KS4 OPTIONS EVENING

CAMBRIDGE NATIONALS

IT/CREATIVE IMEDIA

WHAT DO WE OFFER?

• Cambridge Nationals (OCR)

• Level 2 – same as GCSE – but vocational

equivalent

• Equivalent to 1 GCSE

• Length – 2 years

• Single option – 2 lessons p/w

WHAT IS CREATIVE IMEDIA?

• Creative iMedia is a new course

that we have started teaching

for the first time this year

• It focusses on the creative use of

ICT to produce media products

such as websites, graphics,

interactive displays, apps,

movies etc.

• Creative iMedia is an option

that is open to everyone – if

you don’t choose to it, you will

not do ICT after year 8

Digital Media is a key part of many areas of our everyday

lives and vital to the UK economy. Production of digital

media products is a requirement of almost every business

so there is huge demand for a skilled and digitally literate

workforce.

This qualification will help students develop specific and

transferable skills such as research, planning, and review,

working with others and communicating creative concepts.

The qualification’s hands-on approach has strong relevance

to the way

young people use the technology required in

creative media.

COURSE HIGHLIGHTS

• 75% coursework and 25% exam

• Practical and hands-on creative ICT

• Looks at both theory and modern application of ICT

and media as well as transferable skills that are

useful across most subjects including:

• research, planning and review

• working with others

• communicating creative concepts effectively

WHO IS IT FOR?

• Suitable mostly for 9-4 (A*-C) grade students

• Suitable for any students who want a flavour of ICT and

a more practical qualification who enjoy creative

aspects

• Designed so that it can be started from where ICT

lessons left off in year 8

• Not designed for students who are just interested in

using social networking and mobile phones – content

goes much deeper and wider than this!

• Good literacy skills are very useful

TOPICS / UNITS OF WORK

• Unit R081: Pre-Production Skills

• Unit R082: Creating Digital Graphics

• Unit R089: Creating a Digital Video

Sequence

• Unit R091: Designing a Game Concept

UNIT R081: PRE-PRODUCTION SKILLS

• Written test paper, REVISION REQUIRED! Set and

marked by exam board

• 60 marks

• 1 hour 15 minutes

• Contains a scenario on which all questions are

based

• Consists of two sections, comprising short

answer and extended response questions

UNIT R082: CREATING DIGITAL GRAPHICS

• Coursework based assessment (set & marked

internally)

• 4 tasks

• Task 1: Purpose and properties of digital graphics

• Task 2: Plan the creation of a digital graphic

• Task 3: Create a digital graphic

• Task 4: Review a digital graphic

UNIT R089: CREATING A DIGITAL VIDEO SEQUENCE

• Coursework based assessment (set & marked

internally)

• 4 tasks

• Task 1: Uses and properties of digital video

• Task 2: Plan a digital video sequence

• Task 3: Create a digital video sequence

• Task 4: Review a digital video sequence

UNIT R091: DESIGNING A GAME CONCEPT

• Coursework based assessment (set & marked

internally)

• 4 tasks

• Task 1: Understand digital game types and

platforms

• Task 2: Plan a digital game concept

• Task 3: Design a digital game proposal

• Task 4: Review a digital game proposal

TYPES OF WORK

• Most work produced through assessments and

electronic evidence

• Assessments, support material & marks all

available on Moodle

• Deadlines throughout the year for each piece of

work

WHY SHOULD YOU TAKE IMEDIA

Huge demand

for a skilled

and digitally

literate

workforce

A key part

of many

areas of our

everyday

lives

Vital to the UK

economy that

the workforce is

equipped with

creative people

Digital media

products used

in almost

every

business

CAREERS (AVERAGE SALARIES)

WEB DESIGNER

£23,000 -

£49,000

ANIMATOR

£24,000 -

£47,000

GRAPHIC

DESIGNER

£22,000 - £41,000

FILM EDITOR

£24,000 -

£36,000

GAMES DESIGNER

£27,000 -

£52,000

DIGITAL ARTIST

£24,000 -

£37,000

3D ARTIST

£25,000 -

£41,000

APP DEVELOPER

£30,000 -

£47,000

PHOTOGRAPHER

£24,000 -

£40,000

TEACHER

£28,000 -

£41,000+

SOUND ARTIST

£24,000 -

£35,000

SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER

£25,000 -

£38,000

ANY QUESTIONS?

• Any questions?

• Please have a look at some of the example assignments

produced by the exam board.