Eduqas A-Level Media Studies cross-media production NEA overview quiz quiz

30 marks and 10 per cent of the A-level overall

90 marks and 35 per cent of the qualification

60 marks and 30 per cent of the A-level

It is not formally assessed by the centre

One self-contained product made in a single media form

Three separate products, each in a different media form

A written essay analysing two existing media texts

Two interrelated products in two different media forms

One brief, chosen from a set Eduqas issues each year

All of the briefs at once, kept fixed across the course

Two briefs every term, replaced fresh at each half-term

A brief you write yourself, approved by your own centre

50 words

Around 500 words

2,000 words

There is no statement

Only the cameras, software and equipment used to make each product

A general summary of the whole specification and the marks awarded for each component

How the products will use the framework to meet the brief and target the audience

The history of the chosen media form and its leading practitioners

AO1 (knowledge and understanding of the theoretical framework)

AO2 (applying the framework to analyse set products closely)

None, since the NEA is not tied to any assessment objective

AO3 (the practical application of media knowledge)

Internally assessed by the centre and externally moderated by Eduqas

Marked entirely by external Eduqas examiners, with no input from the centre

Self-assessed by the student, who awards their own final mark

Not marked at all, only checked as completed and then signed off

The length, the use of colour and the production budget alone

Meeting the brief, applying the framework, and technical and creative quality

Speed of production, keeping the cost low and the originality of the central idea only

Only the Statement of Intent, with the products themselves ignored

To save time, on the assumption that a single shared shoot can supply both finished products at once

They do not actually need to be linked in any deliberate way

Because the brief is satisfied by a connected cross-media campaign, not two unrelated texts

To use less equipment by reusing the same footage across both forms

As a chronological story about how the whole project was created and then finished

As a plain list of the equipment and software used during production

As a single long unbroken sentence covering everything in one go

Around the four framework areas, with each aim tied to a concrete decision

Meeting every brief requirement, applying the whole framework, and technical and creative quality as a consistent pair

Being the longest and most ambitious production submitted in the cohort

Using the most expensive professional equipment and software available

Deliberately avoiding the theoretical framework so that the two products read as fresh, instinctive and entirely original creative work

Ignore the brief and rely on being as creative as possible

Treat the brief and the assessment criteria as a checklist

Make one product as well as possible and let the other slip

Write the Statement after making the products without changing it