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

10 per cent

30 per cent

20 per cent

50 per cent

A single finished product made in just one media form

Three separate written essays analysing set media products

Two interrelated products in two different media forms

A single magazine front cover designed to a set brief

The student invents their own brief from scratch

The teacher writes a unique brief for each student

It is exactly the same brief issued every single year

It is one chosen from a set OCR issues each year

Around 500 words

Around 100 words

Around 2000 words

Around 5000 words

AO3 only

AO1 and AO2

All three equally

None

AO1 (knowledge and understanding)

AO2 (analysis and application)

AO3 (practical skill)

None of the assessment objectives

It does not matter at all, since you may freely use any existing stock material you find

Using ready-made stock material always scores higher marks than producing your own assets

Only the written Statement of Intent is assessed, so the production assets are not marked

Briefs limit existing or stock material, so your own images and footage are central

They should link through consistent branding, style, representation and audience address

They should be completely unrelated to each other, with no shared branding or style at all

They should each target a different, separate audience rather than one shared target audience

Only one of the two products needs to be finished to a polished standard for submission

Ignoring media language and simply making the product look attractive on the page

Deliberate media language, intended representation, form conventions and audience targeting

Copying an existing professional media product as closely as you possibly can in every detail

Writing a long analytical essay only, instead of actually creating any media products

Ignore the set brief entirely and instead be as freely creative as you possibly can be

Submit two completely unrelated separate pieces of work that share no branding, style or target audience at all

Meet every brief requirement, link the products, apply the framework, and produce polished original work

Write a very long Statement of Intent to make up for a rushed and weak final production