Level 2 Creative Media Production

Unit-8 Section A- Understanding the organisation of media industries. A1: Types of organisation Understand the differences between types of organisation, the role and purpose of each, looking at examples of each type of organisation, to include: Public services broadcasters (state owned commercial broadcasters) Private companies Regulatory organisations 15 or 18 Rated film BBFC PEGI for games OFCOM- Ofcom is the communications regulator in the UK. We regulate the TV, radio and video-on-demand sectors, fixed-line telecoms, mobiles and postal services, plus the airwaves over which wireless devices operate. Public services broadcasters BBC - The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster with its headquarters at Broadcasting House in London. The BBC is the world's oldest national broadcasting organisation and the largest broadcaster in the world by number of employees. It employs over 20,950 staff in total, 16,672 of whom are...

Exploring how media organizations create different types of media products with distinctive characteristics, looking at specific examples of these products in order to understand the advantages and disadvantages of these products and the implications for the organizations. ·          Characteristics of mainstream products ·          Characteristics of independent products ·          Characteristics of niche products One of them is that they are made and produced by Hollywood studios they will have huge budgets. When you are watching you will be movie stars you will get renounced actors they will be attracting big movie stars and elaborate locations. Mainstream products will be all over the world in every known cinema. `A niche product is solely aimed at a specific audience and not viewed in every cinema e.g. films aimed at young children or older childre...

Explain:  Showcasing work 1 A cv pros-cons in the media industry  2 A portfolio 3 Showreel  Cv (Curriculum Vitae): A CV ( curriculum vitae) is a persons  career and qualifications  and is usually prepared by an applicant who wants a certain position for a job. this gives an overall background about you and what you've studied or done that makes you feel you are the perfect employee for whatever job you choose to apply for. Things included in a CV:  Personal details Education Qualifications Experiences Skills Hobbies and interests References Pros:   Careers in the media industry help you meet important people Careers in the media industry are full of surprises Cons: A bad reputation Personal sacrifices New competition Portfolio: A portfolio is  a range of investments held by a person or organization e.g. organizations such as Disney have invested in alot of things from Disney XD, Marvel and many more. this includes ...

• 2 exams in January • Each exams 1 hr long • 50 marks each paper • Unit 1 digital media audiences • Unit 8 media industry in context create a label for each unit you work on • Explain what a freelance, permanent and volunteering job in the media industry is? • Choose any area of the media industry, gaming, film etc. • Find 2 actual jobs of interest what are they looking for from applicant. • WWW.Mandy.com, BBC Freelance: Self-employed and hired to work for different companies on particular assignments, examples: magazine or website will have a core team of editors who hire freelance writers to write articles, or a TV production crew might hire freelance cameramen to work on one series of programmes. Advantages: By becoming a freelancer you don’t have a boss telling you what to do because you are self-employed because you work for yourself, furthermore you choose what jobs you want to do and you can say no to jobs you want to do because you are your own boss. ...