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The cross-media production (Non-Examined Assessment)

3 dot points across 3 inquiry questions. Click any dot point for a focused answer with worked past exam questions where available.

How do you apply the theoretical framework when making the NEA products, so that media language, representation, industry conventions and audience are built into the work?

The NEA: applying the theoretical framework to production. Using media language deliberately, constructing intended representations, following the industry conventions of each form, and targeting the audience through the products themselves.
An OCR A-Level Media Studies guide to applying the theoretical framework in the NEA production. Covers using media language deliberately, constructing intended representations, following the industry conventions of each form, and targeting the audience through the products, with the practical skills the NEA rewards.
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How is the NEA cross-media production assessed, and how do you make the two products link and meet the marking criteria?

The NEA: cross-media linking and assessment. How the two products connect into a coherent cross-media campaign, the AO3-led marking criteria, the role of the Statement of Intent, and how to maximise the NEA mark.
An OCR A-Level Media Studies guide to cross-media linking and NEA assessment. Covers how the two products connect into a coherent campaign, the AO3-led marking criteria, the role of the Statement of Intent, and how to maximise the NEA mark, with the practical skills the NEA rewards.
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What does the OCR Making Media NEA require, and how do you choose a brief and write the Statement of Intent?

The NEA: the brief and the Statement of Intent. The cross-media production task, choosing one OCR-set brief in two linked forms, the target audience and requirements, and the assessed Statement of Intent (around 500 words).
An OCR A-Level Media Studies guide to the Making Media NEA brief and Statement of Intent. Covers the cross-media production task, choosing one OCR-set brief in two linked forms, the target audience and requirements, and the assessed Statement of Intent, with how the NEA is set up and marked.
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