This document outlines an assignment for a Level 3 Extended Diploma in Creative Media Production involving researching and creating a blog about employment opportunities and job roles in the creative media sector, with a focus on film and television industries. Students must research and describe 3 specific job roles in detail, covering areas like training requirements, professional responsibilities and typical work patterns. The assignment aims to demonstrate understanding of key learning outcomes regarding employment in the creative media sector and job roles in television and film.

1. Level 3 Extended Diploma in Creative Media Production
This project will allow you to generate evidence towards the following
unit:
7- Understanding the creative media sector
8 – Understanding the television and film industries
Assignment Number DB8
ISSUE DATE:
DEADLINE DATE:
Scenario
Introduction to the unit and unit assessment.
The media industries are expanding on a national and global level. Recruitment to the
sector has accelerated offering new professional opportunities. There are more people
working in the media today than in any other employment sector. Developments over the
last two decades have also taken place across the sector in response to technological
changes, with a notable impact on media production, distribution and patterns of
employment. Other wider developments include deregulation and the debate over the
status and funding of public service broadcasting. The ongoing developments in digital
media technology are creating a highly mixed and competitive environment. All these
developments will affect those seeking employment in the media sector.
For assessment of this unit Learners you have been commissioned to produce an
information guide to employment in the creative media sector in booklet form.
The booklet will contain:
employment opportunities and job roles in the media sector
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2. TASKS
Task description Assessment Outcome
Number and Description
Employment Opportunities and Job Roles in the 7.4 Know about
Media Sector employment opportunities
Working individually: and job roles in the media
Create a blog that shows your understanding of sector
employment opportunities and job roles in
creative media sectors including film and 8.2 Know about job roles
television in the television and film
industries
The blog must have posts covering the
following Job roles with examples:
creative,
technical,
editorial,
marketing,
managerial,
administrative,
legal,
financial
You must then research 3 job roles that you
have an interest in and cover the following
areas;
Professional development: education and
training, eg full-time, part-time, Level 2, Level
3, graduate; work experience; continuing
professional development; sources of
information, eg Sector Skills Councils, trade
unions, careers services; record of employment
history and skills, eg curriculum vitae (CV),
references, portfolio, showreel, CD, personal
website; career development, eg training on
the job, continuing professional development,
self-training; functional skills (ICT,
Mathematics, English)
Professional behaviour: reliability; attendance
and punctuality; commitment; efficiency; self-
presentation; communication skills;
contribution to team projects; time
management; personal responsibility
Working patterns: shift work; fixed term;
office hours; freelance; irregular patterns;
hourly rates; piece work
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3. BTEC Extended
Programme: Diploma in Creative Year: 2010-2011
Media Production
7- Understanding
the creative media
Unit No. and sector
8 – Understanding Learner
Assignment
the television and Name:
title
film industries
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Grading Criteria:
Sub Sub
P7.4: learners will carry out basic research into the range of employment
opportunities and job roles.
P8.2 describe the characteristics, duties and responsibilities of
management, creative and technical job roles in the television and film
industries with some appropriate use of subject terminology
M7.4explain employment opportunities and job roles in the media sector
with reference to detailed illustrative examples
M8.2 explain the characteristics, duties and responsibilities of
management, creative and technical job roles in the television and film
industries with reference to detailed
illustrative examples and with generally correct use of subject
terminology
D7.4 comprehensively explain employment opportunities and job roles in
the media sector with reference to elucidated examples
D8.2 comprehensively explain the characteristics, duties and
responsibilities of management, creative and technical job roles in the
television and film industries showing how they relate to each other, with
reference to elucidated examples and consistently using subject
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4. terminology correctly
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Action Plan For Improvement:
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Assessor Sign: Date:
Learner Sign: Date:
IV Sign: Date:
Assignment
Grade Achieved:
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