ND Creative Media Production Y2 Semester 1 2020-2021

U27: Factual Programme Production Techniques for Television

BTEC Assignment Brief

Qualification BTEC National Diploma in Creative Media Production
Unit or Component
number and title U27: Factual Programme Production Techniques for Television

Learning aim(s) (For NQF/RQF

only)
Assignment title Assign. 2 Plan & Produce a Factual Programme for Television
Assessor Jim Doherty
Hand out date 15/09/2020
Hand in deadline 6/01/2021

Students will work as independent producers who have been

commissioned to produce factual programme items according to
specific genres and purposes.

This assignment is linked to work you are doing in other Units,

including Working to a Brief in the Media Industries.
Vocational Scenario or
Context All students must produce a factual programme item based on
the client briefs agreed earlier with their tutors, e.g. Royal
Television Society Awards, Churches Trust, etc.

Students may also produce a factual production item based on a

personal client brief for the purposes of this assignment in
agreement with tutor.

Generate ideas for the item. Choose and fully research one idea
Task 1
and develop a proposal for production.
Checklist of evidence Mind-maps or other evidence of ideas generation, evidence of
required research and references to sources of information, your written-
up proposal for production.
Criteria covered by this task:
Unit/Criteria
To achieve the criteria you must show that you are able to:
reference
Plan and research a factual programme for television working within
P3
appropriate conventions and with some assistance
Plan and research a factual programme for television effectively showing
M3
some imagination and with only occasional assistance
Plan and research a factual programme for television to a quality that reflects
near-professional standards, showing creativity and flair and working
D3
independently to professional expectations conventions and with some
assistance
Task 2 Build a portfolio of pre-production documentation needed to
effectively produce the item. Pitch the proposal to the
commissioning editor of the programme, highlighting the main

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findings of your research and justifying your choice of subject.

Checklist of evidence Evidence of research, discussions with clients, emails, print-out of

required pitch to tutors with any recordings or photos of event. Printout of
all standard preproduction paperwork including any scripts,
shooting schedules, budgets, logs, health and safety statements,
etc.

Criteria covered by this task:

Unit/Criteria
To achieve the criteria you must show that you are able to:
reference
Plan and research a factual programme for television working within
P3
appropriate conventions and with some assistance
Plan and research a factual programme for television effectively showing
M3
some imagination and with only occasional assistance
Plan and research a factual programme for television to a quality that reflects
near-professional standards, showing creativity and flair and working
D3
independently to professional expectations conventions and with some
assistance

Film and edit your production based on the agreed style and
Task 3
genre and target audience.
Checklist of evidence The finished video production and any post-production
required evaluations or feedback from clients, peers or tutors.
Criteria covered by this task:
Unit/Criteria
To achieve the criteria you must show that you are able to:
reference
Produce a factual programme for television working within appropriate
P4
conventions and with some assistance.
Produce a factual programme for television competently showing some imagination and
M4 with only occasional assistance
Produce a factual programme for television to a technical quality that reflects near-
D4 professional standards, showing creativity and flair and working independently to
professional expectations.
Sources of information to Guidance
support you with this Use the examples covered in class, along with notes from class
Assignment discussions, lectures and research.

Use the links and resources provided on Moodle as well as the

links below:
www.bbc.co.uk/academy
www.bbc.co.uk/guidelines/editorialguidelines – BBC producers’
guidelines
https://www.channel4.com/programmes/categories/factual
https://www.channel4.com/producers-handbook/c4-

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guidelines/factual-programme-guidelines

Support materials

BBC Producer’s Guidelines

Jarvis P — A Production Handbook (Focal Press, 1993)
Mike C — The Practical Director (Focal Press, 1993)
Baker M and Darlow M — Documentary in the Digital Age (Focal
Press, 2003)

BBC Producer’s Guidelines (BBC, most recent edition)

Emm A — Research for Television and Radio (Routledge, 2002)

Grant T — Audio for Single Camera Operation (Focal Press, 2002)
Millerson G — Video Production Handbook, 3rd Edition (Focal
Press, 2001)
Musburger R — Single-Camera Video Production, 3rd Edition
(Focal Press, 2002)

URL http://classes.yale.edu/film-analysis

Cyber College and Media College for notes on TV studio

productions.
www.filmsite.org.uk - for film genres, narrative structure, and
codes and conventions,
www.screenonline - for TV drama genres, narrative structure, and
codes and conventions

British Film Institute Resources at WWW.bfi.org.uk

British Film Institute Magazine at WWW.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound
Visit the college Library where you will find a number of books
that will be very useful for notes for this project.
Other assessment eg, work sheets, risk assessments, case study
materials attached to this
Assignment Brief
FOR 2012 L1/2 FIRSTS ONLY: If you have not achieved the Level 2 criteria, your work will
be assessed to determine if the following Level 1 criteria have been met.
Criterion
To achieve the criteria you must show that you are able to: Unit
reference

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