Unit B324: Production Portfolio in Media Studies
This is a controlled assessment unit, 25-30 hours, internally assessed and externally moderated.
120 marks, 30% of the total GCSE marks
Candidates can either work individually or in groups to produce a major practical production from
a selection of set briefs.
Within this, each individual produces their own evidence of research and
planning alongside an individual evaluation of their finished product.
The Production Portfolio offers candidates the opportunity to demonstrate their skills in research, planning, production and evaluation and their understanding of the following media key concepts:
- audience
- institutions
- media language
- genre.
The brief:
An extract from a new magazine aimed at a specific audience, to include the front cover, contents page and a double-page spread article, using some original photography.
- If candidates are working in a group, each group member must produce at least one double-page spread article.