An overview of the three Ascentis units on Access to HE (TV Broadcast) that link together to form the Subject Specialism block. Focus is on stage one: Researching the job you want to do in the industry

1. Access to HE (Broadcast TV)

2.  Research
 Practical Application
 Final Outcome

3.  All Graded units
 60 Hours each

4.  Duration: 4 weeks
 What job do you want in the media industry?

5.  Duration: 3 weeks
 Present your research findings to the group
on 23rd Feb

6.  Duration: 4 weeks
 Make a video documentary based on your
research and presentation

7.  Write down the media industry job(s) that you
want to do when you leave college /
university…

8.  What job have you chosen?
 How certain are you?

10. Directors have overall
responsibility for the way
films or television
programmes are made.
They lead a team of people
and need to be very
organised and good at
planning.

12.  Graeme Harper
 Euros Lyn
 Stephen Poliakoff
 …any more?
 …and a thousand more!

14. A gaffer in the is the head
electrician, responsible for
the execution (and
sometimes the design) of
the lighting plan for a
production

15. What do all
those people
do…?

29.  You need to hand in a Research Portfolio:
 An Top Sheet / Overview
◦ a paragraph each: goals, approach
 A detailed diary/blog
 Copies of interviews
 Evidence of research (Evernote?)
 Harvard Referencing

30.  Does the learner have a good grasp of the
subject?
 How well has the learner applied facts and
theories to their work?
 Has the learner shown insight and consistency?
 How well is information used? - does it show that
different sources have been combined?
 Was the learner autonomous? - if so, how was
their time management?
 What's the overall quality, logic and consistency
of the submitted work?

31.  (verb) The systematic investigation into and
study of materials and sources in order to
establish facts and reach new conclusions

32.  (verb) The systematic investigation into and
study of materials and sources in order to
establish facts and reach new conclusions

33.  Putting a plan together

34.  Putting a plan together

35.  Putting a plan together

36.  Let's have a look at this template
 http://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/topic.page?id=6
66E830B67F84E2F98B982D199647C24

37.  What's the question(s) you want to answer?

38.  What's the question you want to answer?
◦ How do I get to work as X?
◦ How did current Xs get in to the industry?
◦ What type of contract are they on?
◦ How much do they earn a year?
◦ What are the barriers to entry?
◦ What type of contract are they on?

39.  (verb) The systematic investigation into and
study of materials and sources in order to
establish facts and reach new conclusions

40.  Primary Research
◦ Original, first-hand account made during or close
to the event or time period
◦ Newspapers
◦ Your interviews

41.  Secondary Research
◦ Interpretation of primary sources
◦ Second-hand account of an historical event
◦ Basically anything from books or (except for news)
the web
◦ Never, ever use Wikipedia!

42.  Who are you going to interview?
 Do they do the job you want to do?
 Have they worked with somebody who does
the job?
 How are you going make contact?

43.  Mandy.com?
 People you know

44.  What methods will you use?

45.  What methods will you use?
 Face to Face
 Email
 Surveys
 Skype
 Phone
◦ - More on these next week!

46.  (verb) The systematic investigation into and
study of materials and sources in order to
establish facts and reach new conclusions

47.  A thing that is known or proved to be true

48.  Mount Everest is the tallest mountain in the
world
 There's no gravity in space
 Christopher Columbus discovered America

49.  Mount Everest is the tallest mountain in the
world
◦ - Mauna Kea is 1,500m taller
 There's no gravity in space
◦ - Gravity is everywhere in the solar system
 Christopher Columbus discovered America
◦ - The Clovis people beat him there by 14,000 years
◦ - Leif Erikson ‘discovered’ America 500 years
before Columbus

50.  (verb) The systematic investigation into and
study of materials and sources in order to
establish facts and reach new conclusions

51.  The conclusion is intended to help the reader
understand why your research should matter
to them
 Not a summary of the topics covered or a re-
statement of your original goals but a
synthesis of key points
 And the good news…

52.  You don't have to write a conclusion for the
Research unit!

53.  The first paragraph should be a summary
 Basically, everything you've done for the
assignment in one paragraph
 …and you don't need to do this either for this
unit!

56.  Evernote
 OneNote
 Google Keep

57.  This a the Research unit!
 It starts and ends with the research
 You'll present your research and conclusions
in the next unit

58.  Individual progress tutorials will take place in
week 3 of the Research Unit

59.  You'll negotiate how you're going to present
your findings (outcomes brief)
 You'll negotiate a title

61.  You will research a job role you want to do
 You will conduct interviews
 You will keep a diary/blog
 You will keep a record or sources (maybe via
EverNote?)
 You will negotiate a format and title
 You will Harvard Reference

63.  Sign up for an Evernote account

64.  Share you EverNote nootebook with your
tutor

65.  You might want to download the app for your
personal computer, phone or tablet

67.  Full details of the course visit:
 www.theacademy.droppages.com
/TMC_AccessVideo_Student