UAL Awarding Body

CREATIVE MEDIA PRODUCTION AND

TECHNOLOGY
LEVEL 3 EXTENDED DIPLOMA

Unit 12: Specialist Study

Sarah Wilson; Adam Jones; James Ashford

Date Issued: 9th December 2019
Final Deadline: Thursday 9th January 2020
Vibe Productions

Vibe Productions requires you to produce a short study on specialist areas

within the media industry.

Vibe Productions aims to provide a professional service for media productions

and educational content. They are looking to include a section on subject
specialisms on their website in order to continue to build up the series of
resources they currently have.

Your production must be completed and

submitted by Thursday 9th January 2020.

For your study, you must produce one of either

a visual production; a 2-page magazine article
or a written essay. Each one of these must
include information on the history, pioneers and
development of your chosen area.

For more information, please visit www.thcvibe.weebly.com

The Fine Print

You must each produce your own study using the following guidelines:

 Your script/article/essay must be AT LEAST 1500 words long

 It must explore where your area started
 The impact it had upon society
 Who were the key people responsible for progressing it?
 Where has it developed to since?

If you choose to produce a visual production, you must write a thorough and
detailed script for your voiceover. The unit cannot be passed without this.
Grading Criteria

Unit aim: This unit will require students to research and critically
examine the influence of historical and contemporary contexts on
their own practice. The unit will enable the students to
demonstrate a greater depth of understanding of their discipline
and place within it.

Learning Outcomes Tasks

1. Understand the principles and Research

practices of a chosen discipline in
creative media production.

2. Be able to locate and evaluate Research

information from a range of sources.

3. Be able to communicate ideas and Production and Evaluation

arguments in a variety of forms.
LO1 Research:

Vibe Productions needs your study to be factually correct in order for it to be

used online. To ensure this is the case, you will need to complete research
from a wide range of sources.

1. Secondary Research – Using the internet and books, research the

history of your area. Where did it start? Who was responsible for it?
What impact did it have on society at the time?

- Videos – find at least 2 videos of people

discussing your chosen area and
analyse what is being said in it. What
can you learn from it?

- Significant pieces of work – are there

any productions that were particularly
influential in your area? Try to find a
number of them from old to new. EG;
Camerwork in Citizen Kane

2. Harvard Referencing – Ensure all of your research is

Harvard Referenced. This is easiest if you complete it as you work rather
than just doing it all at the end. The more references you use, the
greater the reliability of research.
LO2 Study:

Make sure you choose a format that you can achieve in the timeframe
given.

Visual Production

If you select this option, you must produce a documentary style production.
This includes finding footage that supports and demonstrates your script
about your chosen area. You should never have a blank screen in your
production. You must write a script that is a minimum of 1500 words and this
should be recorded as narration to go with your footage.

Magazine Article

If you select this option, you must produce a two-page article. This includes a
minimum of 1500 words of your own content and it must be presented in a
professional manner.

Essay

If you select this option, you must produce a written piece that is a minimum
of 1500 words of your own content.