Evidence of Assessment Criteria

To make this blog easier to navigate for assessment purposes, here is a copy of the OCR Media Studies assessment criteria with links to posts that evidence the level of acheivement.

Currently, the key to criteria is as follows: 

Red = still to be evidenced.

Orange = in the process of being evidenced.

Green = evidenced.

Any words or phrases in blue are links to posts or groups of posts that contain the relevant evidence.

Research & Planning : Level 4 : 16-20 marks

• There is excellent research into similar products and a potential target audience.
• There is excellent organisation of actors, locations, costumes or props.
• There is excellent work on shotlists, layouts, drafting, scripting or storyboarding.
• Time management is excellent.
• There is an excellent level of care in the presentation of the research and planning.
• There is excellent skill in the use of digital technology or ICT in the presentation.
• There are excellent communication skills.

Evaluation : Level 4 : 16-20 marks

• There is excellent understanding of the forms and conventions used in the productions.
• There is excellent understanding of the role and use of new media in various stages of the production.
• There is excellent understanding of the combination of main product and ancillary texts.
• There is excellent understanding of the significance of audience feedback.
• There is excellent skill in choice of form in which to present the evaluation.
• There is excellent ability to communicate.
• There is excellent use of digital technology or ICT in the evaluation.

Main Media Text : Film : Level 4 : 32-40 marks

• holding a shot steady, where appropriate;
• framing a shot, including and excluding elements as appropriate;
• using a variety of shot distances as appropriate;
• shooting material appropriate to the task set;
• selecting mise-en-scène including colour, figure, lighting, objects and setting;
• editing so that meaning is apparent to the viewer;
• using varied shot transitions, captions and other effects selectively and appropriately;
• using sound with images and editing appropriately for the task.

Where a candidate has worked in a group, an excellent contribution to construction is evident.

 

Subsidiary Media Task : Poster : Level 4 : 9-10 marks

• using IT appropriately for the task set;
• showing understanding of conventions of layout and page design;
• showing awareness of the need for variety in fonts and text size;
• accurate use of language and register;
• appropriately integrating illustration and text;
• framing a shot, including and excluding elements as appropriate;
• using a variety of shot distances as appropriate;
• shooting material appropriate to the task set;
• selecting mise-en-scène including colour, figure, lighting, objects and setting;
• manipulating photographs as appropriate to the context for presentation, including within text, within particular IT programmes, cropping and resizing.

Where a candidate has worked in a group, an excellent contribution to construction is evident.

Subsidiary Media Task : Magazine Review : Level 4 : 9-10 marks

• using IT appropriately for the task set;
• showing understanding of conventions of layout and page design;
• showing awareness of the need for variety in fonts and text size;
• accurate use of language and register;
• appropriately integrating illustration and text;
• framing a shot, including and excluding elements as appropriate;
• using a variety of shot distances as appropriate;
• shooting material appropriate to the task set;
• selecting mise-en-scène including colour, figure, lighting, objects and setting;
• manipulating photographs as appropriate to the context for presentation, including within text, within particular IT programmes, cropping and resizing.

Where a candidate has worked in a group, an excellent contribution to construction is evident.