Sign: Date: Learner Sign: Date: IV Sign: Date: Assignment Grade Achieved: 4